sewing...

This week I've just been doing a lot of sewing. I'm finished with two of the smaller pieces and plan on getting close to finished with the other two over the weekend. Then I'm just waiting on the next four to be printed (something was going wrong with the printer) but until then I've got a lot of new photos to work with. Starting with the one of the lake! wish me luck..

I've also been working on finding artists that work with landscapes/nature/religion. It's a bit difficult but I'm looking into JMW Turner as of now.

content

I took some photos over the past week that I want to start working with, creating new landscapes (and then piecing them up). I'm still working on sewing the 4 pieces I have printed out. Once I'm done with those I have another four part piece to print and sew.

In my art theory and crit class we've had to talk a bit about our work. I've always had trouble developing/verbalizing the content behind my work. Something I'm realizing more and more is that my work is about the process. It's about going out and taking the photos, experimenting with altering/creating images, and spending the time sewing. I know this is not something I will be able to write a thesis on, but I'm realizing that for me, the content is something that comes after the work is created. So the concept is something I will continue to work on...

progress

so I've printed 3 pieces and I'm about done sewing one of them. I was looking into possibly using wax or some other form of media on top of my new work. I'm not really into using bees wax or any animal product really so I was trying to find soy wax (i found some cheap online but realized there was like a $20 shipping charge) :/ so I'm still looking. I came home for the weekend so I plan on going a few places to get some photos for new pieces. Possibly the lake! that would be something different..

printing

so tomorrow I will be printing the two pieces (actually 8 individual ones) that I showed in class on friday. I haven't decided how big I want them, so I think I will go with a smaller scale for now. I really like the way those pieces look I guess I just need to see where it goes off screen. I like that I'm going with a more abstract look this semester. I think I will continue chopping up landscapes I already have, and then create new ones and do the same to those (as well as use them as a whole).