Today we made a day trip to Calais to visit the lace museum. I find it so strange that we can so easily pop across the Channel to another country for the day. The museum was fantastic, great architecture - the combination of old and new, industrial and delicate, pure white and fluroescent lights. For us it has provided a great kick start as to how we should go about designing our own textile museum, so begins the hard work...!
On Friday, bright and early, we jumped on a coach and went to France. In Canterbury we're so close to Europe and within an hour we can be across the Channel. Our new (and final) project is based on a site in the suburb called Wazemme to design a textile museum. I love knitting and craft so I am looking forward to seeing how I can weave (pun intended) this into my scheme!
This was a snap I took of Puck before I left to go back to uni on Sunday. His eyebrows are so expressive! I have been longing for today, to be over really as the first half of our final year is being assessed today. It went fine, just the wait on the marks begin now. Tomorrow our year is taking a trip to Lille in France to look at museums... we think, we don't really know!
My films have been developed from our holiday in France, here are some of the best bits! I'm especially happy how the knitting needles came out!
Travelling makes me think of where I really really want to go! I tell my friends all the time that I want to go to South America. Cuba - before it changes too much more, Argentina - Buenos Aires just looks like my kind of place, and any other country on the way! My brother went last year as did my friend Xenia - both their photos look AMAZING!
