Friday, February 19, 2010

Creative Meanderings

I certainly do that, it seems like I'm all over the place. The problem, if one can call it that, is I LOVE art! Not just making it, but seeing it, exploring it, promoting it. I have a new fb friend Sean D'Andrade who does collaborative work with his wife, Gwendolyn Healey, and I think their series very cool, particularly this one.

"Luring Disco Dollies to a Life of Vice"

I was lu
red! uh huh! I was indeed. Where do you think I met my dear husband 34 years ago? YEP! In a disco called GROBS (should have been called grabs I think) in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Look where I am now, in the USA, performing in the vagina monolugues and creating very strange art.

I LOVE IT.

So my next challenge in my sketchbook translation is to try and figure out how to attach plastic over the embroidery sunglasses.

Doing satin stitch with gold thread is a right pain, but it sure looks nice.

Kiki Smith New York Times Review
I would have LOVED seeing this exhibit. The article mentions the show being inspired by Prudence Punderson's work which is on loan in the exhibit from the Connecticut Historical Society.

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"The First, Second and Last Scenes of Mortality"

I absolutely LOVE this embroidery because it's a personal narrative and a historical time capsule. The Quilted Architect was talking about symbols and creating a personal language and I think this embroidery is a fine example of that.

I love things a lot, huh!