I went away on retreat and left town, blogland, went. I may still be gone.

I started this piece last week. I started it to be able to have something to work on while at retreat. It has swept me away and I am going with it.

The drawing from this piece was done last spring... at Spring Street Studio. I didn't blog this particular event but did post about another similar studio. I love that we live close to all this wealth of fabulousity!

When I started making this piece, I wanted to challenge myself and this is how I engaged that personal endeavor:

I decided to do a figure, as the last time I created a large nude was prior to writing my book.

I wanted to try some new techniques, I embraced a form of deconstructed screenprinting (more to come).

I challenged myself to work more akin to how I journal in creating this piece. By that I mean, I wanted to gather the imagery and have a more intuitive experience than I have had since writing Inspired to Quilt. I didn't want to plot out or create a map, instead I wanted to embrace the ambiguity of making a thing.

The piece is not yet complete. It has actually changed since taking this photo. It is exciting me and feels like a captivating and pivotal (personal) piece.