tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64232370238195804832024-03-13T20:50:46.707-04:00Mural Projectan art blogrobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.comBlogger540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-23891005717287245762014-11-18T15:25:00.002-05:002014-11-18T15:25:30.073-05:00Planning the next steps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am not a huge sketcher, usually I don't do things with sketches. But this piece has been making me sketch. Mostly because I don't really trust myself to keep the visual thought I had for long enough to actually achieve it, considering how long it takes me to get anywhere with it.</div>
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So what I'm thinking is using the purple/brown/gray thread to surround the brown square, and then stretch it onto the frame... then crochet yellow into it, coming out of the arch. I don't know if I will use this actual frame or if I will build a new one with the same dimensions. This frame already has a lot of hooks in it that I made, and I'm not sure I need that much for this piece, so I might save it for a future thing with more layers.</div>
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It's gotten cold outside, and now my fingers are cold inside. Cold fingers! Not good for crochet! Need more hot tea!!</div>
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Well I figured out what to do with that arch but it is taking forever. I hope the effect at the end will be worth it ...</div>
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Yesterday I didn't know what to do. I wanted to work with the arch but I really didn't know what I wanted to do with it. I had all kinds of grand plans but nothing concrete, nothing I could act on. So I organized my yarn.</div>
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Organizing things makes me feel better ... I separated it into a bag of various white yarns and then a bag of various color yarns. I use a lot of white yarn and I have several different kinds of white. Something about white yarn on a white wall is really awesome to me right now so yeah. A whole bag of white/off white.</div>
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It was seeing the yarn that made me think of what to do with the arch ... originally I had wanted to make a square, so I decided to make a square by surrounding the arch with yarn. And that's how I got to the image you see above, which is about 2 or 3 hours of work. This takes so long but it is relaxing, so I guess that is a benefit. I was also inspired to get some craypas out and do a "sketch", mostly because I miss using the craypas.</div>
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I've been scattered but I am trying to focus.</div>
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robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-11377034512213542262014-10-27T16:06:00.001-04:002014-10-27T16:06:12.545-04:00RiseI bought this yarn and I love it. It's rainbow dyed but I only used the red/orange/yellow part today, and this happened.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJC8gHFujc_MuSivPqAKUcNrdGmsVLniGgS1l2bIuU0O95o3b8-TVHgeCfGHprKGyZxrIXrH0dR9U5bB4n5IrIQH2rXd9jWofCIKMqGrHGyzWH3ybJIDyYmkQP4Mi0qM1vWHVQGXkig5x/s640/blogger-image-502305040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJC8gHFujc_MuSivPqAKUcNrdGmsVLniGgS1l2bIuU0O95o3b8-TVHgeCfGHprKGyZxrIXrH0dR9U5bB4n5IrIQH2rXd9jWofCIKMqGrHGyzWH3ybJIDyYmkQP4Mi0qM1vWHVQGXkig5x/s640/blogger-image-502305040.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I wasn't intending to make an arch, when I set out I was going to make a square, thinking I might make some square pieces to use for my next thing... then I miscalculated, and my straight line started to arch, and I went with it. I'm not sure if it will be at this orientation or if it will rotate a little when it's time to use it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I also have some great purple earth tone yarn I was thinking of using, but wasn't sure what to do with it, and really wanted to get my hands in this yarn with some yellow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I started some small frames and even some very small circle frames. I have been applying to shows and they all want work under 24" or 36", so I thought maybe I'd do some small things. But I actually really like working large with crochet, it seems easy for things to get really big really quickly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Also today I tried out using a bowl to hold the yarn instead of letting it flop around. I know yarn bowls are a thing, but I've never tried one. I used a regular bowl that I made last time I tried ceramics. It was lovely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhMJ0eNuPyuhwrSvSWGvR3r7OdeJA08MWXpheB-pz9eRmlh6P4lyCXqwWl4dB1PHuOIDRweTCYPp8p2vMiMUdaDEmTd78W5NIr6QCCizA1RTu18g0iEM6UYMC1C8Iil6Rh71YwBHvRkfC/s640/blogger-image--871882039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhMJ0eNuPyuhwrSvSWGvR3r7OdeJA08MWXpheB-pz9eRmlh6P4lyCXqwWl4dB1PHuOIDRweTCYPp8p2vMiMUdaDEmTd78W5NIr6QCCizA1RTu18g0iEM6UYMC1C8Iil6Rh71YwBHvRkfC/s640/blogger-image--871882039.