I did some more machine stitching on this with a dark, metallic thread to help define the layers a bit. The handwork I have planned may or may not work - it will be easy enough to pick out if I change my mind. I'm thinking this could be a small study for bigger things hinged on the same techniques.
Don't you find that things that are a pleasure to work on turn out well more often than the things that fight and struggle and balk you along the way?
And sometimes, no matter what you do, a wishpot will just go bad to the bone.
I did some more machine stitching on this with a dark, metallic thread to help define the layers a bit. The handwork I have planned may or may not work - it will be easy enough to pick out if I change my mind. I'm thinking this could be a small study for bigger things hinged on the same techniques.
Don't you find that things that are a pleasure to work on turn out well more often than the things that fight and struggle and balk you along the way?
And sometimes, no matter what you do, a wishpot will just go bad to the bone.
5 comments:
Deb, the more you do,the more it is a winner. Definitely and entry for your next competition.
When things work well, you can spend hours, days and weeks on them--and it is magic i agree. I've decided to listen to the artgut--if it doesn't feel right, STOP. I wasted 8 hours on something, knowing it was wrong---
This grid is very very viscerally appealing. (from my artgut to yours :})
looks great!
but no....i like the struggle sometimes too.....
I love the imagery of this piece.
I, too, struggle sometimes more often than not. I wonder if this is a reflection of my lack of confidence in my creative endeavors. I think things should be often comforting too.
Go for your own personal artgut, Deb; it never left you, it's only waiting for your total confidence :)
You have a great sense of colour and a very special way of seeing it in fiber - go for that, leave it all to colour, shape will follow. Patterns are usefull, grids discipline - but sometimes they just ask for contradiction :)
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