In the studio

Lots of this going on the studio this week.

How was your week?

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In the studio

With my not-so-little urchins in summer camp last week, it was possible to get back in the studio.

I've been thinking about my rusted stash lately and brought this piece out to ponder. The full piece is approximately 72" x 96" with crisp rust prints amid ghost images of the rusty gear. The whole is wonderful and I would like to keep it whole, but all ideas for what to do next just flee what viewing it.

After a round of printing on tea bags, the layers of text left on this sheet of freezer paper caught my eye. Wonder how an image of it would look printed? Hmmm...

And then there were the tea bags.

Stitching together a gathering 

of words from a few years ago.
27 of them. 

In the studio this week

Urchins in summer camp = studio time! 

 This little page 

 spurred a lot more of this,

 which resulted in all those holes.

 And that just begged for its own bit of red.

What did you do this week?

Waiting

What do you do with your waiting time? Those riding times - in the car, during a flight, on the train or a ferry ride even - when you're the passenger and can only sit and hope to reach your destination soon.

Let's not forget those other waiting times when your children or loved ones are engaged in an activity that you are present at, but cannot participate in. Right now, it's hip hop and piano lesson for me. My urchins aren't aware, but I so want to be in that hip hop class. Shhh.....don't tell.

For me, waiting = stitching. Hand stitching on black cotton using DMC threads. The stitching began back in 2006 after taking Dorothy Caldwell's workshop at Peter's Valley Craft Center and continues. 

The first finished piece became the covers for cards.

The next 2 pieces are in the studio...waiting for me to decide what the next step is in their journey.

I played with their perspectives, mine really, not long ago by laying a mat atop them to see what effect cropping would have.

This latest piece was completed on the flight home from Jamaica. It measures 43" x 13" and was started back in the fall with the beginning of hip hop and piano lessons after school.

I stand back and think that the whole is wonderful, but it's when I move in closer, get a bit more intimate with it that sections sing and beg me to single them out.

Still...I'm just not sure what to do with pieces. What would you do?