Back to the Drawing Board.

Skeletonised Holly leaf found in my garden

Thankfully I am back to normal now and my eye has fully healed.  I've managed to catch up with everything although I still feel as though all my research stuff is a bit mixed up, I'm dealing with it at the moment. The development of my final piece of work is now moving fairly rapidly to a conclusion. I have had some problems with some intaglio prints.  I scratched the design with my Dremel.  The marks were too deep an very irregular, probably due to my lack of expertise with the tool. This resulted in prints which were blobby looking as the ink was unevenly distributed in the marks on the plate. I made another perspex plate, this time I scratched the design with a normal hand tool.  The resulting prints were much better.  My final prints were done on Somerset paper with Van Dyke brown Intaglio ink. The combination of the ink colour and the paper colour go well with my project.  At the moment I'm working on the central area of the design.  I'm making various samples before I decide on the final materials which include eggshells,thorns, image transfers, carved wood and fabric.

Wasp nest with added effects

Wasp nest,natural colours

During my research, I have been looking at the shapes and colours of wasp nests. They are so beautiful, unlike their inhabitants who try to sting me at every opportunity.
I've started making notes for my statement for assessment. This helps me to compose my statement by using the notes and expanding the information in them.

The Twilight Zone

I have been living in the twilight zone since the beginning of the Easter break.  I have developed an ulcer on the cornea of my left eye, which, putting it mildly has been fecking agony!(pardon the language).  This is the first day I've been able to open my eyes, and I have spent all of the holidays either sitting in a darkened room with my eyes shut, or making frequent visits to A&E and the Eye Clinic(Each visit of course involved the usual 3-4 hour wait for treatment.)  At its worst I felt like I had sharp hot spikes attached to the inside of my eyelid which scraped down the front of my eye each time I blinked or moved my eyes. The eye watered constantly and the pain went on day and night. I've had the surface of my eye scraped with a blade for bacteria samples, and flooded with various drops and iodine. I hope this description is not too graphic for you.

 It was all to no avail , the pain only dropped from fecking agony to bloody painful, which I suppose was a bonus.  Happily at this moment, my eye is only watery and very sensitive to light.
Needless to say, I have been unable to work on my current brief, and it's mid module on Monday.  I have fallen behind.  Hopefully I will catch up with things soon. No artwork pictures this time, only my collection of medication, painkillers etc.