From Wikopedia:
An oubliette (from the French oubliettes (noun plural)) was a form of dungeonwhich was accessible only from a hatch in a high ceiling.
There’s an image of a painting in my head that matches that definition of “oubliette”, and I’ve been looking for it all morning. If anyone knows what it is, please email me, [...]
Filed under: Hope series, change, creative process, gathering, growth, layers, mosaic, thoughts on October 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sunday morning with coffee, following a brisk, hot and sticky walk with the boys at 8:30. Aside from one 15 minute break to water the deck garden (which is looking fab, I might add), I’m now beyond two hours of slowly savoring the caffeine and cruising through the blogosphere. I read an entry on Art Vent about storage and what an [...]
Filed under: creative process, gathering, growth, layers, secrets on July 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You can’t control how other people perceive you. You can control how you present yourself. These are two very different things. People assess things based on their own prejudices and preconceptions, so if they don’t respond to your presentation or speech the way you had hoped, you can’t take it personally! You did your best [...]
Filed under: growth, layers, thoughts on July 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
The piece began with the collage, “Never Enough Payback” (blogged at Weeding and Never Enough Payback),but once I deconstructed the collage, it ceased to exist. Though the collage was recycled into this new work, its value changed. In pieces, it became tesserae, just as the millefiori and the smalti.
The words and images of the collage are now just [...]
Filed under: change, collage, creative process, deconstruction, growth, journaling, layers, lost, materials, mosaic, payback on July 17th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I believe an artist works because they have to. I know, if I need to be away from the studio for any length of time, I get cranky and am not nearly as effective in other areas of my life. I’ve touched on this before, and other artists have agreed with me. “Getting it out” [...]
Filed under: Hope series, creative process, exhibition, growth, layers, materials, mosaic, thoughts on July 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment »