Listening to: Elbow
I thought it about time I gave an update of life at Uni!
Our photography lessons are still fun, we've been learning how to produce our photos. Before the holiday, we were sent into the centre ville to take photographs of the monuments and statues around town. Which would have been much more enjoyable for Emily and I, if there hadn't been a protest taking place in the city centre, and therefore no buses going back out!
That was one looooooong walk home!
So this week we've been producing the black and white photographs we took, and learning how to take things apart and back together in complete darkness. That was one funny lesson.
I'm really enjoying our photography lessons; I think it's going to be something really nice to look back on. That's one advantage of studying something creative while living somewhere new. You get the chance to create things about where you are, your experiences and the sights you're seeing. It’s something nice to take away with you, and to look back on years later.
This week we started book binding, nothing really to show yet as we've only just begun, but it’s good to do create with your hands; physically putting something together. It should be interesting to use in our final exhibition at Beaux Arts.
Also, this week I finally had a breakthrough with my personal project! Thank the Lord!
I'm doing a project on Besançon, which may sound a little lacking in thought, but hear me out. I wanted to make a collection, and experiment with what Besançon is, what it is made up of. Obviously I looked at the sights, the views and the buildings. But I was also thinking about how Besançon was made up to me, personally. What I saw and come into contact in my day to day life; signs, tickets, my address.
At the moment I'm working with my original sketches and photographs, and experimenting with engraving, stamps and cut-work.
I'm really enjoying our photography lessons; I think it's going to be something really nice to look back on. That's one advantage of studying something creative while living somewhere new. You get the chance to create things about where you are, your experiences and the sights you're seeing. 
I'm doing a project on Besançon, which may sound a little lacking in thought, but hear me out. I wanted to make a collection, and experiment with what Besançon is, what it is made up of. Obviously I looked at the sights, the views and the buildings. But I was also thinking about how Besançon was made up to me, personally. What I saw and come into contact in my day to day life; signs, tickets, my address.
