Just had a great time with Laura, attending an event at the Harley Gallery, an evening In Conversation with Ivan Hicks and Julian Marsh.
Fellow maker Laura Ellen Bacon and I decided to attend this talk by Landscape Designer Ivan Hicks and architect Julian Marsh presented by the Harley Studio Group, to listen to their talks and to be inspired. It did just that, I have arrived home and I do feel inspired. Ivan Hicks has created some amazing gardens that are stunning, quirky, eccentric, fun, interesting to name a few descriptions. His use of found objects or readymades can often be comical or thought provoking, the wide range of materials and use of processes are experimental and inspiring, so much so that I want to go out hunting for found objects that I can weave into one of my sculptures, enveloping them into the surface of the willow. Laura as always is such great company and I enjoy the bouncing of ideas and the discussions that we have.
The last few days has been a roller coaster of inspiration, I met up with an old friend for dinner and a chat and although it can sometimes be over a year since we last met, we always seem to pick up were we left off. Talking to her really fires up new ideas or revisits old ideas that were forgotten, or the prospect of collaborating within a project. The food is always an added bonus.
Yesterday I gave a talk to people who were in the process of setting up their own creative business and I arrived with my power-point and talked about things that has worked for me, lessons I have learnt in my own creative business. It was lovely to receive positive comments about my talk and to hear about other creatives that are in the same vicinity and find new contacts. I used to detest networking but now I love it and always come away buzzing with ideas, new directions and possibilities.
Wow! with all that inspiration I don’t think I will ever sleep again. Time for some tea.