by Fran Leitch | Jul 19, 2020 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6, Sample
July work! After my last session with Iris on Friday morning these are some of the question and avenues I find myself traversing at the moment after our discussion…she also asked where does your work sit; is it sentimental, Melancholy or Nostalgic? I find it at...
by Fran Leitch | Jul 19, 2020 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
June 2020 Hand, cotton and sunlight! June 2020 sleeves and buttons A play with pattern. I couldn’t find my hands to create things during lockdown, I could see them but couldn’t use them how I wanted! To get into this work physically I have to have someone to...
by Fran Leitch | May 17, 2020 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
Blyton, E. (1950). The Land of Far-beyond. p. 12 (Leaving lockdown!) The contents of my cupboards, wardrobe, drawers, and cabinets have never looked so neat, aligned, contained, and ordered; my control over an uncontrolled time. I sometimes randomly open one up and...
by Fran Leitch | May 17, 2020 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
‘The dream’ (written 10th April 2020) A few weeks back I had my first mentoring session with my mentor Iris via Zoom. A fabulous catch up (she told me exactly what I needed to hear, your work is good and It’s unique). It snowed and she showed me some of...
by Fran Leitch | Mar 1, 2020 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
‘All art is magic’, Alistair Crowley The HS6 workshop in Auckland back in January with Iris Eichenberg was sublime (11 fantastic people to be in this journey with too). Through Iris’s exquisitely crafted turn of phrase regarding our work and projects, she challenged...
