brushandpencils : Stripes

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Stripes

These dishtowels, ( very humble utilitarian objects like potholders) took a very long time. Six towels, almost six months. This is definitely part of the "slow movement" rather than the technologically speedy. I left the project sitting unattended on the loom for long periods of time, nevertheless overall its been great. As a kid I loved making potholders. As an artist I love working with the textures and colors and details.

Creative Endeavors

My marks on the pages of my sketchbook/journal help me to become more aware of my surroundings; a visual diary and sequential record of days of my life. Sometimes I'm working from my car, an "onsite studio". Almost always these drawings are "drawn on location".

My knitting and my weaving are other ways for me to explore color and texture; to use my hands to create and build up. Again the choices are a sequential record. The inches, feet and yards of cloth become a "journal", similar to the way pages eventually make up a book. I prefer to weave the design as I go along rather than to have it all figured out ahead of time.