busy as bees and Edward Gorey
well, with holiday rapidly approaching and my job getting busier than ever AND with the semester winding down and professors piling report upon project upon test on russ, we've been trying to take it day by day. which is mostly my reason for not having posted anything for about 2 weeks and not having had taken any good pictures to display. i've drawn a few things and hopefully will make some time to post them soon. i'm also planning to make a shirt (or dress? haven't decided) from one of the patterns i got at joann's, so i'll post that soon too.
speaking of sewing, i just found this great book for beginners:
one of the new patterns i just got is by the same "wendy" person... so it should be a good resource! maybe i'll put it on my xmas list... :)
i just got some books from the library today. after watching charlie & the chocolate factory last week (thanks again mish!) i was surfing the web and learning about tim burton and danny elfman, being that i really admire both of their work and love the quirky/whimsical nature of their respective styles. it was in this internet rambling that i found edward gorey.
he was apparently a source of inspiration for burton and i have become enamored of his macabre and occasionally menacing illustrations and stories.
i've found myself in one of those dry phases that happens to artists, which is both frustration and opportunity at the same time. it is during these spells that i try to gather together inspiring things... books, music, other artists and try to get somewhere with it all. it's frustrating, but i have generally supposed it to be a necessary part of life. i think i've also just been feeling so busy that it's been hard to slow down enough to get the good stuff out. i don't know about other artists, but for me to make the best pieces, i generally need to be in a place of utter honesty and stillness in my soul. when there's too much going on all about me, i tend to make just fluff pieces or practice sketches, but nothing i would consider really showing. it's the stuff of the breakdowns or breakthroughs that seems best. at least it seems that way so far.
well, enough of my inner dialogue for you all today... i'm off to make more bread.
expect reports on my first turkey cooking this week! eeep!
cheers,
sam
speaking of sewing, i just found this great book for beginners:
one of the new patterns i just got is by the same "wendy" person... so it should be a good resource! maybe i'll put it on my xmas list... :)
i just got some books from the library today. after watching charlie & the chocolate factory last week (thanks again mish!) i was surfing the web and learning about tim burton and danny elfman, being that i really admire both of their work and love the quirky/whimsical nature of their respective styles. it was in this internet rambling that i found edward gorey.
he was apparently a source of inspiration for burton and i have become enamored of his macabre and occasionally menacing illustrations and stories.
i've found myself in one of those dry phases that happens to artists, which is both frustration and opportunity at the same time. it is during these spells that i try to gather together inspiring things... books, music, other artists and try to get somewhere with it all. it's frustrating, but i have generally supposed it to be a necessary part of life. i think i've also just been feeling so busy that it's been hard to slow down enough to get the good stuff out. i don't know about other artists, but for me to make the best pieces, i generally need to be in a place of utter honesty and stillness in my soul. when there's too much going on all about me, i tend to make just fluff pieces or practice sketches, but nothing i would consider really showing. it's the stuff of the breakdowns or breakthroughs that seems best. at least it seems that way so far.
well, enough of my inner dialogue for you all today... i'm off to make more bread.
expect reports on my first turkey cooking this week! eeep!
cheers,
sam
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