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Today I started out at the dining room table doing online shopping for various things we need (stickers, child size sunglasses, bathroom non-slip step stool). It was taking a while and I was watching my time tick away. And finally I stepped from the dining room table into my "studio," just 3 feet away, but I was able to focus and get some more work done. I've been leaving my space set up, with frames and yarn out (though the yarn is in a plastic bag, cats), and it has been nice to have that space out and ready for me at a moment's notice. Though I can only work when the kids are asleep, I still get easily side-tracked, and seeing things lying out there has been really nice.</div>robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-56737135382705936462014-10-21T13:55:00.001-04:002014-10-21T13:55:21.370-04:00My "studio"I have been doing a lot more work recently but I don't have a studio. I have been working in the dining room and basement, and sometimes outside. My whole house is my studio! Haha! I have work piling up on bookcases, and recently I took over an entire shelf of a built-in in the dining room in order to store some supplies that I have been using on a semi regular basis.<div><br></div><div>So here is a studio tour :)</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UOySvVHlD-DLNB8emCXRYeyBwH42ogKy6IMN2Q9BCfv_F3KTtwADiZi52NV3M-OcYIK0IEy_3z0U8Gr8D1OyWxtDDwu5Xg-SecvCQNHKol9XoLCh9JGGCWaHWH0Bxi4kE0gKx_Z7VdhV/s640/blogger-image--1708531134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UOySvVHlD-DLNB8emCXRYeyBwH42ogKy6IMN2Q9BCfv_F3KTtwADiZi52NV3M-OcYIK0IEy_3z0U8Gr8D1OyWxtDDwu5Xg-SecvCQNHKol9XoLCh9JGGCWaHWH0Bxi4kE0gKx_Z7VdhV/s640/blogger-image--1708531134.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My work station is our old dining room table from when we lived in small places. The table folds out so I can use it, and then folds away so we don't lose the space a permanent set-up would take. I have considered using the drawers for art supply storage instead of dining room storage, but haven't gotten that far ... it feels unsafe, with two toddlers running around, they could easily get those drawers open.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXReCC3Br-29F4tD9a3icKssrNkXvTmn74oD7xSj943Cr6LFhVAOLe_t4gwle7kG-5NdXyuZrkbS5seDnYslVY-ix4PQuRbLxt-UVs7hm5pwuu22qGnU0o2WIFSWgvvG7y-YpfNF_T_3-L/s640/blogger-image-610269188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXReCC3Br-29F4tD9a3icKssrNkXvTmn74oD7xSj943Cr6LFhVAOLe_t4gwle7kG-5NdXyuZrkbS5seDnYslVY-ix4PQuRbLxt-UVs7hm5pwuu22qGnU0o2WIFSWgvvG7y-YpfNF_T_3-L/s640/blogger-image-610269188.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Frames for my next 3 pieces :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9Xr5_p5Z-aInxWHMIqmyF-88_wGlVdOR8jThZnICGcUFGujUvuK-0BHrB0rbPWZ38jxtYcYB84kgjdfl_H56zFosu0eFYhSaW6DGPz-tvHJ8LVkHdSLsykbp3qu36dfHtlSPOndDczGE/s640/blogger-image-1908823413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9Xr5_p5Z-aInxWHMIqmyF-88_wGlVdOR8jThZnICGcUFGujUvuK-0BHrB0rbPWZ38jxtYcYB84kgjdfl_H56zFosu0eFYhSaW6DGPz-tvHJ8LVkHdSLsykbp3qu36dfHtlSPOndDczGE/s640/blogger-image-1908823413.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here is the built-in. On top there are some of my recent works, the first shelf is my art supply shelf, the second shelf is serving bowls, and the bottom shelf is my husband's scotch collection. I'm working on finding a piece of furniture that can better serve for the scotch collection / wine storage / drink glasses so it doesn't have to be hidden in the built-in.</div><br></div>So there you have it, my current "studio". It has great light, hardwood floors, and lots of windows! Not bad. If only it had a slop sink ...</div></div></div>robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-78230998882901987192014-09-21T18:09:00.001-04:002014-09-21T18:09:30.289-04:00Work work workingSome updates on the piece I have been working on for a couple of weeks ... 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This means I am alone for three hours a day, twice a week. CRAZY. I have decided to use this time to focus on art making for the first time since undergrad.<div><br></div><div>It's actually pretty amazing to work on my own art and not feel guilty about it. In school, I was like, I'm paying for this studio time! I better get some work done! And my teachers were always hanging around, and the other students. After school I felt like ... it was maybe self-indulgent to do my own art. My first job out of school was in a completely different field, and that job took many hours of my day outside of time in the office, so it was hard to really work on art. </div><div><br></div><div>Then I went to grad school for art therapy, spending a short amount of time on my work but mostly focusing on other people and their needs. And then I really didn't make my own art, when maybe I should have... I remember spending a few days on my first crochet piece and thought, wow, this is amazing, I could be doing this all the time (but never made another piece).