Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, I am without my kids. I eventually will head over to my parents' house for dinner (they are probably wondering why I haven't called yet). I've been cutting out fabric for a quilt since yesterday night. Three hours last night, probably three more so far today, and I'm not done yet. But I need to rest my brain for a while. It's colored out. I did want to post some pictures of my studio during quilt-making, because I saw a website with all these pictures of peoples' stashes, and they were so NEAT. I'm sure they cleaned up for the photo, and I actually got messy for the photo. I can't stand having the ironing board up for long periods of time, but I need the extra flat space when I'm choosing fabrics. I hate cleaning up afterward too. I'd like to get all the fabrics chosen for this sucker tonight, if possible, maybe as the reindeer hooves tap down onto my roof. Never know. BTW, there are three cats currently in the studio. Limbo most obviously is on the chair under the ironing board. I don't think you can see Willow, but she's behind the sewing machine, fast asleep. Juni is on the green cat bed under the shelves, also deeply asleep.
posted by vrgnamgnta @ 4:33 PM
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4 Comments:
Jeeez Louise..I don't feel so bad at all! Welcome to the Ring.
And I'm just recovering from the public humiliation of posting my own pictures of the chaotic black hole of my studio.
Add my welcome to deb's.
I now know I am not alone.
A personal friend, a well known Australian quilt artist whose work I greatly admire, has a similar studio only worse, ie, more so. You are not alone! but, for the life of me, there's no way I could even think in such an environment!
I find it quite fascinating that so many quilt artists have published studies of their workrooms, as if this somehow explains something about their work as an artist. It doens't necessarily - my friend's art work is, imho, austere, bare, totally free of clutter, comprises balanced spaces; one might almost say "neat", but that is not the right word for that element in her work which contains something very oriental, at times minimalist. No surprise - she has travelled in Asia, Japan especially, and studied the culture there in depth. And I'm pretty certain she will never publish of pics of her studio!
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