What a fantastic surprise it was to receive my 2nd round completed piece! I was thrilled even before i opened it, as i never received my first round one, lost somewhere in Postal Purgatory.
I had chosen violet, electric blue, black and copper for "my" CorpseMistresses to fill in my "squares", which depicted loose abstractions of gears. I started in the centre with reverse applique and discharged vintage rayon, painting, beading, machine stitch and rusty bits with xpanda paint and bundled threads.
I'd like to thank Susan Sawatzky, Julie Zaccone Stiller, Reta Brunner, Elizabeth O'Donnell and Donna Royer for their work on this piece.(Follow clockwise from the top right for who did which area.) No one got cutesey, no one used wrong colours or made flowers out of things---it's a truly seamless joy to behold! Every one of these talented Decomposers brought such talent and beauty to the piece that i was floored as i revealed each section.
Next stop for "Shifting Gears" is the Cyber Fyber show in South Carolina! As an invited piece, this one symbolizes what i enjoy most about the internet---groups of strangers becoming fellow artists, creating astounding collaborations and yet rarely if ever do we meet in person. Magic and memories!!! I hate to let this work go, in one sense----i pray it arrives safely in Susan's hands, and that it returns to me after the show, but i'm also very proud to send it out in the world again!
2 comments:
ooooo...can't wait to see it in person at the show in S.C. It's not easy to see where the divisions of labor/creativity begin and end.
I'm so happy for you that this one found it's way home. Wonder if the last one with all our creativity will ever see daylight?
Wowsers! This turned out so great, in large part due to your great color choices and coolio design. I can't wait to hear what the viewers of the show have to say.
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