</div><div><br></div><div>Now that I don't have the time to work as an art therapist, and I spend most of my day focused on the kids and their needs, it still does feel self-indulgent to work on my own work. But at the same time, being a productive artist makes me feel more like a whole person, and feeling like a whole person is important when you spend so much of your energy on others.</div><div><br></div><div>So here is what I have been working on this week. I made the frame over the last several weeks but the crochet was yesterday and today. Today I worked for almost an hour and a half, with my music blasting - IN MY OWN HOME. 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To I guess make a real commitment to working for the first time since undergrad.</span></div><div><br></div><div>All summer I have been actually doing some work with the crochet mixed media stuff and I am really enjoying it. I now have two new pieces plus an old piece all in the style of my new work and I submitted to a show this afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>AHHH!</div><div><br></div><div>I have only ever one other time submitted work to a show and I was rejected. I have never shown my work anywhere except for the senior show in undergrad and the final show in grad school, shows where everyone gets to put in a piece. I am so afraid of judgement I just have never submitted my work anywhere else. I also don't feel like I ever really had finished work before except for the odd painting or maybe a print here and there.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't even have real equipment to take pictures of my work. I borrowed a camera from a friend and I used free software that came with my computer in order to edit it. 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I'm challenging myself to finish 3 works by the end of August and apply to a non-traditional fiber works show. Honestly I think it is a waste of money. 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You can enlarge sewing stitches just as well as crochet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I always use so much red and purple! I started a blue and green piece and it went nowhere. Hm.</div><br></div><br></div>robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-54325735345389144152014-05-27T16:58:00.001-04:002014-05-27T16:58:26.422-04:00More crochetI got started making a very large piece after buying a big frame that was on clearance about two weeks ago. 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Here I am trying some more finishing techniques, like trying to get some of the crochet to match up with the paintings, having the yarn weave in and out of the painted objects, and re-incorporating shrinkydink plastic.</div>
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Sunday I went to my friend's studio and we worked for a few hours. It felt amazing, like old times, like being in the studio when I was a student and my whole job was to make art and experiment.</div>
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I don't know if these pieces I've made lately are finished. I look at them and feel like they aren't finished, though I don't know where I would go from here. I'm just keeping them in stasis. I'm not ready to be like "done!" and hang it up and move on. I feel like there's more to it than this but we'll see. I've kind of been wanting to do some embroidery and then stretch it onto the back of the frame, but...</div>
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Here is the completed work, my challenge to myself! It is about 3 hours of work done over two days (two naps' and one evening's worth) and is the size of a standard picture frame. I didn't do anything fancy besides the painting and the crochet, no other materials were stuck in there, which is what I am planning to do for my large piece.</div>
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I wanted to make it seem like it has many levels, and a literal foreground and background. I tried to pull and push the crochet parts into the front and back of the image by tying them to different parts of each other... Does this even make sense, the way I'm describing it?<br />
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Basically, I was experimenting. I feel like I could have gone further. I would add more layers, more collage pieces. I might add embroidery pieces, plastic pieces, or something else that can be embedded into the crochet web. But I think this was a good experiment.<br />
