Oh my, have I wasted time! I gave away a pattern that I had created, thinking I would never use it again. Famous last words. I have the finished piece and I thought it would be a cinch to recreate the pattern without taking the piece apart. Was I wrong!!!
Three tries later, I am still tweaking and have wasted time and materials. You never know when you may need to revisit an idea.
I am not someone who can make beautiful, detailed books of stitches, colors, techniques, etc. I enjoy looking through them and appreciate the effort put into them. I just don't have the time to spend taking the extra care it requires to create one. However, I should spend more time recording the processes used in producing my pieces whether they are successful or a learning piece. I should record the attempts at dying, stitching, pattern making that I do use. The techniques, etc., not pertinent to what I am working on, I don't feel the need to spend the time collecting or making a pretty example. I will get to them when they are pertinent.
The ideas I want to convey, the pictures in my head, the kernel, whether it is shape, form, color, line, emotion or experience are very important to me. If my attempt to create a piece is premature, if I need further practice with a technique or I have not found or learned the key to executing my vision, I need to record what I have accomplished, so I can revisit, re-experiment and possibly succeed in the future. I am not doing very well recording or filing or finishing the paperwork on my work.
My studio space is small, no excuse. I rush on to the next challenge and leave parts of incomplete projects in my wake. No excuse. Then--------------------parts get lost, I think that I will remember and I don't. Then I can't find or remember that one detail that I need when I need it.
Oh, boy!
A word to the wise, I will take note myself-- organize and document.
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