{"id":411,"date":"2013-08-25T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/?p=411"},"modified":"2013-08-25T20:27:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T19:27:13","slug":"time-to-learn-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Time to learn something new"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-411\">\n<p>Much as I love to teach, I must admit, there are few things I like more than life on the other side of the bench! Being a student is one (tax deductable \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 indulgence I allow myself each year<\/p>\n<p>The turn of the seasons are inexorably linked with the academic cycle for me and these last days of rain present a timely reminder that summer is slipping behind us;\u00a0 late bursts of sunshine raise up the smells of earth that hint of Autumn, and with them comes that familiar urge to focus the mind, to get creative.\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/matrix_siren3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-423\" title=\"Using Matrix for jewellery design, Vicky Forrester\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/matrix_siren3.jpg\" alt=\"Using Matrix for jewellery design, Vicky Forrester\" width=\"475\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/matrix_siren3.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/matrix_siren3-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m looking to make smaller commitments this year, having dedicated much of this last year\u2019s spare time to learning new CAD skills\u00a0 (see previous posts). Improving those skills will take up much of my creative energy, so perhaps this autumn I will finally get back to some gentle exercise \u2013 my creaky bones will surely thank me for it!<\/p>\n<p>Have you thought about what you\u2019ll do this Autumn?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re feeling a need to nurture your creativity \u00a0why not join a jewellery course with me or my colleagues? Check out <a title=\"jewellery courses starting September\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fluxstudios.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flux Studios <\/a> for some great long or short jewellery courses &#8211; <a title=\"jewellery courses starting September at Flux Studios\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fluxstudios.org\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Our new term starts in September.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/flowerring_variation5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-426\" title=\"Flower-ring \u00a9 Vicky Forrester 2013 Design realised using Matrix (CAD software)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/flowerring_variation5.jpg\" alt=\"Flower-ring \u00a9 Vicky Forrester 2013 Design realised using Matrix (CAD software)\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/flowerring_variation5.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/flowerring_variation5-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-411\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 411);\">[Translate]<\/a><img src=\"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif\" id=\"translate_loading_post-411\" class=\"translate_loading\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much as I love to teach, I must admit, there are few things I like more than life on the other side of the bench! Being a student is one (tax deductable \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 indulgence I allow myself each year The turn of the seasons are inexorably linked with the academic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,1],"tags":[15,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}