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I took one picture of it in front of the window with the beautiful red tree behind it, and I kind of love the way it looks. Almost like it is meant to be in front of a window, using the scenery behind it as part of the work. Maybe I can use that when designing the imagery (like if this is a piece that's meant to go in front of a window with a tree behind it, or buildings behind it, or whatever).<br />
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All in all, glad I challenged myself to finish something. I didn't make it in one day but I made it in two, which is pretty good! I feel accomplished. Tada!robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-16140978369804427312013-11-18T22:31:00.000-05:002013-11-18T22:31:23.704-05:00ChallengeI challenged myself to make an entire mini piece today, the crochet and painting and stretching. <br />
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I actually almost did it.<br />
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During the babies' nap I made two small paintings and cut them like I wanted them. And I made one of the attachment crochet pieces. And found a suitable picture frame.<br />
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In the evening I finished all the attachment crochet pieces, so now it is ready to stretch. But I can't do the stretching in the apartment while the babies are sleeping (will need to hammer into the frame) so it's just not going to happen tonight.<br />
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So close!<br />
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I wanted to do a whole piece because I want to finish something. I want to go through the whole process. The last piece I finished, only the second one ever, I finished in November (?) 2011. Since then I have started a few but never finished.<br />
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Using a picture frame as a guide makes it easy to stay small and not get out of hand. I have a bunch of picture frames, I can make a few small works.<br />
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I'm going to finish this one tomorrow. Then I'll have SOMETHING.robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-4468615414996125872013-11-16T20:58:00.000-05:002013-11-16T20:58:52.404-05:00Lately working late<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is what my work looks like when I am working on it.<br />
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I do most of my work at night. Sometimes I get some things done during the babies' nap during the day. But actually this is a better view than I get while I work on it because I normally can't stretch it out as I work, I just have to imagine.<br />
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I am really getting into crochet.<br />
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I love that it has an immediate building quality that I don't always see with other media. I can see how the stitches build structures. If you make a chain like this or double back through here, it produces this shape or that shape or stretches or becomes stiff. There is a real sculptural quality to crochet, something I hadn't considered in fiber before.<br />
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Another thing I love about crochet is how quickly my things become HUGE.<br />
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One moment I'm making a tiny circle that is the seed for a portion of my piece, and the next thing I know, the piece has become over a foot in diameter, and getting larger and more amorphous by the minute. I don't know in what direction it will expand until suddenly I see it bubbling and frothing out to the right, or oozing down to the left, and I follow it with my army of hooks and yarn.<br />
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I wish I could show you but I can't because there isn't a way to stretch anything to its full size yet. I don't even know what some of these pieces look like really. I have to use my imagination. I have one enormous piece, it takes up probably more than 5x5', but it is stuffed into my yarn bag. (Another great thing about crochet, even though it is huge, it folds right down into my yarn bag.)<br />
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A few weeks ago I took a rare opportunity and bought some wood to be a frame for one of the pieces I'm working on. It's pretty big (3.5x2.5') but not TOO big. I'm trying to contain the size because the weight of the frame may make it hard to hang and store the piece. But now the wood sits un-built because if I put it together I have nowhere to store it in our small apartment. Maybe soon there will be a place.<br />
