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Pottery

  My love of pottery has always been in my mind to develop a suitable way to practice aand produce ceramics Three options are clearly possibe but with their own pros/cons Introduce pottery to studioMAP Interoduce pottery to Langley studio  Join community organisation or access private fee/service pottery All the above require broader workshopping as well as basic models and pros/cons analysis There is an immediate artistic development taking place in my painting practice that is seeing more desire and some forays into incorporating pot and clay ideas into paintings. Though not new the tendency is increasing with larger painted artworks (not the steady but irregular works on paper version that pay homage to pot form and metaphors) This current tendacy is wirth noting as it may still possible 'overcome' the innate urge to model and fire clay - (alchemy in action not just representational) Also under consideration is the book-form version ie a published book dedicated to the 2D ar

Hold on and Scale

  The idea to retain studioMAP, control, teach and manage at studioMAP is a viable option that would just require necessary tweeks and possible reordering to maintain a developing (devolving) model. Obviously the model needs to work in the following core ways:  viable bisiness plan sustainable health and time management plan staged work life balance modelling immediate model shift mid term (time line needed)  long term and final transittion exit / sale options

Ingredients

 The financial Plan              Income minimum              Current sources              Possible sources              Strategies                                                          Short term                             Medium term                             Long term             Contingencies                             Income capacities                             Income invovation                             Income restrictions                                                  Shifting scale                             Health Options               STAY / SELL / DIVEST / SCALED REREAT / PULL BACK - employ senior tutor(s)                              Stages Bucket list Step back Legacies  Finale