okay….fantastische arty links that i found mostly through the rag and bone blog that is really wonderful itself. so good. sooooo…bert simons oh sooo goood. this artist raquel aparicio whose work is magnificent, and she is gorgeous, to boot. like amelie. so not fair. one of the most incredible and haunting installations…nay, underwater sculpture gallery by artist jason taylor…woah. i have no words. my focus in school was in sculpture and i especially love big things. or small things. life sized figures, especially. you aren’t really the viewer anymore…you are almost a part of the group, you know? lisa kokin does these amazing sculptures made from buttons. she was on the cover of fiber arts ages ago, which was where i had first seen her work and was amazed. 3-d just really speaks to me. i try to fight it, because i love drawings and paintings, but i think because of my bit of dyslexia or something, i understand 3-d better. as you can see, i am starting to let myself go back to it. the eerie, but feminine work of caz love reminds me of some of kiki smith’s work. she makes dresses out of vintage papers. just lovely. again, all of this is from rag and bone (yeah, yeah, i was um…a bit behind on reading their blog. and all 190 something other blogs, too. sigh.)
today, for a mixed media painting i am working on, i cut out a ladder from a ups flat rate cardboard envelope (btw, i found out that they are mostly recycled and are biodegradable with all non-toxic and earthfriendly inks, etc. how cool is that? go usps!) anyway, let’s just say that i realize how hard it is to cut anything precisely with a blade, let alone the remarkable work of mr.kakoueda and some of the pieces are more than 2 feet…biiiig. craziness. and for those of you that adore paper and anything that is made out of it, on it, etc, etc, paperforest.blogspot.com. a really lovely bloggy.
i have developed a rocking migraine from looking at the computer too long. gah! let me just say that i went out to look for berries and found another sister to missa and amelia, she won’t speak to me, but she has one pink lock of hair in a ponytail and has arms that bend! no legs, though. i will take photos of her to-morrow if she hasn’t either run away or something worse. i am hoping she doesn’t pick a fight with the cats. so out of one skein of handspun mohair, i got 3 of em! and i don’t think the skein could have been more than 50 yards. maybe 60, but it was so bulky, it seems unlikely. dunno why i didn’t measure it. gah! i am working with giving some of these things some form of armature because i am a glutton for punishment, but also because if i am not going to give them display boxes (i want to, but at this point, it will make them really expensive, so i will do it by commission, i think, if someone wants a display case, and takes me a long time to make those)i want them to at least sort of support themselves and not need to be leaned up against stuff. you know? i just used some copper wire i had around and put it into her arms after i crocheted em, and it is just a continuous bent and doubled piece that goes through her body and into each arm and then i sewed it all together and attached the crocheted arm through the wire to make sure it doesn’t pop off, not that these are meant to be roughly played with, anyway. the mouth i did this time was even better than the last two. i am catching the hang. okay. tired. so i need to go relax. wish me luck with the noggin. i feel so poo that there are no photos!
xo
n.
i have never even heard of cre.ations.net before but there is some amazing stuff on there! think makezine on mescaline. wooooah!
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