The Domestic Soundscape making, listening, thinkingfelicityford@outlook.com
Viva la Domestic Soundscape!
Yesterday was my perfect kind of day. It started out with an installment of Reading brick-watching* and knit-dreaming. (Don’t all these brickwork patterns just scream “FAIRISLE” at you?) Chequered brickwork. Re-done brickwork wall. TAM-PATTERN brickwork. Wouldn’t it be the most amazing TAM? Brickwork with fine tea urn. Brickwork with ageing shop signage. Brickwork doorway leading […]
Everyday pleasures
1. Curating A LOOK on Pinterest! There is something indescribably pleasing about collating together all the great things that you see online and organising them into pinboards, then using this as inspiration to refresh one’s wardrobe. 2. Photographing Reading’s bricks. I am amassing a library of photos of bricks on my errands about town and […]
Harp and Things for Active Crossover
I am working on a new piece for a performance next Friday at The Rising Sun Arts Centre in Reading. The performance is part of Active Crossover; a project by Simon Whetham. Here is some information on Active Crossover: Active Crossover 2011 ‘Active Crossover’ will be running in four gallery spaces in the year 2011. […]
Mixtapes and Messy Tuesdays
I was so excited to read Kirsty’s post reviving the Messy Tuesdays concept that I immediately vowed to write a Messy Tuesdays post of my own this week. Happily I am never short of a creative mess or two (or three or four or five…) to document on Messy Tuesdays, and the affirmative power of […]
Biscuitopolis & The Mad March Hare…
A couple of Sundays back, the Sticks’n’String knitters plus some Bluestockings came over for a yarn-swap and a tasty feast. The rules were simply that everyone should bring some kind of local fare for the table plus some yarn to swap. Everyone bought amazing things to eat – pies, sausages, cheeses, cakes, chutneys etc. – […]
Wool at Reading Geek Night…
Last Tuesday I gave a talk at Reading Geek Night entitled “10 things you didn’t know about Wool.” Much of what I said in my talk will be old hat to seasoned knitters; you don’t need me to point out that shreddies are clearly NOT knitted by Nanas, nor that there are basic differences between […]
FUNLIST!
Here’s what’s on my FUNLIST this week; a mostly-ticked off list, which is full of the sounds I need to record whilst here in Wales, staying with Brenda and Tonia and their adorable animals. The sounds relate to the project Brenda talked about in her last podcast; Jasper in Brenda’s knitting basket; keeping busy and […]
Podcasts review
Since I began producing podcasts I have become a frequent consumer of them. As a consumer of podcasts, I love that I can curate very specific listening experiences from the smorgasbord of free audio that exists on the Internet. As a producer of podcasts, I like that the DIY nature of the podcast means it […]
Tea and Biscuits
The past few months have been manic. Since my PhD studies came to an end and my AHRC funding ran out, I am relying 100% on my own wits and skills to make an income. I am trading as a self-employed artist, which is not the fantastically high-paid profession that one might hope. However, I […]
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