It’s been just a week since our exhibition at the art residency and its time to reflect on the experience - three weeks to work on a focused topic which has been leading me for the past year and more. It began when I was on residency in Crete and continues as I explore, fine tune and develop my approach to Vessels - Art of the Feminine. My sketchbook is brimming with ideas, many samples were made and I am excited for the future.
Our exhibition was so much fun! The other two residents, Emma from Australia and Nasim from Iran are delightful, talented women that I was thrilled to work alongside. I hope one day our paths will cross again …
Lots of people attended the exhibition, a great opportunity to share our work with others and celebrate! We even had a DJ!
Afterwards, there was still a couple days left to work - so I decided to call it “play”, used up some papers I had coloured and just tried a bit more collage.
My bags got packed, the vessels were taken apart (I had stitched them closed knowing that I could cut them apart afterwards) and laid flat, the little paper vessels were put inside each other when possible and keeping in mind that they’re not “precious” I wont mind if they get crushed!
A few goodbyes and a last cappuccino across the street and we were on our way to Thassos, just a short ferry ride to a lovely history laden island….where the seafood is amazing and sea glass collecting gives me a thrill!
The island of Thassos is very touristy in the summer months, but by arriving in mid April, we have avoided the heat and the hordes of people and we are definitely no “beach” people…..
The best part to visiting the archeological museum….yes, another one! But for a small island, this one had so much to offer and the galleries went on and on with so much to discover! While I was mostly interested in the pots and containers, there were large….really large, statues, burial tombs with poignant inscriptions translated, and interesting history on how important Thassos had been Botha’s a port and defensive position to the areas on the mainland (remember my post about the visit to Philippi?)
And the Agora, oh my, to step into history and walk there people walked centuries ago….absolutely mind blowing!. So much of it is buried under the city or built upon, or probably taken for building later construction. But some columns remained and steps leading to other areas….
…but don’t go away, there’s more to come!
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