AntarcticDreamer

After 4 years of art school, I have reached the conclusion that I don't actually particularly want to be an artist. I just want to make pretty, useful things and see people enjoying the things I make. I will possibly end up doing an applied computing postgrad and put this whole thing behind me. Or I might do an applied computing postgrad and end up designing websites. Or maybe I'll move to Norway, who knows? It's that time when all futures are up in the air and all are equally terrifying. In other news, I learned to crochet. _______________________________________________ "I come from a land where the national sport is throwing telegraph p

-[EDIT]- I have heard back from everywhere I have applied, and I have interviews in screeds after the easter holidays. Ooh, excitement! I have - for definate - got into one of the art courses I've applied to. I've applied for two others, but I've not heard back yet other than "we got your application". College work is building up and we've got a review on tuesday, and this journal is more of a procrastination than anything else. But I really do need to get around to uploading some of my newer work - it's changed so much now I'm in college. In a very unrelated note, I saw Avatar over the christmas holidays - It is one of the most beautiful

Ok people, I have had to contain random attacks of excitement since Thursday. That's when I went to see my harp. Well, the bits of my harp. But it's going to be beautifull :boogie: You know how some wood has that shimmery thing? like waves under the surface? It's got that ALL along the arm, which should look even nicer once it's oiled and everything. And I'm getting a really nicely shaped body with 5-7 faces to make it curved (I can't remember quite how many) It's going to have a different way of restringing it than the other ones I've used, but I think it actually looks easier. It's going to be the 1st harp of it's kind built entirely b