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I'm excited to have so many pieces in progress. I bought some blue/green/purple dyed wool yarn the other night so I could start on another piece and have a wider color palette. I haven't gotten to it yet, but it is exciting.<br />
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It's also exciting because it's like my secret. Since I have to use my imagination, since the pieces are still stuffed in my yarn bag, since even if I laid it out it doesn't make sense to anyone else, it is totally mine. I'm the only one who has it right now. Just for me!robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-71477556427298655722013-11-10T12:56:00.002-05:002013-11-10T12:56:42.311-05:00Birthday Terrarium<br />
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I have been wanting to make a terrarium for a long, long time but never did it. Then Ilan got me a terrarium for my birthday, and I immediately set it up. Yay!<br />
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It is full of lichens that are apparently hard to kill. The less you water them, the better. Indirect sunlight. Done!<br />
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Maybe if this terrarium is successful I can make others. But for now, this little guy is sitting on the book shelf. Should I call him Terry?</div>
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My first attempt at sketching on my phone isn't so great.<br />
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Here's the thing... phone screens are tiny. It is AMAZING that this is even slightly possible, but it is hard to compose an image. This one kind of looks like a flower throwing up.<br />
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I want to make more art and be more involved in my artsy side. I spend a good portion of my time cooking, laundry, cleaning, baby entertaining, errand running... I want to spend some time making something. It feels productive. Somehow doing things like laundry, cooking, and cleaning - things that, once you do them, you will have to do them again tomorrow - don't feel as productive as making an object or an image. You don't have to make an image again and again. You make it the one time and it's there forever.<br />
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Today I did a load of laundry, cooked two days' worth of vegetables, took the kids to two different play groups, changed countless diapers, and so on. I'm going to have to do that stuff tomorrow. But this dumb little sketch I made on my phone is done... haha!robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-70033006055668022482013-10-26T21:15:00.001-04:002013-10-26T21:15:39.001-04:00I'm back, baby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That's right! Making art again!<br />
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It's been a while since I posted. A lot has happened. A lot a lot. But in the process of trying to find myself again and get back into making art, I am going to start posting here again. Here, the blog I worked on for so many years, the place where I recorded so many of my art related thoughts from November 2007 until almost exactly two years ago in October 2011.<br />
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I'm back. It feels... delicious.robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-38429434123114543322011-10-24T22:04:00.004-04:002011-10-24T22:05:42.888-04:00Arting Away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a sneak peak of the work I'm doing for the show with the November 1 deadline. I set out to do a mixed media piece using materials/techniques including crochet, shrinky dink, water colors, and maybe embroidery. I've been working on the crochet elements for the last two weeks because it just takes forever when you use the thin thread instead of yarn. The picture shows how I incorporated shrinky dink into the chrochet.<br />
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So far my unemployment has been peppered with holidays so I haven't really had much time to fill. This is my first full week without a holiday coming up, and it's pretty busy. Tomorrow I start back up at the pottery studio finally, and I am working on these shows as well as revamping my portfolio and website. Those projects combined with general erranding and the inexplicable time warping that happens when you're home all day makes for a full-feeling day. Why is it that time goes by faster when you're at home all day?robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-60062204484925263022011-10-11T18:42:00.003-04:002011-10-11T18:42:51.125-04:00Making Deadlines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When my time at my organization ended, I was really concerned about what I would do without somewhere to go every day. I am very productive at work, but sometimes it's hard to be productive for my own projects. I'm still in the early part of adjusting to being on my own most of the day most of the week, and with the holidays this month I haven't really been faced with a full week alone yet. But to make sure I keep myself busy and working, I made a "menu" of things I could be doing. <br />
