GALLERY

• proposal accepted for show
• hands shaken with Stuart Parker of the printmaking department about the use of some space in the mall during their show for the period March 16-30
• 3 large, locking cabinets booked with Illingworth-Kerr gallery for the period March 16-30
• 4 smaller cabinets booked with Kurt at Jewellery department for the same period
• discussions with set designer about gallery transformation into a crypt [Feb 7]
• now have a fairly good picture of what the gallery will look like [Feb 11]

FOOD

• first twenty individual bowls made in test run
• decision made to make/decorate the individual bowls communally
• bowls thrown communally by 4th year ACAD ceramics majors and poster made to advertise carvathon [Feb 11]

FLOWERS

• called several flower shops to ask for donations of flowers for the show. Two were interested in further information. I prepared an information kit with covering letter for each and delivered them. Nothing to be expected until after Valentine's Day [Feb 8].

ARTIFACTS

• original carved box fired. Interior not yet lined.
• several carvings of Anglo-Saxon interlace designs made and pressmolds taken from them
• two carved boxes from interlace pressmolds completed to leather-hard stage. Drying now! Small box being bisqued [Feb 12]
• meander designs, pressmolds and first test tiles done for mural frame. Buffstone clay ordered and received for tiles [Feb 11]
• 4 pressmolds each with a set of 5 or 6 leaf related designs carved and cast in plaster. This will be used to create sprigs. [Feb 12]
• high fire glaze tests done for artifacts
• accepted gift of candle stubs and other left-over wax from Mabel at my church. This will be melted to make candles for the show
• Other partially burned candles in coloured glass enclosures loaned to me from the church
• mural subject chosen. It will be Charon, the god who ferried the dead across the river Styx.

INTERNET SITE

• agreement made with Peter Fung of Advanet Technology Inc. for the loan of a computer for the duration of the show
• initial version of site created
• thesis with footnotes added
• further images and links
• proposal
• state of progress and todo list
• invitation to carvathon added to home page [Feb 12]

EXHIBIT DESIGN

• Attended day-long exhibit design forum at Glenbow Museum. Good information; good contacts. [Feb 7]

ROBES

• initial measurements taken
• discussion about how clothing should be made begun
• thesis on mediaeval clerical robes [including patterns] found on microfiche at University of Calgary library [Feb 8]
• a drawing student named Tara thinks she has a theatrical friend who could get us a pattern [Feb 10].
• phoned several churches, convents and religious orders for information on patterns. I should be able to visit one of the orders and see and measure an existing robe if it looks like the one I want [Feb 10].

THE RITE

• a number of books on the subject of Gregorian chant borrowed from the University of Calgary library
• contemplation about the rite begun; but nothing recorded yet