Reused Tate welcome folder, plus pizza packaging - love using the latter. Tondi. Just looking at the news from Mirandola. Weird when the TV has places you recently visited. This story particularly sad. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Restoration. It's a bit of a thread here: reused A6 sketch, blown up to A4, colour added. The flower in the Narcissus myth almost certainly an iris, certainly a water plant. 'Bright' covered yellow and blue! #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Comet Crashing. Repurposed collotype from school. Looking at the Cattelan retrospective at Berlin. very poor. Closer to Gilray or Rowlandson, a cartoonist. But the cult of novelty, and the sham, the fast... #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

The High St wet. I hope the rain stops before we go out. @steveferris5498 is my YouTube, if any of you lovelies ever look at that? It'd be nice. 100 views by Christmas would be wonderful! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Is being proud of a set of snaps a bad thing? Love the colour and composition. I am becoming obsessed. I reckon there's at least 30,000 photos on the cloud now. I thought about the ArtGemini Prize, but can't afford it. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Rain at 6.30 this morning. The lumber yard next door has enough lights to stage a football match. So this is on the wall of the empty spare room, still looking for a cotenant. Forecast: sunny! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Shard. Up late today: 5.45! Had a restorative nap though. Tomorrow will help put Northstowe show up. Annoyed that the green sea turtle drawing won't be hung. Their rubric demands a size restriction. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Religious. Lunch today was PURE comfort food: a bacon sandwich with a fried egg running out the edges, followed by tiramisu. This is a copied drawing with acrylic added. happy with it really. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

This is one of the new batch of postcards. I had envisaged selling them and sending them through the post, but that's yet another stpid idea that has fallen by the wayside. I am asking a frind to SEO me. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #postcards #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

Trophy. I have to go at this thing like a bull at a gate. I contemplated going for the ArtGemini Prize with a set of photographs called 'The Suffolk Series.' But the £65 for 8 entries is beyond me, even if the BullionByPost payment comes through. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham

Stairway. I have recativated my YouTube channel, or rather, 'they have altered my pathway so I can access it.' It's @steveferris5498 if any of you lovelies ever look at that platform. Vids so far are clutzy. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #frustration

Locomotion, a train museum up north. Very fond memories of the palce as I went with Dad and my stepmother. The Flying Scotsman was there. I can remember travelling by steam on British Rail. I am old! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

For Foundation Course I had to find 100 black objects. I slaved over the summer painting Hammerite on rusty metal. The sculpture was ruined in a Knebworth downpour in Mum's garage. A few elements survived. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Sometimes the camera sort of auto-improves without being asked to. This is NOT manipulated. Teasles pretending to be tryfids. U stupidly early again, but Man is supposed to have a biphasic sleep pattern. #theferrsfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

In a way, I should be posting about 15 new ones, as I said I'd do one more than the number of resaponses I get. May join RPS in the New Year, if I am closer to solvency. This is what you get when you advertise for a non-smoker cotenant! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Tata are taking over Teacher Pension Scheme. So far the latter has [redacted] around for almost 3 years. I expect the new lot to be as hopeless. I need to bugger off to Italy. NOW. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Can't remember what these last 2 are called. They just get a photo import number. Still fuming that the possible lodger declined. People just want jam on it! Have reactivated my YouTube, so may suggest a look later. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Sneezing and coughing. Andrew wants me to go to lunch tomorrow, but not sure I should. We'll see in the morning. Food coming at 8 and I have tried to sell some coins. Sorry, auntie Pat! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #mixedmedia

Northamptonshire. Lots of my schoolfriends came from Raunds, while I bussed there from St Neots. Sport on the BBC. Goodbye! Off to Rai News24. Might have a bath; is that sensible with such a cold? #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

Ad for a holiday competion; the Sydney Opera House. Made into a sphinx, but that mixture of oil pastel and acrylic not ideal for restorers (once I am famous). You can see the skein of lines to stimulate imagery. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia