Lamp-working

Steve Ramsay from Imperial College came and gave a little lamp-working workshop yseterday lunchtime. He made it look very easy...

... but it's not!
I had a go today at making some bubbles (un-round) and hands. The one in the centre is particularly sad, stump-fingered.
Practice.

Roots & a Robin in Regent's Park

On Friday i cycled up to Regent's park, in the snow, searching for roots. A helpful arboricultural officer that i'd e-mailed had told me about a tree that had recently fallen down, so i found some good ones.
A little robin hopped about really close to me, completely unafraid - looking for bugs and worms, i guess, though i don't think he found many in the snow...

WiP photos

(Here are some photos from the WiP show we just had at RCA.)

Work in Progress show (again!)

We're having another Work in Progress show! This time together with all the students from the School of Materials, i.e. Ceramics & Glass, Fashion Menswear, Fashion Womenswear, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery, and Textiles.
256 students!
Private view is: Tuesday 15th January, 6-8pm, at the Royal College of Art.
I didn't manage to take any photos today of the work i've put in for it, but i will, sooner or later.

after a good couple of weeks in Sweden, i'm back in London and looking forward to going to school tomorrow. new year, new term, lots to look forward to.
p.s. the cycling cap pattern is from here.