whooooooosh!
lots of excitement at chez luxe today. at 10 a, jake calls to say he is heading home because the power went out at his work 2 hours prior. it had been raining pretty hard. it has been incredibly hot and humid here, getting up into the 80's and 90's and rain was needed. the ground is hard as a rock, so everywhere is flooding. anyway, he comes home, i was working on some papier mache birds in the studio, so i continued to do that and not long after, the power flickered, went on, off, on, off and then...off...from 3:30 until 8ish, i think. anyway, it was really kinda nice. we sat in the studio (which is fairly clean right now) and chatted whilst jake played around with his guitar and i worked on the bird stuff. i realized how nice it is to really just hang out and not have a tv on or anything (not even lights). it rained like crazy, i haven't seen rain like that in a long time. i guess they are saying that a tornado came through and pittsburgh has been put in a state of emergency because there is so much flooding. our basement flooded, but our house is 100 years old with stone walls and a dirt floor, no drain, so it isn't that big of a deal. some people closer to pittsburgh had water 6 feet high yesterday, i can only imagine the disaster it must be today.
we had to run out to get some food because we couldn't open the fridge or cook, and a nearby road (119) was washed out. crazy. it was fine when we went out, but on the way back, 10 minutes later, washed out. woo!
anyway, we had such a nice time. jake and i just get along so well. i know you are supposed to like your spouse but he is such a fantastic person. he really is.
so, i overdid it a bit. i wanted to get further along with the piece i was working on than i did, but i made multiple parts to use with a lightweight body as well as the amigurumi ones, i will see how they work. i will probably do some wings that way also. i did some research on smaller sculpture and am really eager to try some different approaches for the toys, and some other things. i have lots of ideas swirling around in my head. i am a 3d person and always have been. as much as i love painting and drawing and collage, i really love sculpture because for me, it is easier to feel like it is a part of my world, and i am a part of its world, as opposed to just looking at an image. does that make sense? i can usually make something 3d more easily than 2d...it just comes out better. we will see, anyway. lots and lots of ideas.
when i was doing my internship/apprenticeship, i worked with an artist named adrienne heinrich, who is so talented and smart that i can't even put it into words, anyway, she does so much...from the permanent collection of the national gallery to starting art programs for some of the city kids in pittsburgh...so much stuff. when i was paired up with her i instantly loved her work, but somehow i didn't understand how similar our aesthetic was. i guess i was too immature and young. i wish i could go back and do it again, although it was really really hard work. she makes lots of vessels, boats, figural vessels that are pagan goddesses-but a bit more abstract than that...more about myth...and these are out of bent reeds and tissue and resins and hang outside from trees, all kinds of incredible otherworldly things. i looked at a few of her photos and remembered the things i was working on back then that also dealt with translucent things. vessels, glowing translucence...lots of things. and i woke up really early, really tired. it was so dark and foggy out that i couldn't see anything beyond the windows. once i got up, i was ready to get cracking. and i did that all day.
here's to hoping that the legs and beaks i made will work okay with softies. i guess we will see, indeed.
i am pooped. seriously. i have been crocheting more of the mountain things, but out of different shades of brown, taupe and cream yarn that barbe sent me. and these things are biiiiig. i am thinking that i will stuff them a bit and put a bottle or jar full of sand inside it before i sew it up to recycle a bit and make them stand up and not fall over so easily. i initially planned to just do some hose with stuff in it, but i think a bottle or jar will work better. jake was concerned that if i sold it and someones kid bonked their sibling on the head with it, i would be to blame. you know, if your kid bonks you other kid...whatever. it happens. i know i have done it. and had it done, too. bonking, that is. not boinking my brother. that is not appropriate. i'm just saying is all. here is the first of many, this one is wee...about 18 inches, i think...
just another thing caught in my brains. i crocheted 2 more, big ones and used a small hook to make it nice and tight and my right hand and arm are hurting. and i am falling asleep as i write this. so i best go before it makes no sense at all.
more to-morrow, plus some new things in the shop...www.luxe.etsy.com. woot!
sleepy smooches,
n.
we had to run out to get some food because we couldn't open the fridge or cook, and a nearby road (119) was washed out. crazy. it was fine when we went out, but on the way back, 10 minutes later, washed out. woo!
anyway, we had such a nice time. jake and i just get along so well. i know you are supposed to like your spouse but he is such a fantastic person. he really is.
so, i overdid it a bit. i wanted to get further along with the piece i was working on than i did, but i made multiple parts to use with a lightweight body as well as the amigurumi ones, i will see how they work. i will probably do some wings that way also. i did some research on smaller sculpture and am really eager to try some different approaches for the toys, and some other things. i have lots of ideas swirling around in my head. i am a 3d person and always have been. as much as i love painting and drawing and collage, i really love sculpture because for me, it is easier to feel like it is a part of my world, and i am a part of its world, as opposed to just looking at an image. does that make sense? i can usually make something 3d more easily than 2d...it just comes out better. we will see, anyway. lots and lots of ideas.
when i was doing my internship/apprenticeship, i worked with an artist named adrienne heinrich, who is so talented and smart that i can't even put it into words, anyway, she does so much...from the permanent collection of the national gallery to starting art programs for some of the city kids in pittsburgh...so much stuff. when i was paired up with her i instantly loved her work, but somehow i didn't understand how similar our aesthetic was. i guess i was too immature and young. i wish i could go back and do it again, although it was really really hard work. she makes lots of vessels, boats, figural vessels that are pagan goddesses-but a bit more abstract than that...more about myth...and these are out of bent reeds and tissue and resins and hang outside from trees, all kinds of incredible otherworldly things. i looked at a few of her photos and remembered the things i was working on back then that also dealt with translucent things. vessels, glowing translucence...lots of things. and i woke up really early, really tired. it was so dark and foggy out that i couldn't see anything beyond the windows. once i got up, i was ready to get cracking. and i did that all day.
here's to hoping that the legs and beaks i made will work okay with softies. i guess we will see, indeed.
i am pooped. seriously. i have been crocheting more of the mountain things, but out of different shades of brown, taupe and cream yarn that barbe sent me. and these things are biiiiig. i am thinking that i will stuff them a bit and put a bottle or jar full of sand inside it before i sew it up to recycle a bit and make them stand up and not fall over so easily. i initially planned to just do some hose with stuff in it, but i think a bottle or jar will work better. jake was concerned that if i sold it and someones kid bonked their sibling on the head with it, i would be to blame. you know, if your kid bonks you other kid...whatever. it happens. i know i have done it. and had it done, too. bonking, that is. not boinking my brother. that is not appropriate. i'm just saying is all. here is the first of many, this one is wee...about 18 inches, i think...
just another thing caught in my brains. i crocheted 2 more, big ones and used a small hook to make it nice and tight and my right hand and arm are hurting. and i am falling asleep as i write this. so i best go before it makes no sense at all.
more to-morrow, plus some new things in the shop...www.luxe.etsy.com. woot!
sleepy smooches,
n.