07.24.06

Away and Back

Posted in Fiber Artwork, Spinning at 5:51 pm by delipics

I’ve been furiously cleaning my house tonight for a visit from a very good friend and her little boy. In the process I discovered my veggie bin needed a serious scrub - yuck. Everything looks very tidy, but no fibery work has been done. At least the weather has been pleasant, which means I can work with the warm fibers. Last night I started spinning my merino / tencel blend. I have been working on improving my over-the-fold technique, and it’s getting better.

The other good thing is after work I finally picked up the slides of my 2-D work from Paul. (We were going to meet last week but it was so damn hot!) You know how you live with something for a while and you kind of get sick of it? After a while, I do not want to look at the artwork. What is really happening is I am letting the work go. Some of the best advice I have received from art professors and other artists is to let the artwork exists separately from myself. I made it and now it has to be on its own.

Sometimes this letting-go can get in the way of my creative process. I will start a piece and I have to let it sit for a while. I have to allow my thoughts about it simmer quietly on a back burner. I have learned if I “watch the pot,” it is a hindrance to my process. Other times, the creative process is boiling over and I can’t keep up.

Since these gouaches have been away and are back, it is like they are completely new. The work is different and I am liking the what I made again. It is like the art and I are becoming reacquainted. There are sections of the work I did not notice before and other parts that are wonderfully familiar. I look at them and I think, “Hey, these are good. I am gooood.” It is very rejuvenating.

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