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Post by MTRuth on Feb 1, 2013 22:04:39 GMT
Veggies.
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Post by jufergu on Feb 1, 2013 22:13:36 GMT
Lotteries and Minions to do housework. Yeah, that could work. Stanley Snail seems a little proud of himself sitting on the inkblot, as he does. I like the look in his eyes. My daily dose is the finish of #22 fiber art mounted onto black canvas. This is number 22 of 24. Actually it is more, if you count the little pet portraits going to my kids. But my goal is to have 24 pieces of fiber art mounted onto black canvas. I will then be set, if some important gallery (yeah right) calls me for a one woman show, or I can just dribble them out one at a time for the next 2 years. This has been a Herculean task, but it gives me the security to work on anything I want for a long time. Even if it is wearable art. I have almost finished the plan to the end and it feels so good. I also did a lot of posting pictures on my blog and other places throughout the quiltart challenges. I do this at the beginning of every month.
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 1, 2013 22:47:00 GMT
Sounds like you've been busy as usual Judy!
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Post by jufergu on Feb 2, 2013 18:40:40 GMT
As I continue to wait for paint to dry on #23, and it is toooooooooo cold out on the painting room sunroom to do anything right now; I am working on my upcoming Strip Landscape class that I will be teaching next month at our quilt guild. I am refining instructions so they will be better understood and have done step by step photographs for the students to follow. One of the pet peeves I have when we take classes, is that the teachers do not prepare us for what we will be doing. Therefore, we bring so much more than we will ever use in the class. This is going to be more of a design class, working from photographs of landscapes. I have a big collection of magazine photos and have asked that the students bring a few of their own for inspiration. We will not be tracing any of these. I would like for the quilters to learn how to design on their own. No patterns. Well, I could go on and on, but you get the drift.
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 2, 2013 20:30:58 GMT
I am working on designing some linoleum type stamps. Teaching is hard work if done correctly.
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Post by jufergu on Feb 3, 2013 23:01:48 GMT
Waiting for my new touchpad parts to come in for my computer problems that continue to get worse. I am also working on the Strip Landscape class that I will be teaching next month. I did a small "Kayla Coo" experiment on a 2 inch felt circle. Well, I realized that I need to make my circle much larger. My hands can't manage such small embroidery stitches anymore. But it was interesting. I could sew them onto cards for mailing. There is an entry for 5 X 7 inch art at one of my local guilds.
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 4, 2013 0:32:34 GMT
Judy you are lucky to have such an active art community. There isn't much to enter here.
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Post by Karen on Feb 4, 2013 2:41:31 GMT
Judy, Kayla Coo's work is so beautiful isnt it I've been away for the weekend at my Nephew's engagement party and came home late yesterday very tired lol always a big weekend with my family lol I'm working on another couple of altered books and a mixed media canvas so we'll see how that goes still having a great time and getting lots of idea's.
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Post by jufergu on Feb 4, 2013 13:30:44 GMT
We have a lot of local exhibits to enter here because it is a college and tourist town. However, sales are flat. How long can you keep stacking up the art work, before you have to unload some things? I like being able to try new things, but I spend most of my time with traditional quilters. They have a hard time breaking away from patterns. That is why I am teaching a beginner art quilt class. I usually enter shows as a Mixed Media artist.
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 4, 2013 18:23:33 GMT
I often wonder what happens to the big installation pieces when they are done. The ones that are interesting and controversial, no one buys it so then what do you do with it.
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Post by jufergu on Feb 4, 2013 23:12:06 GMT
Large art installations usually stay on tour for years. They can even stay on tour after they have been sold. Many times, a museum will purchase the installation so that they can contract them out for tours. All museums have storage. That is why you only see a small portion of what is in their permanent collection at any one time. Installations can also be sold piece meal. Even the wonderful "Water Lillies" installation by Monet is seldom displayed all together. I saw it all together one time in the St. Louis Art Museum. It was overwhelming.
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