Cafe Diem Show
Bump in the Road
I encountered a bump in the road last night, on my journey to churn out 21 new works for a show we are haning on Sunday. Last night, while attempting to cook dinner, I managed to get my finger jammed into a drawer, thusly crushing my right index finger tip - yeah I was in a LOT of pain!
I'm feeling a little better today just not using this finger, which is not only slowing me down but is now causing me to become more inventive, innovative maybe, in finishing my works. Stitching isn't working out so well today, maybe tomorrow.
So now I'm "what iffing" what if I try just glueing my fabrics directly to the canvas, w/o stitching, instead of stitching them, applying matte medium and the whole process. Is the meaning and intent the same? What does the image say? Is the story now different somehow, and if so then how? More tomorrow.
I'm feeling a little better today just not using this finger, which is not only slowing me down but is now causing me to become more inventive, innovative maybe, in finishing my works. Stitching isn't working out so well today, maybe tomorrow.
So now I'm "what iffing" what if I try just glueing my fabrics directly to the canvas, w/o stitching, instead of stitching them, applying matte medium and the whole process. Is the meaning and intent the same? What does the image say? Is the story now different somehow, and if so then how? More tomorrow.
Pushing a Deadline
It would not be natural for me if I wasn't pushing a deadline! Seems that my ah ha moments are lot richer, and more frequent the closer I approach the deadline, well at first blush this is what it would appear to be. I think the reality, that is far more likely, is instead of entertaining a multitude of ideas I'm more brutal in my choices, rejecting everything but the strongest of ideas for a piece.
In this current bout of decison making I've decided that stitching fabrics that have been treated with matte medium is far more exciting, and a whole lot easier, than stitching painted interfacing. There's less glue gobbers, from the manufacturing process for making interfacing, to remove from the needle etc.
In this current bout of decison making I've decided that stitching fabrics that have been treated with matte medium is far more exciting, and a whole lot easier, than stitching painted interfacing. There's less glue gobbers, from the manufacturing process for making interfacing, to remove from the needle etc.