Wednesday, May 26, 2010

final days ...

those of you who have been following from the beginning ... thank you for listening ... reading ... commenting ...

you will also know that i've been enrolled in the certificate of fiber arts program through the university of washington ...

it's been quite a journey ...

i've made some wonderful new fiber-loving friends, stretched my creativity, developed a much better sense of this art world, been given advice on where to go from here, learned how to apply for grants to help support my "habit" ...

and yet at the end of the day, i have enjoyed the camraderie of my fellow students most of all ...

you can imagine that in a room full of strong creative women, there can sometimes be fiber flying ... but i think we've all grown to respect each other's work and perspective ... we've shared our lives with each other ... and what inspires us ... we've made discoveries about ourselves along the way ...

one of our fellow students discovered that the lovely dolls she made were actually the friends she did not have as a small child ...

personally i've learned to work bigger and harder than i've ever worked before ... i've done collaborative pieces, i've done public installs, i've made 50 collages in a week and learned to write artist statements and prepare a resume ...

i've become much more disciplined ...

and, despite all the hard work and sleepless nights, there's a part of me that wants to take the program all over again just to see where else i could go ...

but, in the meantime, let me share a few photos of my final piece ... i am not finished ... but it's getting there ...

my piece is call Bloom ... i will have two fiber gardens, one in neutral tones and one in more vibrant colorful tones ... mounted and placed in antique white frames ... these pieces represent for me how my creativity has blossomed in this program ... how i've taken what once was craft for me (making of corsages) and turned those pieces into art ... and that while i might feel like a fremont spirit living in the suburbs, i have to grow where planted ...




and, if you happen to be in the neighborhood, drop by our opening reception for our gallery show aptly titled By Hand ... check out http://www.by-hand.org/ for details ...

and, just for fun, here is my part of a collaborative work done by some of my fellow students ... given the theme of our show, we all had to embellish a glove ... here is my Garden Glove...


but there's be no working in the garden in these gloves ...

it's a tad bit dreary here in the northwest today ... okay it's a whole lot of dreary actually as i hear the rain pouring down the gutters ... but have the best day you can ...

and ...

happy knitting of course ... is there any other kind? ...


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