I do have an announcement to make ....
This flyer below (click the flyer to read a larger version) introduces the exciting research trip to the UK for the homage to the Seed project I started in February last year . I've mentioned this trip on various blog posts since it looked like becoming a possible reality.
At the Abaf or Australian Business Arts Foundation's AUSTRALIA CULTURAL FUND page you can read all about the project fund which I launched a week ago. The departure date is 28th of September with the 6 weeks to be spent in the UK.
If you visit this Australia Cultural Fund site you can read more fully about the project and residency I'll undertake in the UK.
This flyer below (click the flyer to read a larger version) introduces the exciting research trip to the UK for the homage to the Seed project I started in February last year . I've mentioned this trip on various blog posts since it looked like becoming a possible reality.
At the Abaf or Australian Business Arts Foundation's AUSTRALIA CULTURAL FUND page you can read all about the project fund which I launched a week ago. The departure date is 28th of September with the 6 weeks to be spent in the UK.
If you visit this Australia Cultural Fund site you can read more fully about the project and residency I'll undertake in the UK.
Part of my news is that I have had some timely and very significant support come to me from
my community.
I had the great good fortune to get to know my local Artisan baker Richard Cotton and his delightful wife Caroline when I first spotted their bakery-cafe 3 years ago not far from where I live. Brewbakers, on Sandgate Rd, Albion,
recently become a most significant Donor through the Australian Cultural Fund in support of this Reasearch trip in October November.
They constantly get wonderful write ups... the most recent I found was in the Weekend Australian Magazine in May. I have a number of times mentioned them on my visual arts blog ... in no small
part for the quality of what they offer but also for the hub that it is ... and for many!
Many a grand idea has been hatched from a table in this cafe.. people meet here who come to play a greater role in one's life.... you discover something you really needed to know. Thats a god cafe as far as I am concerned.
Here are images from a recent visit on a busy morning!
What a wonderful place... when I discovered it a few years ago I had no idea that this place and the dedicated people behind it would play such an amazing role in my community life and now in serious art career pursuits.
I have long wanted to create a story about this venture...
Its been a source of inspiration for a number of reasons ...for me its the most lively (and delicious) example of a sustainable business that does far more than put a loaf of good quality bread on the table. Its does that superbly.. but over my morning coffees these past few years I watched the quality of interactions, and noted the way Richard would respond to customer queries about the bread... the fact he and all who work their can proudly list their ingredients and tell you of some engaging process in the making of the bread.
For now I must simply say what a great privilege it is to have been selected by this much-loved artisanal business to be the recipient of this level of great and generous support for my next endeavours.
Huge thanks Caroline, Richard, and of course Phoebe!!!
that font is lovely but slightly difficult for me to read. your new venture sounds exciting...I've never made it to the Eden project but hope to one day :)
ReplyDeletefabulous Sophie ..all of it!
ReplyDeletei have a friend whose handwriting has looked exactly like this for the forty+ years i've known him
ReplyDeleteso i'm doing a double take...
Hi Kate,
ReplyDeletean experiment that I'm not sure how log will last this font... while its fresh I'l persist..
Eden Project always sounds so interesting ... do hope you get there before too long!
Hi Roz,
thanks for popping in with those fine words!
Hi India,
I did think he must be an architect architect when you said that... do you think Blogger pinched his writing style?
thanks for being my first commenters at this blog... curious to switch on that facility after all this time.
Sophie
I love the comment box. I often have wanted to leave a note here and felt sort of sad. I did the font but, maybe not for the whole blog. It is a little difficult to read. Could you use it in places? A fresh start is always fun.
ReplyDeleteHi Mary...
ReplyDeletegreat minds think alike... note my brother in Sydney's email comment:
He wrote:
"It makes me want to (reluctantly) give-up.(reading it that is)
Maybe you could use it for:
· intro paragraphs or
· high-lighting a point or theme or
· direction or
· summary etc.
You can still make it “yours” – just ease up."
pretty well what you said...
I have this peverse desire to leave it almost because it is hard to read.... like journal pages can be... must be feeling rebellious this week... Uranus in Aries or something! Youve heard of slow food... this is slow reading!
So pleased you have left me this to consider,,, maybe in a few days I'll come to my senses!
Lovely to have comments to read here..thanks for popping in!
S x
Your work sounds so exciting and wonderful! I loved popping over and seeing your studio and all that you share! roxanne
ReplyDeletethank you indeed Roxanne... I'm so not used to coming over here and checking if there are messages.
ReplyDeletebest,
S
Wow, am I ever glad I found your blogs! So much to see and read and.....
ReplyDeletethanks for popping in here Carole...
ReplyDeletemust find my way to your blog very soon!
S
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ReplyDeleteNOTE:
ReplyDeleteWhen I first posted this i had just renovated the blog and was testing out a very interesting font... trouble was it was not that easy to read as you can see from the responses.
All changed now!
SM