It has been a ridiculously long time since I posted anything on this blog. We were asked to start them for our Chelsea foundation and I felt a bit stupid posting at first, because I had never done anything like it. I don't usually like talking about my work, but my foundation showed me you need to involve people in your projects- especially if its something like spatial design or architecture. You need to be able to present your ideas well.
Anyway, I just had a look at my friend Jessica's food blog (
http://athriftyfoodie.wordpress.com/ if your feeling peckish) and it inspired me to carry on with mine. I finished my Chelsea foundation in about late April and since then have a had a ridiculously long summer. I did a bit of this and that, I went to America with my friend Amy for a month which was amazing- we travelled what felt like quite a way but when I now look at our route on the map it only covers about an eighth of the humongous country that is the U.S of A. We went to NYC, Philly, Washington DC, Chicago and Boston- and also dragged my poor friend to Connellsville, PA to visit Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water ( it wasn't even the middle of nowhere, but in our car-less state it was impossible to get around.) I also went to Lucca in Italy for a week which was lovely too. But neither of those holiday's match up to the 5 month 'gap yahs' quite a few of my mates have been on.
I'm going to stop rambling and get to the point of this post. Yesterday I moved in to my Uni halls- I'm starting my undergrad degree in Architecture at the Bartlett (part of UCL) and I want to carry on uploading the trials and tribulations of the projects I undertake. I know this is still called ' Ellie's Chelsea Blog' but we from now on it can be 'Ellie's Bartlett Blog' -which to be honest has a better ring to it.
This post feels a bit lacking in photos or colour, so I'll just add on some photo's of my America trip and my Summer sketchbook. Sorry for the absence of a scanner.
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A little tribute to the royal wedding- which seemed to take over London in April.
(Why are these pics still rotating themselves!? this happened before as well) |
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I started doing little sketches of the different railings and decoration added to some of the landmarks we visited.
From the New York Public Library to the steps in Harvard |
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| NYC |
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| Washington Monument, we had to wait quite a while to get to the top of it. |
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| 4th of July- spent on a train, not very celebratory |
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| Chicago |
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| Boston |
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| Lucca |
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| Lucca again- we spent a lot of time walking around the walls of the city |
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| Santa Maria Novella- Florence |
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| yet more railings |
