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this week i received my visa for Japan in the post. it is a lovely elaborate lavender colour with a picture of me tattooed in dots.

The visa is for ‘cultural activities’ . i can’t wait.

Still feeling like I have a little of the post show blues, ‘years without magic’ came down on tuesday. I have a bad cold and it seemed like a huge and melancholy task moving the work back to the studio. I was lucky enough to find a whole heap of very nice flat carboard boxes on the street a few months ago, so the work is being stored in these.

I have purchased a bag of stoneware clay and some new clay tools - might have a go at some small scale sculptures. I also drove out to Adelaide Casting Supplies on Marion rd. and got some great silicone material for casting. It is a fabulous store for anyone who does any sort of work with resins or casting process.

http://www.amcsupplies.com.au/catalogue/

Itching to get back into the studio but also feeling a slight pang of reluctance after the gargantuan effort of 5 shows in the last 6 months.

the suspected bus of doom has hit in the form of my digital camera being stolen from my house, along with a box set of Jonathan Creek DVDs  and a large bright blue cloth bag of ALL MY KNEE HIGH STOCKINGS!

it would make a dead dog cry tears of nacre

the died in the wool BASTARDS

Yesterday, while I was writing out students marks over a cup of coffee in the Adelaide central markets I recieved a phone call. I thought it was my friend lucy and so answered with a brief ‘hey’ , it turned out to be someone from the National Association for the Visual Arts, ringing to say that I have been awarded a Freedman Foundation Travelling scholarship to go to Japan. I was silent for a few moments…

hello!

hello?

Hello are you there…

Now I am walking around hoping I won’t be hit by a bus as a pay back for my incredible good fortune.