Stacks and stashes

Last week, midst my springtime ennui, while gazing at a small stack of used tea bags wating to be added to my stash, I wondered what stacks and stashes others have in their studios. Those sometimes quirky materials that were once collected with the thought in mind that they'd be perfect for creating...something...one day...

Many left wonderful lists and descriptions of their stashes in comment on the Thursday post. I shamelessly asked for photos. Elizabeth, Fiona and Susan humored me and posted the most exquisite photos of theirs. Just click on their names to see for yourself.

I sat in front of the computer, nose nearly touching the screen, fingers twitching and itching to touch, eyes opened wide in delight, oohing and aahing all the while. Nirvana via cyberspace, it was.

So...to return the favor, here are a few of my stashes.

wine corks - good for discharging circles

journals for those artist journals I admire so much,

yet just cannot create...yet

all 105 5"x5" pieces of

a story/tale of friends

Starbucks cup sleeves, 

It's the corrugated arc when opened that fascinates me so.

Just imagine printing with them...

netting from fruits and vegatables

stamps

letterpress

Storytelling

In case anyone is wondering, the absence of new posts does not equal the absence of time in the studio. I've been playing and working with storytelling and the concept of a story within a story.

The full piece of black-painted-white linen covers my entire work table. The current thought in mind is that when more of the story is written and a few more surface things are done to the full piece, it will be cut into smaller squares...probably 12". Then again, as we all know, works of art have a mind of their own and this one may decide that another size if preferable. Stay tuned.