Another day and night in Knit1 Blog1. Tonight we did a small launch of our new website and introduction to our Accredited Professional Members to use the site as a sort of proxy site by having a comprehensive portfolio page. We are really happy with our new website and its much better design and beautifully laid out information, making it really easy to use - a big thanks to Mark from Genius Moon who did all the work (with some input from us of course), and to Diana for her management.
It just so happened that this was a very smooth launch as we easily slipped into the gallery and reconfigured it oh so slightly to become the venue for the launch. Turned out to be a great introduction and then a great chance to get up close and personal with the knitting on display. Everyone enjoyed the walk through of the site and I hope to see more portfolios emerging on the site over time.
A lot of our audiences have been really enjoying the show and in particular feeling the works on display. Usually, for many reasons, we don't encourage people to handle the works in the gallery but this is one exhibition where people are drawn to the work and of course many of the participants encourage this as well. Its like its gold, the pieces have come out of the virtual and are real and in the here and now and they can't resist - you can feel the different wools and inspect the different stitches, pat down the oh so smooth knitting done by these expert knitters.
I'm giving a talk at the ANU School of Art - Art Forum next Thursday and so have to get my head down to write about what has been a really enjoyable project. Need to get a bit of a plan in my head and talk about this wide world of knitting and blogging.
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