{"id":788,"date":"2023-04-29T21:29:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T20:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/endings-and-beginnings\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T21:36:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T20:36:05","slug":"endings-and-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/endings-and-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Endings and Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_8463.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_8463-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_8463-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_8463-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_8463-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_8463-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 28<sup>th<\/sup> April 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today was spent invigilating at our group show at Generator artists run gallery in Dundee. Apart from the bitter cold I really enjoyed the day. I met some great folk and had some lovely conversations. In particular with PhD student Susie about OOO and her practice based research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing that struck me whilst I was sitting in the gallery and pondering the next exhibition is that if I am going to have living plants in my degree show, they should probably reflect the plants that I use in my work for colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will have to start sowing seed and making lists. So far I have used<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, Bramble stems, Larch cones, Alder cones, Bog Myrtle, Beetroot, copper, Walnut, Turmeric, Indigo, Oak Gall, Silvery acorn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was lovely when Malcom (wonderful technician from the FA workshop \u2013 who made my boards) and he liked the work and after I became engrossed in talking to someone else, I turned around and saw him smelling the work. It smell fairly compost like. He gave me the thumbs up and said that he liked the smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 28th April 2023 &nbsp; Today was spent invigilating at our group show at Generator artists run gallery in Dundee. Apart from the bitter cold I really enjoyed the day. I met some great folk and had some lovely conversations. 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