Artists in the exhibition served as inspiration, and the main instruction was to use the materials and not edit your work - in other words, play. I found this chart interesting - where does "play" fall on the challenge level scale? Is playing a skill? -
Gathering materials |
Getting started - I found the ribbon on the floor and was planning [is planning play?] to work on the idea of "the wrong kind of leaves on the line" |
Once the leaves were on the line it was looking very "edited" so I started adding more of the background round the edges - seeing what would happen - that felt more in the spirit of things |
At the end of the session - freed up - an unexpected result, a surprise outcome |
Artists in the exhibition using fabric and/or thread include Yumiko Kawai, Satoshi Morita, Toshiko Yananishi, Takahiro Shimoda, Norie Shukumatani, Sakiko Kono, Shoichi Koga, and the ceramics of Shinichi Sawada and detailed drawings of Norimitsu Kokubo are also relevant.
Yumiko Kawai stitches circles (image from here) |
Satoshi Morita uses discarded thread ends (image from here) |
Embroidered chocolate cake by Norie Shukumatani (from here) |
2 comments:
Interesting, thank you. I like the piece of work you did.
This looks like an interesting workshop - and of course you made good use of it. Your piece is wonderful and changed considerably from the initial idea.
Thanks for sharing the info about this workshop/exhibition. I am tempted to visit.
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