against a white background |
on a brown background |
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.
I'd say with moderate success.
Feeling pretty productive lately!
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.
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...