March 22, 2012
I’m not sure what gets in the way of talking about my own work, but I think I’ve found the solution………YOU!
I want to thank all of you for your imaginative, lively and insightful comments. Because I’m inspired by all of your comments, I want to send each of you a little “thank you” print. So all I need is your postal addresses.
What gets in the way of your talking about your work? This is something we were supposed to have learned in art school, but it was so long ago that I no longer know how to do the “art speak.” I don’t think that’s the problem anyway. For me it’s more about the difficulty of translating from image making mind to word making mind. I’m curious about this affliction from which so many artists suffer.
I relish your comments. Not only do they inspire, instruct and entertain, they make blogging fun.
March 9, 2012
I could use a little help in finding a way to describe my work; there must be a better way of presenting it than “vintage inspired art from the South of France.”
A good description will help me see where my work fits in this overwhelming outpouring of arts and crafts online. I need a niche, a little corner in the arts and crafts market I can describe in a by-line, a place where people who love what I love will find me. ” The frenchness of my subject isn’t really what draws me to it despite the fact that much of my subject matter comes from french flea markets.
As far as subject matter goes, I love eccentric collections, worn out things that have outlived their usefulness, eccentricities, objects that tell a story, have a history, things that have been mended and patched. And so do thousands of other people buying and selling on Etsy. The difference is that I sell an altered print of one of my drawings of a vintage object, rather than the objects themselves.
Yesterday, while photographing my latest altered prints, it occurred to me that my pieces are just the right size (mostly 5” by 5”and 6” x 6”) for those charming little vintage arrangements one sees on mantelpieces and small round tables in home decor magazines. The photos below are an effort to show the pieces in a home environment.
How I long to hear some fresh ideas! I’m so tired of trying to work this out on my own. If you send me an idea I can put to work, I will, with deep gratitude, send you a 5”by 5” altered print of the stack of three Moroccan bowls….mounted. It’s currently in my Etsy Shop.
March 1, 2012
I’ve been looking for a way to hang a flat masonite panel. I spent a morning looking in hardware stores and lumber yards but is was in Michaels, a big craft supply emporium, where I found the perfect thing. It’s called a doll pin stand. I looked at the doll pin stand, (not knowing what a doll pin stand is) and saw the solution to the hanging problem. It does exactly what I want it to do, it holds the panel 3/4 inch off the wall and accommodates a hanging nail. The shadow gives an idea of how the mounted print floats above the surface of the wall. I’m putting them in my Etsy shop. Don’t miss them.
