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[prolific-polymath]

2019 Mid Jan Review

Introducing Ranjeeta!

I finally get to share this! The second elephant I designed for Elephant Parade is part of the travelling herd that were travelling Asia last year! The design on 'Ranjeeta' is based on the brightly painted Indian trucks. Not only was the design painted on a full baby elephant-sized sculpture, there are smaller replicas available to purchase. I bought one and it now sits at home, back in Teesside!

Also found out that my elephant design appears alongside Indian Fashion Designer Manish Malhotra!

Lino Printing

After the success of the custom Sauce Christmas wrapping paper, I have decided to do more prints. The printing plate I cut looks great, but it isn't printing well on the paper I bought.

I have ordered more paper and will hopefully get better results on the second attempt.

Codepen Talk

I did my second talk ever in front of my work colleagues, C4Di members, hull uni students and other people interested in tech. It was an edited version of my original tech talk I gave for Sauce, but much improved I felt.

A few people came up to me afterwards with questions and thoughts on it which was good. I'm hoping to work on a follow-up talk in the next few months.

PlaceToPlace

I went to see the PlaceToPlace  exhibition at HumberStreetGallery on its opening night. It's part of the Liverpool Biennial's tour and includes work from Annie Pootoogook, Suki Seokyeong Kang and Inci Eviner.

Ferens Art Gallery

I went to the Ferens Art Gallery this morning for the first time. Nice to see work by some old masters, but I still preferred the early 20th Century art more.

#WeMadeThisSpring project maker day at Kardomah94

It was nice to take a break from digital work to get my craft on at the #WeMadeThisSpring project. They are making spring garlands to wrap around the city of Hull in the spring. I made some card and foam flowers to begin with. I will build on this to make something more impressive.

The beginning of the year has started off as expected. However, I would want the last part of January to be more productive.