music by Choi Seung-hyun from the film "old boy'
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
close comfort
The last of the posse was just too eclectic to join forces with any of the others. All on it's own, it's acquired a little color and, as time passes, a lot of hand stitching.
So all told, in the B&W series ( the Karmas) there are two fairly large pieces, one with a mix of machine and hand stitches, the other strictly machined, and two small pieces; one hand and machine and this one, only hand stitching. I have a feeling that I'll be setting up an entire segment of the cloth closet strictly for the B&W. I love the drama!
There's a disturbance in my personal force right now; both my brother and my dad are in the hospital and my baby sister is sick..everyone with varying forms of flu-ish things. Here I am dispensing old wives wisdom over the phone and clutching at my cloth 800 miles away.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
good studio day
Got this one oriented to my liking and stripped off a lot of "fluff" including half a dozen snitches of color that I added just because they were snaking around in the basket at my feet.
Glad that I pulled back from that cliff before I ran off it. I won't say I'm starved for color yet, just appreciating it more in smaller doses.
There will be very little hand stitching in this one. There are extra layers of fleece underneath in places where I want the machine stitching to carve the cloth.
This is the largest one so far, maybe 40 inches on a side. More tomorrow.
Friday, December 28, 2012
very happy friday
Things are really hopping in the studio right now and I am SO GLAD this work week is nearly over. All of the B&Ws are clamoring for attention at the same time.
My day job entails listening to never-ending of tales of woe, stupidity and venality and it gets so tedious after a while that I get giddy and long to tell some of these people which train goes straight to hell and where they can get free tickets! I do remain grateful to have ANY job, but this weekend I will only be an artist.
Don't forget the full moon's promise tonight!
My day job entails listening to never-ending of tales of woe, stupidity and venality and it gets so tedious after a while that I get giddy and long to tell some of these people which train goes straight to hell and where they can get free tickets! I do remain grateful to have ANY job, but this weekend I will only be an artist.
Don't forget the full moon's promise tonight!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
morning cloth herding
Late last night I started trying to get some of other members of the gang to work together but it wasn't happening, mostly because I was insisting that this one, the original B&W, be one of the players and he wasn't having any of it. So I took it up alone this morning to see where it could go.
The black linen background is just too strong to try and incorporate with the others which are grounded mostly on a softer black damask.
Color is creeping in and I'm glad. It seems that nothing is totally black & white. Nothing satisfying anyway.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
home made!
Ok, haste made for hilarity!
Here's the chef and his custom made apron (and evil assistant) now that the pocket has been sewn back on the FRONT of the apron (below the J) instead of the back where it was when he first opened my gift. There was much jesting about what he might stash in the pocket in it's former position.
And speaking of home made, a new Lacativa joined the tribe on Christmas day. Landon Vincent Lacativa is Jim's brother's first grandchild. Mazel Tov to the families!
Monday, December 24, 2012
Christmas Eve
Yesterday was given over to baking, some for us, some for neighbors. I have to call over there and check on the survivors. Although I make a stellar apple pie, this was my first ever made-from-scratch crust, recipe courtesy of Joe over at man handled threads.
Today, everything is wrapped, there was a little pre-lasagna prep work and now, time for a little hand stitching. Merry Christmas everyone.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Karma 1
Karma 1" 2012 27x36 |
I didn't have anything to say about this one right away because I was
quite taken by surprise when it threw up the checked flag and said
“stop..done, finished” and for once, I listened.
There is some
hand stitching planned that won't really be noted from a few steps away because I intend on matching the thread to the cloth and keeping the
stitching low key. It will be faced unobtrusively and I will honor the irregular edges rather than crop the off. It will be nice to have this to occupy the few
spare moments I'll have over the next few days.
The next one in this
series is pieces in the closet and will have to wait a few days for
the holiday festivities to subside before I start anything new.
I want to be able to give it full focus.
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Friday, December 21, 2012
Still shopping? Me too.
Still Christmas shopping? Yeah, me too. I wish it was this easy for me but the family members still on my list don't know which end of the needle to thread; they leave that stuff to me. But if you need a gift for a textile or mixed media artist, I have just the thing! Come see.... and don't forget to be good to yourself too! Happy Holidays.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
B&W Reset
After spending several long sessions of shuffling these pieces around on the bed it began to dawn on me that this method what not going anywhere happy.
Each one is a composition all it's own - I could hardly find two that could work next to one another..just no way to go about designing a cohesive piece. So rather than scrap the whole project I'm going to go back to considering them one at a time - instant series.
Karma did B&W with such flair, colors paled beside her.
Each one is a composition all it's own - I could hardly find two that could work next to one another..just no way to go about designing a cohesive piece. So rather than scrap the whole project I'm going to go back to considering them one at a time - instant series.
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