New Year's and Thank God for Time Off!

[irishnutt]

In spite of being sleepy from the party and all its attendant craziness, I was up at 5 this morning. Blame Alice's lingering cough and habit of grinding her teeth like a rock tumbler when she's not sleeping well, but also blame my need for some quiet time after the past couple of weeks of extreme business. Christmas already seems ages ago.

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[irishnutt]

We've discussed this a fair bit, actually, since most of us have been trading art for 7 years. Alex and I, and now Mistie and Ryan have a particular surplus of art since two people make art and trade art that comes to one place. Alex and I pretty much go for the overly cluttered, throw everything up in a sort of organized chaos and let the decorator types think of it what they may. Even at that, though, we're running out of space. This year we're thinking of rotating art seasonally. Paintings, etc. that aren't hung at the moment would be stored in the closet, not stacked but arranged vertically so hopefully things don't get crushed or, in the case of thick oil paint in a humid climate, stick together. We have rather few things framed, mainly just photos and a few watercolor paintings. For most of those I consider the frame part of the piece (unless it's a photo I can take out and put in an album when I don't want it on my wall).

We've also talked amongst our artist friends about what we would want people to do with our art if they don't want to keep it. Most people have said that, with the exception of a few really special pieces, they would rather you just took it to the Goodwill when you get tired of it. That way maybe it will go on to a new life with someone else who loves it, or at the very least can become part of someone else's art if, say, a poor art student wants to save money on canvas by buying old canvases at the thrift store and painting over them. I admit that I have done this with very few pieces, but only ones I know the other person wasn't too attached to in the first place.

[fenrah]

I like the seasonal rotation idea. And it's a good thing that you've agreed that it's OK to take stuff to Goodwill. That would free up options at least.