Considering the low turn-out I wasn’t surprised to find that my books were both winners in the EBSQ Show. I do wish there had been more participation.
Love Book won “Member’s Choice” and the Dali Book won “Member’s Mention”
Check out the show and the NEW look for the EBSQ website.
Thanks to those that commented for my first giveaway! I put the names in a hat…. and Congratulations to:
Lelainia of Tattered Edge!
Look for another great giveaway coming soon!
This month EBSQ is hosting a “Work in Progress” themed show. The idea is to actually enter and ‘show-off’ your dusty, old, and abandoned projects that have lost favor in the studio. In fact they must be sitting stagnant for a minimum of six months.
While contemplating which ones I might dig up for this show, I ran across Sharon B’s blog “In a Minute”. She had just reorganized her studio in a take-everything-out-and-put-it-back-in-while-dumping-stuff technique when I found her blog. But apparently she has been documenting her WIPs for quite sometime now. She divides up her projects into a couple of categories, some of which I had heard before and others that were new to me.
So like Sharon, I plan to start this new year with reclaiming, domcumenting and cleaning up the WISPs, PIGS and UFOS! Luckily EBSQ also inspired this with the current show! AND I really need to be on a craft/paper/fabric DIET for a while till my studio is more manageable!
So a few people have asked about how I make my window collages. A few years ago, I taught a workshop on how to do this technique on a smaller scale, some of the images shown here are from this workshop and NOT my artwork, but they show the process. I shared these steps in an online lecture at EBSQ. You can read more from that 2004 workshop at EBSQ.
The windows are a long PROCESS. And admittedly I haven’t taken on the task since I moved my studio to the attic some 3 years ago. I only have a little pull-down ladder access to my studio so hauling up big heavy windows from the basement hasn’t been a priority. I have been adapting this technique to fabric instead. But if they start selling at the gallery I will need to get back in gear with this style of collage. I still have several windows waiting for their transformation and even sketches from the hand series that I began. My paper collection has not dwindled by any means… but could use some reorganization. So this gallery opening has in fact been an inspiration and motivation to get back with it.
So here is how I create my window collages….
Arriving damp but excited, I found the owner and let him know I was there, then search for my art and someone that I might know. Found the art. He select 4 great pieces including GREED my all time favorite. We tried to eavesdrop on people talking about my art, but I wasn’t brave enough to introduce myself to these interested strangers. People were interested and interesting!
We checked out all the artist loft studios above the gallery. Six floors of great little hidden spaces, many with interesting, beautiful, weird, and some ugly art. Josh was amazed at all of it. He was wearing his cool new top hat and fitting in well with the funky artist look.
Josh had a good time looking at and critiquing the art. I think he was also inspired. Overall, I was very impressed with the gallery and had fun! But I wish the owner had introduced me to some people… or had run into some people that I know!
Now I need to make some new art for the February show and cross my fingers that some thing sell!
WOW… I was just looking through the art I have entered into EBSQ Shows over the past 4 years (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) and was really impressed with my consistency to make art based on the themes and even to win recognition a few times. This year I am setting SMART Goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and with a Time line) instead of just the standard resolutions. So I have decided on my SMART-ART goal for 2008.
I will create at least one NEW artwork (in any medium of my choice as is fitting for the theme) per month to enter into EBSQ Shows.
The shows that I am scoping out and thinking up ideas include:
Well I finally got the gallery embedded. YIPPIEE! but having problems with the thumbnail creation feature so new images are showing a black thumbnail on my end. Trying to add new images, but frustrated with the black thumbnails 🙁
EDIT: well looks like I figured out a work around for the thumbnail issue…but it will require some editing work, which I was doing anyway. I am knee deep in editing the postage section. Then I really should make some NEW Stamps!
Sewing: I like to sew, I love fabric and make quilts, dolls and other fiber art. Here are some links for buying and using fabric.
http://www.threadbared.com/ A fun site that shows old patterns and all things weird re: clothing
Fabric: quilts, dolls, fabric books
AADA Artist Doll Gallery The Academy of American Doll Artist Foundation, Inc. Continue reading