Arts Beyond the Classroom

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from peter sanders | Apr 18, 2010 peter sanders

I hope you've all had a wonderful Easter. Mine was mixed, first half behaving like a 10 year old mountain biking on The South Downs, the second spent recovering from an operation (the two were not related). This, coupled with my daughter having my camera in Argentina means I've been rubbish with photos. I do hope everyone else is getting together a good collection for our forthcoming exhibition.

I think I'm too much of a coward to be a good photographer anyway. I daren't get close enough to get the really powerful images that some of you seem to manage. There were so many opportunities for great shots when I went into The Homerton but it would have been terribly intrusive and my mind was rather on other things. It did make me think a lot though about how clever good photography is.
I can't remember if I blogged following the V&A trip but I loved it and saw such potential in these kind of visits whether they form part of ABC or not. It's so valuable just having some shared experiences. Our quilting workshop with Jenny is on 29th I think and we'll all need our bits of cloth to add to the main piece (am I right in thinking it has to be 14cm square?).
Lokking forward to seeing you all very soon and getting on with the next stage of the project.


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Maggie and Olivia
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written by Maggie and Olivia, April 21, 2010
Hi Peter I do hope you are feeling better, I'm very sorry I didn't know you had been to hospital. Yes the size for the quilt pieces are 14cms and I have no idea about the next workshop as I only had a timetable up til the holidays.Sending our best wishes for a speedy return Maggie and Olivia x

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