whats been happeng....??

by Louise Ellen Gibson, 2 Dec 2008

Hello!

I Just thought I would let those following the blog know what has been happening since my last post! Over the last two days I have been meeting one to one with the owners of the businesses involved in “Towards Toll cross” and asking them specific questions about their business and themselves, so far I have spoken to Utah(from Joolz) and John(from John Sanderson’s butcher) and Emma(from The Tree House café), I have recorded all the “informal interviews” on my Dictaphone and I have to say, it has been great getting a better understanding of what the shops are all about! I have also been getting snap happy in the shops taking lots of images that will help me create the sculptures for the may show. I am meeting the other three shop owners tomorrow and will no doubt be full of information (and cups of coffee!)by the end of the day. I have also been busy making other sculpture work which will contribute to my ideas for the may show, One of these is a seriously rotund businessman who looks like he’s had his fair share of business related pressures! I will pop him on the photographs for all to see either tonight or at some point tomorrow! I will also over the next wee while put some more drawing work up, that will give you an idea of how I am developing my thoughts for the sculptures for the exhibition.

Right, well, I’m off to the studio now to put some of those ideas you will soon see onto paper, hopefully I won’t ‘accidently’ find myself in the local pub(situated in Toll Cross of course) researching into the bottom of an empty glass…its so tempting now that I’ve opened my 2end door of my advent calendar and we are aloud to finally get festive!

Cheers Louise