March 15, 2004
Everything Old is New
Such tumult! These last few days have been introspective, searching and grounding.
May all the higher beings be with those who have lost kin in Spain!
I have been searching through old journal entries. Looking at what I have done and what artistic paths I have followed. Here is an entry, created after I first discovered Sabrina Ward Harrison's books. She creates fun, introspective, visual journals! She helped me understand that I could do anything I wanted to do in my own journals. The most liberating thing I got from reading and voraciously taking in her approach is that; if I want to use tape filled with acid, I can!
At work, I fix tape stains and non archival faux pas on vintage posters, I know what tape does to paper. I know how difficult it is to remove, and what color it turns paper after a few years. But why let that bother you if you are in flow and need to slap something down? No one but me will ever own my journals! After years of removing and covering tape stains, perhaps I would like to see them created within the pages of my own book!
FREE THE TAPE STAINS!
You will see that this entry uses scrap cuttings from Winter Reflections. I like the idea of my textile art and journal art overlapping one another, bits of drawings enter my quilt art and scraps of cloth sneaking their way into my journals. It's all one thing anyway!
Melly, I like your page and I especially like the fact that you've taken a photo, turned it into a quilt and then included it in a journal. That sort of cross-purposing is great. I've done the same thing at times, starting with a photo or a drawing, turning it into an artistamp, and then including that stamp on a collage. Maybe I'll try making a fabric postage stamp sometime!
Posted by: Karen Winters at March 15, 2004 06:33 PMso cool..
Posted by: fern at March 15, 2004 06:56 PMYou might even say it's all the same quilt! :)
Posted by: Dan at March 15, 2004 11:17 PMI am so thankful to see someone else who is just "doing" instead of worrying about how archival something is. Do you really think Rembrandt was worried about if his materials were acid free? Yes, I know all about how paper has changed, but I also think people can spend a lot of time fretting about things instead of actually DOING. If you wait until everything is perfect to create, you'll never get it done.
Posted by: Patsy at March 16, 2004 10:32 PMI especially like that funky blue pattern against the orange! The whole piece sings! Great job! I'll have to check out Sabrina Ward Harrison soon. I peeked at her book in a store a couple of years ago and it looked fantastic.
Posted by: Amy at April 6, 2004 08:23 AM