Tuesday 25th March

The day of the dreaded presentation in French. Got all worked up this morning worrying about it but in the end it was fine. I managed to distract them from me speaking by handing round photographs and the drawings for ‘One Orange Octopus’, so I was kind of talking to myself. I also didn’t need too many corrections which was good. Merci Ségoléne! Oh and my tooth isn’t so sore. So here is my speech:
Mon travail est totalement différent. Je fais des illustrations, du textile, des photographies et des bijoux, et d’utilise différent matériaux. Maintenant, mon travail principal est l’illustration. J’ai juste fini un livre de conte pour les enfants qui s’appelle ‘One Orange Octopus’. Dans les illustrations, j’ai utilisé des peintures, encre, couture, papier, feutre et couleurs vives. Les pages deviennent grosses, alors le nombres devient gros. Toutes les page contiennent un nombre caché et un rimer quel utiliser mots cela commencer avec le premier lettre de le chiffre. Par x, numero un = U. Numero deux = D. Lauren Child, une illustratrice qui ecrit ‘Charlie et Lola’, m’a donner l’inspiration. Dans ses illustrations, elle employe des medias melangés. Un jour, j’aimerais que mon livre soit dans une librairie ou une bibliothéque.
Maintenant, je fais aussi papier images. Je employe des motifs tout autour moi. L’artist Justine Smith m’a donne des inspirations.
After we had finished, and Patricia had given us some dates for private views etc we spent the rest of the day wandering really. First we went to the body shop for Grace and had a chocolat chaud in Flunch. Then we went to Marys flat so she could put some photos on her memory stick. This was the first time i’d been to Marys, so it was really interesting to see another flat. It had a big living, sleeping area, a small galley kitchen and a small bathroom. Spent a while just talking, quite a bit about aspirations actually. Then Grace had the idea of massage by walking on each others backs. I declined and Liz and Mary were worried about breaking some-ones neck by standing on the wrong bone, or simply hurting them but Grace was fearless. Next we went and got some canvas for Liz and Mary and then headed to the big supermarket to do a bit of shopping. I had nothing in my fridge except for a chocolate chicken, some water, half a lemon and some ketchup. After stocking up on food, and some mouthwash for my tooth, we went our separate ways and back at the flat I have basically been writing my blog. I’ve had 4 days to catch-up on. I did find a bit of time though to read half the book Mary had lent me earlier - ‘The Girls’, by Lori Lansens.