tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post1388264915525748983..comments2024-01-31T17:39:44.323+00:00Comments on margaret-cooter: "Copying" and playingMargaret Cooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08529035740804527176noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-10256258536017005512016-01-31T11:41:54.379+00:002016-01-31T11:41:54.379+00:00Those left-overs are indeed intriguing. Maybe the ...Those left-overs are indeed intriguing. Maybe the 'copying', 'interpreting' or relating to something in our own current thinking to spark new thoughts is what we all do as we look at other people's work or just at the world in general. I think how far away we go from the original and what it sparks is the interesting thing. <br />What happy hours can be had with all this play!"Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-22830068094288882122016-01-31T03:57:10.236+00:002016-01-31T03:57:10.236+00:00Getting inside our heads to discern why we think t...Getting inside our heads to discern why we think to play with someone else's idea has puzzled and fascinated me for as long as I've been doing it myself. I had to laugh that your piece to "copy" from was metal. I purchased a piece of art last year that was manipulated copper - flat piece that was bent into undulations topped by woven strips of copper - and I swear, a lot of the reason I was drawn to it was the fascination that the artist was doing with metal what I do with cloth. And yes, it crossed my mind to use that idea of weaving with the ends curling off this way and that in my own textile work.<br /><br />Fun play for you indeed - and quite the jazzy pieces when cut up.The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-80041345402040472462016-01-30T19:10:25.244+00:002016-01-30T19:10:25.244+00:00I love your response to El Anatsui's work. The...I love your response to El Anatsui's work. There is a real liveliness to it. Copying/appropriating seems accepted in the general art world but for some reason many quilters seem to have a real hang up about it. I think.it is a really useful approach Gillian Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17556883292848482765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-83070740878927129022016-01-30T17:28:23.809+00:002016-01-30T17:28:23.809+00:00I meant to add that I like your responses to his w...I meant to add that I like your responses to his work. Very exciting.Liesbeth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590896840337229924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-6712234342507398332016-01-30T17:24:37.066+00:002016-01-30T17:24:37.066+00:00El Anatsui is one of my favourite artists, if one ...El Anatsui is one of my favourite artists, if one is allowed to have favourites. In the British Museum downstairs in the African Sainsbury bit are some wonderful pieces by him. You have probably seen them. I particularly like the wooden piece like a screen. Liesbeth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590896840337229924noreply@blogger.com