A rather late blog post...

Hello readers of YAAC's most brilliant blog, it's Anna :)

Before I start, I'd like to apologise for how late this post is! I did have every intention of writing it sooner, I just never got round to it!

Anyway, cast your minds back almost two weeks ago, to the 11th January (where we met on a Wednesday rather than our usual Tuesday). It was in the midst of our exam week, but everyone (minus Connel who had a big physics exam the next day) had been able to make it!

Fran kicked the session off by telling us about the up and coming events going on at the Arnolfini, including the opening of artist Cosima Von Borin's exhibition, who uses colourful textiles to create bold installations, like the one with the octopus -->

Then Sasha talked us through a whole presentation of different artists who use string, paper bags and felt in their work and how they create different effects. Although we have found no-one who uses dental floss!

Inspired by this we split off into smaller groups to make things we wanted to go in the wifi corner. I was in a group with India and Ciaran. At first we decided to use paper bags and dental floss making these sky scraper shapes (and Ciaran discovered his love of sewing!). Then we cut out letters from felt to spell out Katies phrase "It felt like a beard" which was quite a pun as they were cut out of felt!





<-- Here we are, busy making!

We then gathered round like a show and tell, to share what we had done.

Some really nice things that came out of it were the paper bag fairy lights -->












<--The gold leaf on felt











And our felt letters were pretty popular too! -->
(Apart from the fact that it says "lik"...)

Here's what all our creations looked like up on the wall; (starting to get more of a feel what the finished wifi corner will be like now!)

And woh! How could I nearly forget! A very momentous occasion! We have some new members to our Yak family!

 This is India's snazzy yak, made from a toilet roll tube and gold paint! (Oooh suggestion! Our Yaks should have names!)

And this is Esthers cool drawing of a yak, with a full box of gold leaf. (I'm thinking he looks a bit like a Bernie?)

Also If you scroll up to the picture of the wall with all our creations, you can see Katies pink yak!

Anyway I think that's enough for now!

Anna :)