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#dailyfail #34
Transport, wifi and charging issues conspired to prevent this going out earlier, but that’s all part of daily fail anyway. I was limited...
Gillian Holding
Feb 10, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #33
Back on track now fighting linoleum with blunt tools. Not good. Luckily I’m traveling down to London tomorrow and will hopefully be able...
Gillian Holding
Feb 8, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #32
A minimalist daily fail today. Minimal work and minimal in appearance for the moment. I was distracted from the task I was supposed to...
Gillian Holding
Feb 7, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #31
Excellent. A proper, irritating daily fail today. Found it very hard to move on the new project for this week which is a comparatively...
Gillian Holding
Feb 6, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #30
Well, I got to where I needed to be today. I’ve learned a huge amount from the whole project; it’s been great fun; it’s taken me to...
Gillian Holding
Feb 3, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #29
A day of complete and utter frustration and pointless activity which all had to be abandoned at 6.30pm. Lessons learned? There is NO...
Gillian Holding
Feb 2, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #28
Typically on a week where I have to seriously work to a stream of specific results, I have had days interrupted by pick ups and music...
Gillian Holding
Feb 1, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #27
Ah, the joy of an unexpectedly glorious “failure”. I was trialling the opalescent screen and shadow puppets today. It’s fair to say I had...
Gillian Holding
Jan 31, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #26
I’ve realized I just cannot resist temptation to create a decent image of the non-sketchbook explorations. This cam experimenter called...
Gillian Holding
Jan 30, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #25
Absurd to make a to do list for a weekend when I’m away and then think I can make something happen. Particularly when the to do list...
Gillian Holding
Jan 29, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #24
Confronting the dreaded hands. Pages of drawing required so I can move to the watercolor drawing with fluid, instinctive lines and...
Gillian Holding
Jan 27, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #22
My head is dangerously full of 3D movements options; gears, cams, sprockets and belts. I am unable to think about anything else which is...
Gillian Holding
Jan 25, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #21
It’s funny how ideas evolve. This blog series for example: I had no real Idea of what was going to happen, what I was going to post, but...
Gillian Holding
Jan 24, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #20
Running apace now on multiple fronts. Still messing for the shadow puppets, starting to assemble the actual puppet and busy drawing specs...
Gillian Holding
Jan 23, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #19
Exploration is aways a challenge on busy days, but I have a serious deadline to meet at the end of the next week which isn’t disappearing...
Gillian Holding
Jan 22, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #18
The entire day was almost a #dailyfail after falling back to sleep when I should have been up and about. Creativity was hampered by...
Gillian Holding
Jan 20, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #17
Freezing cold, numb fingers, and another pile of mono prints but at least I have decided on a direction to go. The sketchbook has been...
Gillian Holding
Jan 19, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #16
An extremely satisfying set of fails today which is encouraging for resolving this piece over the next few days. Inspired by a workshop I...
Gillian Holding
Jan 18, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #15
Woke in a panic this morning. Too many deadlines approaching, and I need to move up a few gears. So instead of rushing into the studio, I...
Gillian Holding
Jan 17, 20121 min read


#dailyfail #14
I’m becoming a bit more relaxed each day posting the normally hidden pages of my sketchbook and related messings. Working in a open plan...
Gillian Holding
Jan 16, 20121 min read
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