Jan 10
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.
I wanted to hang sequins off some of the circles, but couldn’t find the ones I had been thinking of. But then I remembered that I had made handfuls (handfuls I tell you – what was I thinking?) of dangly bits from shrinky plastic. Some were stamped-then-shrunk and others were shrunk and then embossed with the stamp. I think there might have been embossing powder involved as well. I was so pleased to see them again, and delighted to use them.
I am thinking of awarding myself points for the making of these things. I get a point just for making one that doesn’t suck. I get two more for using something else I made in it. I get a point for thematic unity from day to day. I get a point if I put stuff away too, either after I am done with it, or because I am desperately looking for a particular thing that is under a pile o crap on the table. I get extra credit if I cut into something I have been hoarding into "because I don’t want to waste it".
Given that scale, I think I get 6 points for today. Dunno what that means, but I’ll take it!
It feels so good to use things I made to use, and bought to use. It is nice to see these fabrics coming out into the light again. Even tiny pieces of them are great friends. I guess that is what having work space is all about – you go there, and find the stuff you bought to make things, and then you, well, make things.
Lee Thomson 