The sands of time are rapidly exhausting themselves and new deadlines loom large on the horizon.

Following a full-on week topped by Andreas Schmidt honouring us with a guest lecture I am now looking at final edits and print preparation. Throw in an interim show to hang in April plus prepping 90 8’x4′ boards for our two shows plus two an a bit hand-ins and there is not much time for much else.

I’ve been researching output methods and what to hang and how to hang and the big issue is the quality of the presentation of the final pieces. Couple that with transport issues and I’m looking at dibond as a happy medium to give an archival finish with light weight transportability with reduced risk of breakage.

About the only thing that is breakable is the bank balance. The next big hurdle is the final balance to Free Range due in 6 weeks time. It will happen but I believe my fellow students and I will have to dig deep and cough up the bulk of the money for the London show. I am however vehemently against wasting money on over-priced catalogues. There has to be an easier and more cost-effective way to publish our work for these shows but it is not £3-4000 worth in my book. Some of my chums have produced a great video for our Kickstarter project which is going well but that money will just about cover logistics.

Anyway, I wonder just how often this happens? One of my new sites in my Edgelands project came up with a bag full of mail dumped in the undergrowth. Some envelopes have been torn open but most remain intact including an NHS enevelope -possibly someone waiting for an appointment? All this is conjecture based upon my mindful wanderings.