It's a boy!

This is it, we are finally here. Tomorrow comes the first delivery of the books.

(The title refers to the extraordinary similarity to that particular process. Since I moved into my parents house, end of last year, to care for them, I have not been in the studio... I have been working on the book. How long is that.... 9 months?)

So, you can imagine, great excitement. And they will be hot off the press to take to the Biennale tomorrow evening.

The video has been made, and the dvd is being wrapped up and will be ready for launch we estimate mid Sept.  There is a lot to getting a dvd made, I had no idea.  But the step by step process is really good and clear, with my poncy British voice over!

Once the 1 min You tube video is out I think people will be surprised. That has no voice over, just jolly tinky tonk music, very upbeat.

Now to get the products out into the world, and then to get back into the studio.  It will take getting used to, not sitting in front of a screen all day anymore.  But then I will be MAKING things and will have some NEW pictures for you, not the same old.

If you have been, as they say, thanks for reading.  And keep following, there is going to be all sorts of reaction I think, and maybe something interesting will happen, who knows.

To the Printers!

Now I have just, last night, got back from a delicious 3 weeks away, I am wondering where everybody is .... are they still on their holidays?

I will just have to soldier on till they decide to get back to their desks.

Meanwhile, things have been happening: I have the proofs back!  This is where they charge you lots to make any changes, so heaven help you if you are not ready before you press SEND.
I did check the book very well before I sent it, but there was a glitch on the back cover that really bothered me. To sleep by 3am finally, after journey, Olympics finale that never ended and considerable worrying about glitch.

After lots of negotiations and calls to Patrick in Spain (holidays), we came to a resolution and the problem is fixed with very little blood spilt.

So, where are we up to?

We have the Glass Biennale happening in Stourbridge. 

It is an International Festival of Glass, www.ifg.org.uk and it runs from 24-27 August.  I will be exhibiting these 2 pieces of work there.  

Flat Fantasy, 70 x 85cm

Japanese Triptych Screen, 180 x 138 cm wide

I think the book will be ready for then, I am certainly crossing everything. The organizers are giving me an opportunity to talk about it and to sell them at the show.

Then the next thing is the annual 2-day conference of reverse glass painting, 7. Tagung zur Hintrglaskunst, in the Maximilian Museum, Augsburg, Germany, 5/6 October. I will give a short talk there and hopefully sell some more books.

Following that is the Just Glass conference: 20 October, in Red Lion Square. www.just-glass.co.uk. I shall be one of 4 people giving a talk on the subject of surface decoration.

As all this happens I shall be invoicing, packing and sending out books like crazy. I have some reviewers lined up, mostly in the UK but once the bulk of the books have been sent I will look to the US to find more outlets for it.

And of course there is the rest: the dvd, the video and the e-book version.  These are being prepared and a date will be set to launch the lot on the internet. There may be a bit of a flurry after that.... lets hope so.

All best to my readers....  f