Hey, Where Did Everyone Go?

May 18, 2005

Honestly, last time I looked this room was full of people. I was only gone a day.

Oh here you all are, hiding in the corner. Not afraid of needles are you?

I’m just kidding again. I took off all my cutouts because I was ready to start quilting, and I’d rather do the background first than go around all those little shapes. I like quilting because for me it’s like drawing with the sewing machine, and I love to watch the change in texture of the fabric as I quilt. It makes me think of hammered metal where someone tap, tap, taps sheet metal into a completely different form, like a tea pot or a bowl.

It’s been hard for me to stay away from studio while I’m in the groove. People ask me if I help Russ with his sculpture. I tell them that I don’t weld or grind or that kind of stuff. But if you’ve ever watched a movie all the way through to the credits at the end, that’s what I do. The weird stuff in the background that no one realizes happens like the catering (sandwich runs actually), finding tools and contractors in other cities, planning for emergencies that hopefully won’t happen, watching to see that no trees or animals are injured in the process. But what takes up the most time is the constant PR. I’ve been a bad wifey this year and only worked on my own stuff, so now it’s time to play catch up!

But I’ve been getting into the studio at the end of the day (last night it was 1:30) and am happy with how “A Robbery” is progressing.

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