Puffing up a bit

I’ve been working on some small things this week, because my space at C’ville Arts is looking a little thin.  I pulled out some colorful ceramic shards and began building some new frames.  I wanted to get six done by the weekend, and I think I’ll finish the last one this evening, in time to [...]

Filed under: All I See is Red, Eternal Attraction, Origin, Soothing the Embers of My Soul, creative process, exhibition, lost, mosaic, published, secrets on August 22nd, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Lost in the Layers

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 »