In the name of beating Robin to the blog…

…A tad unfair really seeing as I had the clear advantage, the boy is still walking home.

After a five hour stint invigilating our #10 exhibition in the light studio today, there’s tons of interesting things we wanted to say. My favourite publishable quote of the day being: “Wow”…the simplicity of which speaks, I like to think, entirely for itself. We shall not mention the fact the approximately 10 year old boy then followed his immedate reaction with the words: “I like this. This is nice” before punching his brother in an attempt to be the first to experience the wonders of our triangle making table. But rest assured, both boys went home with their very own A3 folded triangles, which with any luck will have helped to numb the pain sufficently.

I will see triangles in my sleep tonight no doubt, but on the off chance she will ever read this I would like to thank the woman who concisely described our folding process as: “like folding a nappy!” my appreciation of your enthusiasm is not unfounded.

Among other conversations with members of the public about various topics: Tracey Kendall, an artist who makes fabulous 3D wallpapers (I’ve just looked her up and it’s really quite something), Craftivism in Galleries 1 and 3, the concrete floor and bare light bulbs, I’ve thought of some things us YAACers need to consider for next time:

1. A comments book would be really useful for feedback…I felt a tad self concious quickly scribbling quotations. Even if comments are not always positive it would mean people had taken time out of their busy lives to talk to us, and good or bad, I’d be happy to know our art is worth talking about.

2. Publicity on the Arnolfini website. I presume this is imminent anyway, but one woman did say she’d tried searching for ‘Origami’ on the Arnolfini website for her son, as she’d been tipped off about our exhibition by a friend, but couldn’t find a whisper.

3. Make a mailing list. We met a lovely man who works for a company called ‘Container Arts’, who, after we’d drawn up a ‘How to Make an Origami Triangle’  instructions sheet for his young companion, gave us his email so we could keep in touch and possibly attend arty events he plans to put on in the future. Should we not be compiling a list of these emails, to let the appreciative public know of future events, and dare I say it…accumulate fans?

But yes, happy day.

Sorry Robin.

P x

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