hey everyone long time no chat. I promise I will upload everything but another time sorry!

honestly ive not had the time at all to write, moving to another country to be the only intern at work is serious business. the first three weeks were blissful, everything was so novel and it was all very exciting…. though I am feeling more settled, suddenly the acts of certain people in the studio have dropped, and they’ve gotten a bit more French. ive been finding it hard to manage my anxiety (I have always had this) on whether I am forming my relationships the best I can. its a shame I feel this way because actually nothing is wrong and half of it is just me overthinking little interactions. either way it doesn’t matter and I have to remind myself my value (in terms of this internship) is solely based on the quality of work I produce, which I feel like has been pretty good.

as for the work everything is so standardised, Luisa has a fantastic system for everything I feel like I am 10x more efficient and have a much better understanding of of knitting. for example I am much better at fixing mistakes more and problem solving. I went to feel the yarn which was awesome and spoke to Italian yarn manufacturers, wrote notes and look very professional. I do production, pattern development and linking among other things in the studio, I will attach pictures.

overall this is a great experience and I just need to teach myself how to chill out sometimes.

as for my sip its in the works, im gonna apply for that pitch it thing and basically I want to give my friends/ young artists the space to actually talk about their work and why they’ve made it. there’s not enough voices in modern art., besides from that art in itself ive realised during placement isn’t that important in the grand scheme of things so I am going to involve a charity in some sort of way. and have a dj. stay tuned

actually speak soon this time 🙂