There definitely was synchronicity in listening to Valerie White's meaningful talk about her artistic journey and art with "intent". Intentional - working with intent- is what I had chosen for my "word" for 2014. I have come to another fork in the road with my creativity. I have been 'playing' with techniques and challenges in 2013 and have not been as serious as I think I should be with subjects that are really important to me. The awesome, incredible details of color, form, texture in nature were the reason I began creating art quilts. Mixed mediums with fabric, help me show a little of what I feel and see when I view these details. Good Grief! This has been my artist's statement! I want to return to that goal. I will, however, keep looking at products and techniques that will improve my artistic expression.
So, I have started being serious. To get me back in the groove of using my sewing machine well, I am putting together a pojagi cloth. Small French seamed silk. There were free remnants of silk from a tie factory at Front Range and I selected pieces with similar plaids. A simple project to wake up serious sewing.
I had been considering time of day, mood, light source and choosing ten words for projects as I began planning the composition, techniques and materials in many of my past pieces, especially the beaded antlers.This helped me stay on course and true to my objective. I have not been doing that this past year. I need to get back on track and do that again in order to deliver something I am happy with.
So the fork in the road may be a return circle to a point of view I had lost sight of. I hope the circle will continue to spiral to a higher level of creativity and execution. I am ready to be serious.
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