Shiny!

I am now the proud owner of a shiny new disabled parking permit. The process was much less painful than I thought it would be – the biggest hassle was getting ahold of the permit officer to answer her verification questions (ahh phone tag..). I am inordinately pleased, it will make a big difference to…

Revised Photos

These are better! I needed the light. my studio gets the best light 🙂 I love my studio.. today is a messy day. I am making merangues for the pavlova. I knew they would be fiddly – I never knew they would be so messy! there is sugar everywhere! I am personally covered in merangue…

My own thing

I have been very slack at working on my own projects lately. I have been working on assignments so assiduously that there has been little time for anything else. well, today I decided to work on my own stuff. I have had something cooking in my head for a little while now (based on the…

Reflections

Reflections Image by Jennie (c). Boy this was a hard one! we had to do a self portrait reflected in water. my main issue was finding a suitable receptacle to hold the water in. I tried a stainless steel bowl – no good, too shiny. Tried a white bowl – no good too… well.. white…

Back into it

This is the first work in my new unit VAR12. I have mentioned before that this unit involves abstraction, anamorphism and interesting ideas so it will be quite interesting. This assignment was to do a self portrait reflected in something round and shiny. I chose our doorknobs which are very shiny (oo shiny!) There isn’t…

Syndication and supplimation

but its all here too so you don’t need to worry about changing your links.I haven’t been painting or drawing (even though I need to badly) because a lot has been happening…. The reason given is that they can’t see what is wrong and refuse to accept new data from those who can…. I have almost finished my resume and have some excellent ideas for my proposal – I should be finished by the end of the week.

Christmas!!!!!

the menu is all worked out and now I just need to work out my schedule for preparation (so that it is not all done at the last minute) some dishes can be made up to a week in advance so I will be distributing everyrhing reasonably evenly…. here is the menu.Muscat Glazed HamBacon, Spinach and Brie turkey buff with a cranberry and orange glaze.Peach relishAsparagus with Tomato relishPasta SaladPotato Salad with Honey VinagretteLeafy green salad with walnut dressingOk, that is just Dinner! Check out dessert…Maple Syrup and Pecan CheesecakeTropical Fruit Pavlova TowerWhite Chocolate and pistachio Parfait with Berry CoulisMini truffle puddings and traditional cookies.I thiink that will be enough for 11/12 people…

The results are in

I am being graded harder on this folio and I should be thrilled to get such a great mark.Damn my overachieving hide. its the same thing with clothing sizes.meh, its probably PMS.Anyway, I am resting, christmas shopping and marketing all at once…. when I can further my career, update my website and choose cool presents from the relaitve comfort of my couch, things are good.

its off!

I used my visual diary a lot more this time and there was a lot of writeup to do but I am confident I have included everything and have done a good job…. people comment on the works as they please and it is really good to get such nice reactions. I have a limit to the amount of images I can post per month so there isn’t much on there right now but feel free to have a look around!