Abstract Musings

December 8, 2005

The week before Thanksgiving I worked at least fifteen hours on an abstract design for a commission, and I must say, it was really looking crappy! So bad in fact, I took it off the design wall, stuck it in a drawer, and refuse to post any photos.

But the urge to play with abstract design remains strong, and so here are some other experiments on my design wall. Should I sew them together? I notice in the photo that the block design is much more dynamic if I crop it so that the blocks do not form perfectly to the border. Interesting lesson….

After my failed design attempt, I was so mad at myself I saw red — literally. I threw this composition together in a couple of hours and it relieved some of my stress, but it looks like something someone else would do, so I don’t know whether it’s worth the time to finish it.

This composition is very small, but I like it for some reason. Mainly an accident it is. But Gabrielle’s got me thinking about doing small works — why do them? Why not. I guess for me the question is also, should I resist these urges to attempt abstract work and continue on a series of narrative pieces that I’ve been doing? Or should I keep exploring ideas I have for abstract patterns. I see them in my mind’s eye, but can’t seem to get them down in drawing much less fabric….

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