Things are getting more and more eccentric at Casa de la Swain. Changing styles in my textile work, falling in love again with painting and photography...and then there is the ever illusive quest for continuing creativity through working with Eric Maisel. Still on the road teaching, posting now at the Ragged Cloth Cafe and taking the pledge to keep handmaiden up to date.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Never Satisfied
Absolutely the last change....not like you can tell but it is tweaked a little
Okay, okay you are sick of this and it isn't even sewn together. However, the middle section still wasn't working so it got changed today. Also there are a few new shapes added or changed. In response to Diane's post of today, this is non-representational organic art. It doesn't have to look like anything, although I love still life and representational. Remember this is experimental stuff so it will take awhile to come to fruition. Regardless, this speaks to me so that is all that matters. Who are we making this stuff for anyway? Art is for the artist, not the viewer...think I said that before...must be getting old repeating myself.
The new work is pictured above but with the holiday doubt that much will get done....family stuff and all that. Besides, there is lots of applique to be done on this piece. Have needle; will applique.
Hope you enjoyed the process photos whether you enjoyed the piece or not. It was fun for me to document the steps or mis-steps as the case might be. As always do what you love, learn all you can and dance with the muse.
On the garden front, what a terrible mistake....now the darn thing has to be watered every day if not every other day since we have hit the 100 degree mark....of course, guess who has to do the watering. Add this to the list of how productive people get things done stress free.
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- Close-up of bottom section
- Close-up top section
- Hard to see but next in the series
- Never Satisfied
- Yard guy
- Dwarf nandina and liarope grass
- Couldn't resist this ground cover..will probably g...
- My croton in all its glory between Texas Sage and ...
- Changing the subject..yard guy finally works on th...
- A resolution of sorts
- and it doesn't end with just one pile
- The cost of working without color theory
- Mr Albers and Me
- The "C" Thing just for Karoda
- Busy Day at Grandma's House
- What I am currently reading...can this be true...s...
- New piece pinned carefully in place ready to be ba...
- new piece positioned over lines on pattern that sh...
- Back to business....the quilt is placed on the lig...
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- Important laws to remember when you are in Texas
- Cyrus delights at animals smaller than he is
- Collin loved the zoo
- Charles on left and Craig on right know how to han...
- Gaia, obviously isn't afraid of this dragon
- Gareth bags a komado dragon
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- Just for Fun
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- Here's how the process works
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3 comments:
Yes please save the garden by watering it. It is so lovely and will act as inspiration for the future.
I so agree with you, repeat away, art is for the artist first, and if anyone likes it, great!
I like the changes. They add sparkage! (not suckage) :-)
Discussion at QSDS: there is abstract art- taking a real object and creating art that has the *feel* of the original; and there is nonobjective art- making art that may or may not create a feeling...but it was not taken from, nor was it intended to represent, a real object. And, I must confess, this was a part of Ned Wert's presentation. But, it made sense to me.
teri
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