Living with all the best rubbish

Grayson Perry 'The Revenge of the Alison Girls' (2000)

Good Evening you lovely lot!

Just thought I'd give you all an update on what I've been up to recently.

I start back at the Slade tomorrow, I've ditched the First year label and am now a big scary Second year!!

So to prepare myself for the return to a studio space, I decided to start focussing all the things I learned from my summer reading and my ideas and try to work out what I want to make with all the information! (It's harder than it sounds)

The result was that I'm still not so sure what it is I want to make, BUT, I did find a museum that hit all my ideas and inspirations on the head - The Geffrye Museum

Just a short walk from Old Street tube station, the museum is dedicated to the history of the English interior *squee!* and has 11 rooms to show the trends of the times from the 1600's to the present day. *mega squee!*

The museum is a gorgeous building and has several gardens all crafted around trends throughout the centuries, I would definitely recommend a visit if you're into interior design or lifestyle from a certain era.

CLICK HERE  to visit the museum's website.

Unsurprisingly, I found myself interested in the rooms from the 18th and 19th centuries, and got some great images which I hope to use as subject material for some work!

Photo of the 1870 Drawing Room

Taken by me

The 1745 Parlour

Photo taken by me

So that's that! And I treated myself to a book on Worcester Porcelain, a book of William Morris wallpaper prints, and a couple of lovely postcards!

There is also a book I retrieved from the depths of the Archaeology library that is simple a massive pleasure to read and has really hit on some of the thoughts and questions I'm tackling in my art practice.

The book is called "All the best rubbish - The Classic Ode to Collecting" by Ivor Noel Hume

I'll let you know of any impacts it has on my work, but for now I'm off to pack my materials up for tomorrow and go watch the X Factor! 

Tata for now xx