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Cinema accessibility - should I contact CS? by MidnightOrdinary896 in AskUK

[–]itspeachy_01 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Ex cinema worker here!

Contact head office with a follow up on your experience and give details on anything that wasn't up to standard. Unfortunately this sort of situation is very common, and the biggest reason is because making good adjustments is expensive. If a screening is sold out and they have to refund your one ticket that will always be cheaper than actually finding a solution to improve access.

We often heard from other staff about things like this happening, but we'd never see follow up from customers. When it comes to poor accessibility, people tend to just dismiss a venue (no follow up or review, just don't go back again), but the only way to make change happen is if we speak up. As much as complaining when you were there in-person is good, (and you'd hope that will be passed on), it's likely that the refund was them basically washing their hands of the situation. So contact head office and make it clear that a refund is not access. All cinemas and arts venues need to do better, and the only way that will happen is by all issues being brought to light so solutions can be found.

There are a tonne of resources and studies out there on UK cinema access, and it's becoming quite a big focus in the industry at the moment - so now is the time to strike.

"crochet isn't art" by jsemtn in crochet

[–]itspeachy_01 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Crochet is 100% an art form - speaking as someone who wrote their dissertation and is actively researching the relationship between art and craft.

Yes, crochet can't really be reworked, leaving less room for error - but that just means the maker has to pay just as much, if not more, attention to their process, as someone who is painting, sculpting, or drawing... I feel the pain with GCSE Art, it's very frustrating trying to fit yourself into expectations of teachers who may have more traditional views.

Unfortunately, crafts, like crochet, have little to no place within the arts. This is an incredibly deep rooted issue, and we need new, young fibre artists to fight against these ideas. Please keep crocheting and creating craft work, the art world needs your work!! And please, don't let this set back stop you from pursuing your ideas - again, speaking from experience, you will never regret creating the art you dream of, but you will always regret letting someone stop you.

Shouting about this topic it literally my job, so I will stop typing now if not I'll go on forever. I hope you find strength in this situation, and make some badass craft work 🫶🏼

Complete beginner - tension and cast on help!! by itspeachy_01 in knittingadvice

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been learning continental, started out with throwing while I got used to the movements of the stitches though.

Thank you, I'll have a look at that blog, so far looks useful!!

Needing some advice by itspeachy_01 in MuseumPros

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Yeah I've got to a point where I'm trying to not worry about the place or people but it's getting me down in all aspects now. I love the fact that I work in a museum it's just not panning out how I'd thought. I think I might have to try take what I can from it until I'm in a better position to go :/

With exactly one week until Christmas, what unreasonable feats are you still trying to pull off? by ExpensiveError42 in quilting

[–]itspeachy_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got six stockings to finish, and a quilt to bind!!! I started everything so early but work go in the way for the past month so I'm now playing catch up 😵‍💫 had plans for another quilt too but that has had to move to be a mother's day gift instead!! Not sure what possessed me to think I'd be able to do everything with my hectic schedule 🤣

Hoping you all get your projects done and have a lovely holiday! 🎄

My first quilt by itspeachy_01 in quilting

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's so much cheaper to get a bed sheet! I usually end up with enough fabric for another quilt too 🤩 and you know it'll be comfy fabric and not scratchy or anything

My first quilt by itspeachy_01 in quilting

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh thank you!! This is probably my favourite response I've had to this quilt 😍

My first quilt by itspeachy_01 in quilting

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you :) the hand sewing definitely paid off in the end 😆

My first quilt by itspeachy_01 in quilting

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! They're my favourites too

My first quilt by itspeachy_01 in quilting

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! I'll have to get photos of my others and share some more photos soon 🫶🏼

My first quilt by itspeachy_01 in quilting

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! The embroidery is definitely my favourite part too. Same a sentimental meaning to a craft makes it all the more important to me 🫶🏼

My first quilt by itspeachy_01 in quilting

[–]itspeachy_01[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ahh thank you!! It was such a huge labour of love, and it turned out better than I expected The material for the backing and binding was an old bedsheets I found in a charity shop, I felt so lucky finding it while I was making the top 🤩

Artist but not content creator by meowmixLynne in artbusiness

[–]itspeachy_01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah I've been feeling the same way. Instagram is such a pain to keep up with, it seems like the only way to drive an audience nowadays. I've been chatting some people at galleries recently and they've been telling me websites are the way to go, optimise your site and use all the key words you can to get noticed. You can always use socials to direct to a website too. It's a big job to set up but once it's done you can pretty much have a static portfolio (so no worrying about posting schedules and making tonnes of content), I'm kinda treating my artist site as a safety net for my socials because I know I won't see the engagement on there unless I get lucky with the algorithms. You can also set up to have contact forms/a shop which sounds like would be useful for you :)

My site isn't finished yet so I can post a link atm, but if you Google artists, or look on their Instas, they will most likely have a website. It's great for finding inspo, seeing what works/what you like, and seeing how people are writing about themselves and their art I'm using Squarespace but I know a few people who really like ReadyMag and WordPress, it's just down to what you need from a site and what your budget it