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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
cutting up the cloth
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Hot Houses
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Safe as Houses
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Saturday, August 09, 2008
Ni hao World
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Thursday, August 07, 2008
Last Fling (for now) - storm light
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weaknesses
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Last Fling (for now)
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Blueberry Picnic
Sunday, August 03, 2008
another start
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Fireplace finds new purpose
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
people will think I'm unemployed!
Colors and Emotion
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
summer rolls on
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Summer Garden
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Friday, July 25, 2008
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Blues
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Last of the Mystery cottons dyed
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Monday, July 21, 2008
more hand dyes
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
photo frustration
I've just spent the best part of two days shooting and reshooting four of my most recent pieces and I don't know if I'm losing my mind or my overworked and aging little digital camera is losing more than just a step. I hate that I'm feeling animosity towards the pieces as if they cared.
This was taken on the design wall in my studio
Getting good digital images of textiles is a struggle on a good day but throw anything shiny like metallic thread or paint or damask fabric into the mix and be prepared for hair pulling, crude cursing and lots of sweat.
This one was taken out on the deck with the sun overhead.
Part of my problem is not being able to decide if I want the digital image of the work to highlight the basic elements of the design - the shapes, colors, lines and energy of each piece, to speak first and loudest, or do I want the textures of the fabric and the textures created by the stitching to have an equal voice. These decisions come with little or no thought during the design and creation of each piece but conveying these decisions through the digital image is maddening.
As if I could afford one, I spent a lot of time rooting about on the web looking for local professional photographers in the metro ATL area and found a disappointing clutch of wedding shooters hell bent on selling that fuzzy dream image which is probably all that most folks remember of their weddings without expensive pictures to remind them.
What do other fiber artists do with this problem?
Fruits
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