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But that's not really enough, I think, because part of what makes me so productive at work is the deadlines. So I am going to try to focus on my artist identity a lot during this time of complete "employment rest" and sign up for some shows. I've got three shows with upcoming deadlines in my sights, one of which is coming up in only a few weeks but I am so excited and inspired by the project constraints.<br />
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AND, once the holidays have ended and I get to have full weeks again, I want to begin a regular schedule at the pottery studio again. I was able to sell my work at the craft fair last summer and I really think that I have some good ideas that I want to see to fruition.<br />
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Everything is exciting and I only hope that I keep myself motivated. I think this will be a major test in finishing what I start and finding internal motivation. I also plan to use my blog as a way to keep myself motivated, with way more frequent posts and project updates. We'll see, we'll see what 5772 will bring!<br /> robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-8839537604581790182011-10-03T22:16:00.000-04:002011-10-03T22:16:32.886-04:00Day Book, D.A.I.Y.E. Day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmmssYlGSs50Lk9wXNomBLjvaP9ncinY_8OtMH0nJ6fzXP6ACTKpuorrEQpiTAwLLeVFIqe1f1PP5gVPOP52TEVdjYOval3BpnBgt0ACNe8CUA_JCxGDlqN77jcU7JaAPJk5g_iNWWa5z/s1600/IMG_0911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmmssYlGSs50Lk9wXNomBLjvaP9ncinY_8OtMH0nJ6fzXP6ACTKpuorrEQpiTAwLLeVFIqe1f1PP5gVPOP52TEVdjYOval3BpnBgt0ACNe8CUA_JCxGDlqN77jcU7JaAPJk5g_iNWWa5z/s640/IMG_0911.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Today I made an organizer, because when I am feeling disorganized I make systems for organizing (and then maybe I don't use them). I decided the first thing I would do after my time at my current position ended would be to do something that felt productive and grounding... so... and organizer it was.<br />
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I took three sides of an old box (plucked out of the paper recycling bin in our apartment, somewhat to JewishGuy's dismay). I collaged on the outside, covered it with mod podge, and used brads to hold the "general to-do list" paper on one side. Then I did something way too complicated to bind the other side together into a book and then sew it onto the cover very slowly. I also put a brad on each side of the covers to be used as closure devices (a red string wraps around them to keep the book closed).<br />
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I might still sew a pocket into the large empty flap so that I have somewhere to keep business cards or whatever that I pick up.<br />
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Basically, I felt like I needed something to keep me motivated, because now that I have nowhere to go during the day I have become very anxious. Okay, today was Day 1 of not having anywhere to go... and I already contacted a temp agency to help make some moneys while I continue the job search.<br />
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My position ended because the department closed, effective Erev Rosh Hashana, last Wednesday. Last week was such a stressful week, and even though Rosh Hashana was good it was not due to our planning! We were both so stressed we barely got what we needed to get done, done, and one of the meals we hosted was woefully short on food (I mean, for my standards - I want people to be stuffed with food of all sorts before dessert, and that just wasn't the case).<br />
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A piece of good news - I sent in my ATR application as soon as I got home from work on Wednesday! All of my hours are finished, the application went in the mail, and this week (or next) I will follow-up to see if they got it. Hooray! I also put in for a hold on my LCAT permit, hopefully that will come through soon.<br />
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And finally, one of my goals for the month of October is to create a consistent online presence, which will mean a major overhaul of my website and blog. I will keep updating (such that I have been) in the meantime, but look forward to some big changes soon :)robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-73103641237122449142011-09-07T14:54:00.000-04:002011-09-07T14:54:11.429-04:00Endings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaoDz9cKB2XjDxAvqLw5Qd-pPVH5zXKM1nyW1LO-5ZjGNwx64DIxlV2-BtVghigqtZrpVyjIfUuM8Yd8dOJRVuzhF0OO1YkUPRRILYQ5eS53HegBOHS5lJ6yCPTFVHJ2ySrg4owYvAbobc/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaoDz9cKB2XjDxAvqLw5Qd-pPVH5zXKM1nyW1LO-5ZjGNwx64DIxlV2-BtVghigqtZrpVyjIfUuM8Yd8dOJRVuzhF0OO1YkUPRRILYQ5eS53HegBOHS5lJ6yCPTFVHJ2ySrg4owYvAbobc/s640/photo.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
