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Almost There
The splayed layout concept was new and interesting to me. So I was happy to have resolved the procedural problems through the test model, and I decided to go ahead with the one with a dark purple center. Some thing was there or, I should say, almost there. After I laid out the newly cut…
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A Little Test Model
Back to those splayed works in progress like this one: . The question has been how to secure the pieces precisely without the edges of the paper underneath the uppermost pasted cutout becoming embossed. (I think I stated that right.) I also didn’t want to lose the energy, the assertiveness of the unpasted pieces. After…
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Almost Squares
The wait has ended. Almost squares. Almost the same measurements. Repetitive. Almost identical shapes, yet irregular: that’s where the conversation is.
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Lying in Wait
I like laying out different ideas to open up the possibility box. If I don’t have a lot of time, I can always take some moments to play around with the cutouts on whatever is lying in wait. One recent work in progress has a divided background with two color fields.
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Ear to the Safe
In checking out an interview with Elizabeth Murray on the Art21 site, I related to much of what she was sharing. “Wow I’ve got it, I’ve got it!” And then I come back in the morning and it’s gone. It looks awful. In describing how she felt when first seeing the wooden forms for “Bop,”…
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Splayed
I saw a pile of color pieces, picked them up, and splayed them–as if, by chance, they had been dropped one on top of another. A dark cutout became the core. I gathered more cutouts and then came three more working layouts. I was intrigued. It all came about quickly. Earlier this week I had…
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A Slow Stretch
I had been envisioning a glorious two weeks of art immersion during my Fall Break. Time! Not evening time or weekend time. Real, uncrunched time. Hour after hour time. Time for those backlogged ideas to flow, gush, pour, magically appear. No. Slow. That’s how it went the first week. I had time. Time for critical…
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What If…?
What if these shapes were larger? An array of large shapes on a wall? What if these were made of metal? Made of cloth glued to fabric? What if these shapes were three-dimensional and planted like trees on a grassy knoll? What if they were swimming in a huge aquarium gently bumping into each other…
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Line Dance
It’s all an unorganized line dance with pieces trading places; moving down, up, and sideways; and shuffling back and forth. A few get the boot while a few others make their first appearance on the dance floor. Then the dancing comes to an abrupt halt. Gotcha. And my hand grabs the jar of paste.
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Momentarily…Doom
As I was working yesterday on a piece, I messed up a cutout while pasting it. The fear perked up that I surely would ruin the piece by trying to correct the mistake. This is not such an uncommon feeling. Every so often something happens that momentarily highlights doom! The piece can go any which…
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