Posts made in September, 2008
Skating on Thin Ice
So here’s the final drawing, ready to cut into fabric. I always feel so much better when I turn the corner on a project and feel it’s headed in the right direction. You can see how I was working towards this in my sketches in this previous post. An artistic project is a process, and it’s funny how my ideas can change during the process. I make the art, and the art changes...
Read MoreOnce upon a Line
I’ve always liked telling stories, now I make them in my art. Here’s how I started one in a project called “Skating on Thin Ice.” Sometimes I have this feeling that the technology that I depend so heavily on is so fragile and my knowledge so limited, that I have to keep skating across the surface really fast, otherwise I might fall through the cracks. Okay, that’s...
Read MoreCakes and more Cakes
The other night I had a dream that I should draw some cakes. Not just a few, but a whole lot. Here’s all I got started with, then ran out of ideas, so I’ll have to look up some recipes. And I don’t know where that silly elf in the chef hat came from. Here’s probably what inspired the idea of a massive drawing (although not sure about the cake part.) This is a huge...
Read MoreCollages for the Creamery
When our studio flooded, a lot of framed art got ruined. Since the Creamery Arts Center has lots of odd spaces, I cleaned the old frames and designed some collages to fit into them for the show. Here’s the finished quilts in the show, but for fun I included some framed pages from my sketchbooks to show where the ideas come from. “Paris – wish you were Hair.” The old...
Read MoreJason Pollen workshop at studio
The weekend of the ThreadLines opening reception, Jason Pollen led a two-day workshop called “J-o-i-n-i-n-g-F-o-r-c-e-s.” Each day he led a series of different drawing exercises on black and white double-sided paper. This was the most complex exercise, prefaced with discussions of astrology and self-control, a random drawing and a self-controlled analytical response. This was...
Read MoreThreadLines 2008 and other opening nights
ThreadLines opening last week was a huge success. The gallery was packed all night long, and the show looks amazing thanks to MSU Art & Design Gallery director Robin Lowe and her staff and of course all the wonderful artists who made and shipped their work. Jason Pollen was there to judge the quilts in person, to award the prizes and to honor us with a exhibition of his recent work. Here...
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I'm an artist who makes humorous quilts and drawings and shares a studio in an old peanut butter factory with my husband who is also an artist and sculptor. You can also see more of my art at PamRuBert.com
