I received my second covid shot on Friday. (Or “Jab #2” as they say on the BBC.)
Yayyy! (As we say here in the states.)
It meant most of the weekend I felt a little like I was walking underwater. A price I am happy to pay. I took many naps and just puttered in the studio. No big projects brewing.
But I did have a little serendipitous printing on paper to share.
I had spread out a large vinyl drop cloth to protect my worktable from some wet fabric painting. When I lifted the wet fabric off there were wonderful puddles.
I recently cleaned out and rearranged the storage under my table to make room for a stack of packing boxes. It was a refreshing exercise. I threw out all kinds of old scraps I’ll never use and put the pieces that really interest me in a big plastic bin with a good lid that I can get to easily.
It’s a little thing, but I’m very proud of cleaning out underneath my worktable. Amazingly I added a lot but made more room!
So, when the puddles appeared. I popped open the plastic bin and pulled out a few sheets of tissue paper. For paper collages, tissue paper is magic. It picks up the most delicate images with just the slightest pressure. Little cracks and textures that other papers would miss are well defined.
I thought these puddle snippets suggest water nicely.
I can envision them in an abstract landscape with some sky and water. Maybe a wading bird.
Pressing the paper into the puddles took less than three minutes. But, now those delightful, random shapes are in the bin waiting for me.
(Warning – while I sing the praises of tissue paper, I must also admit it rips and falls apart just by looking at it. Learning to incorporate it into work is challenging.)
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A few things coming up that I look forward to…
Art Event April 24. I’ll be showing work at this event sponsored by the Guild of the Museum of Art DeLand. It’s a small pop-up show (approx 20 artists) in a beautiful setting under a pavilion at Select Growers, on US 11 just north of DeLand. If you are in driving distance of DeLand I hope you’ll stop by.
Lightning Talk at the SAQA Global Conference. This year the Global conference is all virtual. I submitted a proposal for a Lightning Talk. (20 slides x 20 seconds each = 6 minutes and 40 seconds.) I’ll be speaking about What Poetry Can Teach Visual Artists. I’ll have my practice recording session later this week. For readers who are SAQA members and will be at the conference, I hope you’ll mark your schedule for Friday April 23 8:15 pm.
Thank you for reading. I always enjoy questions and comments.
--Bobbi
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