I won't be volunteering anymore at the end of the month, so I'm not sure what happens next. I made a calendar and put it in the art room so we could talk about endings, and how things are going to end in a few weeks. It's scary.<br />
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It's also odd because the last day of the program (and my last day volunteering) is also Erev Rosh Hashana. So my new year will start without this volunteer gig, something I have literally been doing since the day I got here in New York. I'm really not sure what will happen next and it makes me nervous, but I am trying to see it as an opportunity to do something new...robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-8829378369375980262011-08-16T19:20:00.000-04:002011-08-16T19:20:33.613-04:00Embroidery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQTRbNsbL0BHH6xXcC7RifS9AV1FeflLmJjj71dzn6I7YouK6W3-a4AQjaP_LUg0A9vQzQ8bn-BzSkh3W4HY34C42Kb0Mo20c0LwncoYi4DZj-4x9H4_bTarAbxtvWG6b8fQIGRWbHjN2/s1600/IMG_0623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQTRbNsbL0BHH6xXcC7RifS9AV1FeflLmJjj71dzn6I7YouK6W3-a4AQjaP_LUg0A9vQzQ8bn-BzSkh3W4HY34C42Kb0Mo20c0LwncoYi4DZj-4x9H4_bTarAbxtvWG6b8fQIGRWbHjN2/s640/IMG_0623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
I have really been getting into embroidery at one of the studios where I work. It's fun, it's like painting with thread! Plus it is incredibly soothing.<br />
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Today I did a demo at work with a bunch of different stitches, I don't know what they're all called but I know how to do them mostly from trial and error:<br />
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It started with the blue line, then the brown chain stitch, then the other stitch I don't know what it's called, and then combining stitches to make the orange sun and yellow star.<br />
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Fun!<br />
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Maybe if I get really good at it I can start doing designs on skirts and other clothes... I would love to do things like that to my clothes. I have some skirts that I barely ever wear that might want to have some decoration on them...robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-54104136567064584752011-08-07T22:46:00.000-04:002011-08-07T22:46:00.584-04:00The Four Pound Terror (Part 5)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoL2jfcdaNhyphenhyphenvfEgb2C8h86QJusf1a4l88vPDNeeb4zs76KwUy8GlvYEQ5x-VBqh4buoaZiCZKV5QtkQK8ZDMzVukSiyd4SQQyNMrFF42lPqdiO29TkOV8A2vEtwTZ9X8_JXLipmYfbE_/s1600/fourpoundterror5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoL2jfcdaNhyphenhyphenvfEgb2C8h86QJusf1a4l88vPDNeeb4zs76KwUy8GlvYEQ5x-VBqh4buoaZiCZKV5QtkQK8ZDMzVukSiyd4SQQyNMrFF42lPqdiO29TkOV8A2vEtwTZ9X8_JXLipmYfbE_/s640/fourpoundterror5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-68480594547423723252011-08-06T22:45:00.000-04:002011-08-06T22:45:00.595-04:00The Four Pound Terror (Part 4)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjMs5UIUBKQYgp8hyxQMKpElT5qFgj0XVV6jL_pryUHj7EdJQhPzWvwqDvpN1klCVsa71AfPNfP6odsnpS7Awq5QdbgnPx9hBo3p279wDUnTqn6AcEzMJUsuBkQKTkc0CxTbrab019gPz/s1600/fourpoundterror4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjMs5UIUBKQYgp8hyxQMKpElT5qFgj0XVV6jL_pryUHj7EdJQhPzWvwqDvpN1klCVsa71AfPNfP6odsnpS7Awq5QdbgnPx9hBo3p279wDUnTqn6AcEzMJUsuBkQKTkc0CxTbrab019gPz/s640/fourpoundterror4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-15708993091096490452011-08-05T22:44:00.000-04:002011-08-05T22:44:00.379-04:00The Four Pound Terror (Part 3)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FrNL1GvAEwew-H1MKOinzKk9hj-g0lJO9dAKRp-XL4D_wi_YQ1nQ056JRunMY0vqBef-Ebdb5Sni0QGB2y8NCa7TZmB905Pnw8OEbxqngHRJqAoYCh_oJW61hpjAVoahbKw3mqERDZba/s1600/fourpoundterror3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FrNL1GvAEwew-H1MKOinzKk9hj-g0lJO9dAKRp-XL4D_wi_YQ1nQ056JRunMY0vqBef-Ebdb5Sni0QGB2y8NCa7TZmB905Pnw8OEbxqngHRJqAoYCh_oJW61hpjAVoahbKw3mqERDZba/s640/fourpoundterror3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423237023819580483.post-10388069374229125222011-08-04T22:43:00.000-04:002011-08-04T22:43:01.462-04:00The Four Pound Terror (Part 2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9WjnzlCqItureSFCFHASqAFx1KVY7yL2L0qJWWfYCABeTZ87wGkR5c_KZ4_npvwwKe7gUz4PqZ1RaQDutQcbrkykkwBBdowokMMVk3RjHTtFoaLjeRysSNG1At4CsAGX6tSwD8-ev6Bp/s1600/fourpoundterror2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9WjnzlCqItureSFCFHASqAFx1KVY7yL2L0qJWWfYCABeTZ87wGkR5c_KZ4_npvwwKe7gUz4PqZ1RaQDutQcbrkykkwBBdowokMMVk3RjHTtFoaLjeRysSNG1At4CsAGX6tSwD8-ev6Bp/s640/fourpoundterror2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857269366999764577noreply@blogger.com0