2013 - Brand new year - wow, I remember thinking about 10 years ago how far away that date seemed, it being the year I reach full retirement age with the state. And now its here. Happy, YES! But also more aware of how quickly time passes. 9 more months (till retirement) but it will fly by.
I've also been contemplating what to focus on creatively for this coming year. Not sure I've come to a conclusion, but have a few things I would like to pursue. Sketching is one. I've tried rather unsuccessfully to keep a sketchbook, but I think this is the year to try harder. I've gotten some inspiration from a few sources - books and blogs - and would love to say I'll make a daily sketch, but realistically, once a week may be more doable.
I just read Lynn Krawczyk's post on her blog about an idea from the JustB blog - a month's worth of creative prompts. Think I'll have to check that out. Maybe ideas for sketching prompts. Hmm.... And posting to this blog more regularly...starting today.
Finishing projects is always on the list. Thought I'd share the process for one I'm working on now. It's a quilt guild challenge based on top songs from 40 years ago to celebrate the guild's 40th anniversary this year. All the participants chose a song from the billboard top 100 of 1974 - I chose "Song Sung Blue" by Neil Diamond. One of my favorite singer/songwriters. The piece was originally going to be all block printed, but after doing the background, I decided to combine screen printing, stenciling and block printing, similar to a piece of fabric I created last summer. (Truth be told, it was going to take longer to carve stamps than I had time for!)
My vision is a garden of blue flowers, hence the blue flowers printed above. "Song sung blue, everybody knows one. Song sung blue, every garden grows one." These are all thermofax screens made from photos of flowers. More on the process tomorrow!
I've also been contemplating what to focus on creatively for this coming year. Not sure I've come to a conclusion, but have a few things I would like to pursue. Sketching is one. I've tried rather unsuccessfully to keep a sketchbook, but I think this is the year to try harder. I've gotten some inspiration from a few sources - books and blogs - and would love to say I'll make a daily sketch, but realistically, once a week may be more doable.
I just read Lynn Krawczyk's post on her blog about an idea from the JustB blog - a month's worth of creative prompts. Think I'll have to check that out. Maybe ideas for sketching prompts. Hmm.... And posting to this blog more regularly...starting today.
Finishing projects is always on the list. Thought I'd share the process for one I'm working on now. It's a quilt guild challenge based on top songs from 40 years ago to celebrate the guild's 40th anniversary this year. All the participants chose a song from the billboard top 100 of 1974 - I chose "Song Sung Blue" by Neil Diamond. One of my favorite singer/songwriters. The piece was originally going to be all block printed, but after doing the background, I decided to combine screen printing, stenciling and block printing, similar to a piece of fabric I created last summer. (Truth be told, it was going to take longer to carve stamps than I had time for!)
Here's the first step, with the sky and grass block printed for the background. There is actually more layered printing of the grass than shows in this picture; it looks like I didn't take a picture with that additional printing, but you can see it in the image below.
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