I wish I could say the new year was off to a flying start but so far all I've been doing is trying to catch up on the things I didn't manage to get done at the end of last year.  On the upside at least I know exactly what I'm doing this year, because I have six separate colour coded lists to tell me.

All of the screenprints that I've been working on are now finished (save for a couple that I might decide to re-do) and I've secured one exhibition for 2009 so far, so mainly I'm going to be concentrating on producing some supporting materials for the series, marketing and getting more exhibitions. I'm also going to be dedicating more time to writing the book. In the background I'll be thinking about beginning to research the next screenprinting project - another archive based affair, which will probably tie in with the book. I'm really happy with the way my work is going at the moment, and pleased that other people seem to like it too - in fact last week I was asked if I'd be interested in designing posters for the Tron Theatre where I'll be exhibiting my work in August, which is something I'm thoroughly delighted about!

Having the stall at the Out of the Blue Arts Market will continue, as long as Carmen is willing to continue to be my co-stall holder and entertain me that is. It's nice to have an outlet for some of the smaller projects that I do, and it gives me an excuse to keep producing the gocco prints (for as long as we can get hold of the supplies!). I'm also currently trying to get the grumpy matryoshka and the other gocco prints onto etsy but this is proving harder than I thought since it doesn't seem to want to believe that my credit card exists. Nothing is ever simple. Hence the reason I'm still trying to catch up on last year's tasks.
Grumpy matryoshka (gocco print) © Sharon Whyte 2008

Comments

[carmen]

:^) I'm up for it. You still up for trying out animation? Not that I've gotten round to making any Freds yet....

[the sapient pig]

Yes I'm up for that, although I don't have the first clue how to go about it. Did you have problems verifying your card for etsy by the way? I have no idea what I'm doing wrong and it's driving me mad!