A search for material for "traveller's blankets" found all sorts of exciting fabric, and has given rise to another idea, based on sails and the seams in sails -
These ideas get captured in my SNB (studio note book - a bit like the "SRJ" we were required to keep on the course) - for future reference. The third "blanket" idea started with looking at the rope ladders in the sailing pix Tony has on his
website - and then noticing the seams on the sails. Finding a long length of grey silk organza was important in developing the idea -
Sometimes my studio is usurped by someone else's printing activities - he's finishing off those frankenstein trousers and moving on to t-shirts -
An important part of the discipline of "getting into the studio" is simply getting into the habit of leaving the workspace tidy at the end of the session. Another important factor is having a stopping time. I like being flexible - making up time lost to usurpation, for example - but it's so much easier to know that at a certain time you can just move on to something else. (Or is this the onset of the rigidity that comes with advancing age??)
These ideas get captured in my SNB (studio note book - a bit like the "SRJ" we were required to keep on the course) - for future reference. The third "blanket" idea started with looking at the rope ladders in the sailing pix Tony has on his website - and then noticing the seams on the sails. Finding a long length of grey silk organza was important in developing the idea -
Sometimes my studio is usurped by someone else's printing activities - he's finishing off those frankenstein trousers and moving on to t-shirts -
An important part of the discipline of "getting into the studio" is simply getting into the habit of leaving the workspace tidy at the end of the session. Another important factor is having a stopping time. I like being flexible - making up time lost to usurpation, for example - but it's so much easier to know that at a certain time you can just move on to something else. (Or is this the onset of the rigidity that comes with advancing age??)
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