First day of art and vet science class

We met at the Royal Dick Vet School which is at the end of the meadows.  I've walked past it so many times and not realised what it was. 

Inside there are some beautiful old features, like the pathology room that is high ceilinged and round in shape, now being taken over by dust and foliage, and the lecture theatre with seating curving round the blackboard and made of beautiful wood.

I'm thinking of ways to record all the information;  there is so much there, and next year the school will move to new buildings out in Easter Bush and the old building will be sold.  The work I make could echo the processes that go on such as dissection, obviously using paper rather than animals, or creating sequences of drawings to reflect the sequences of bones and teeth in display cabinets.  Here are a few photos.

horse skeleton

skulls in cabinets!

WASPS Open Studios

I really enjoyed the open weekend at WASPS West Park Place studios.  As I've only had the studio for a few months it was all new to me, and I was nervous about showing my work and also my messy space.  Ellen and I cleaned for ages the night before but the place has so many layers of dust!

It was pretty busy, especially yesterday, and plenty of people joined in the workshops and just came in to have a look and chat.  I sold two books and some cards, thank you to everyone who came along.

my book display

There was a lot of interest in classes, so watch this space....in the new year I would like to start teaching book binding and drawing.