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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Weaving and clay

I've been experimenting with combining weaving with clay. Mostly that means that I have a bunch of ceramic objects with holes, waiting for me to do something with them. I'm finding it a challenge to manage the lag time between starting on a ceramic piece and finally having the finished glazed result in hand. By that time, I've usually forgotten what I had planned in the first place. I suppose it would help if I made notes, but I prefer to work spontaneously and intuitively.

Here are the few finished pieces that I've made so far:



Tuesday, January 3, 2017

52 Sketches, Week 1 Nothing is two syllables

For the last couple of years, I have done an annual weekly creative project. In 2015, I made an art journal each week for the whole year - I've almost finished filling them all up with artwork too. Then last year, I did a textile project for the whole.year.

This year, I've decided to do a sketch each week. I really enjoy sketching on location especially when I'm travelling, but I haven't been finding the time to do much lately and I'm getting rusty. I could really tell on my trip last month. It took a few days to get comfortable sketching.

My first sketch of 2017 is the view from my dining room window. In case you are wondering about the caption. I like to write down something that I hear someone say while I'm sketching. I usually just wait until I hear something "good", but since I was home alone with a lippy teenager today, I had to give her a few prods before she would say anything more than a grunt..