I have decided to challenge myself in a new way.
First the back story: in my previous lives as a fashion designer and then a costume designer and an assistant costume designer, I usually worked on bringing someone else's vision to life, be it a customer, a director or a costume designer. If it was a character in film, I tried to get into that characters head to figure out how they would dress, of course taking notes from the director and the actor into consideration. When I started creating my own artwork, I focused on what I wanted to say, on my emotion and vision. The thought of doing a commission and bringing someone else's vision to how my art should look was scary.
There are a lot of artists out there who do commission work. They thrive on this work and it does not impede their own vision. So perhaps the reason I am thinking about dipping my toe into commission work is because I now feel secure enough in my own art.
I thought of what I think is a good way of giving this a try. I have some friends with wonderful homes and they have agreed to let me attempt to make a portrait of their homes. Of course I needed to add a twist - the portrait will utilize ephemera from my friends homes, bits and pieces of things destined for the trash or the recycle bin.
So here's my first challenge.
Now I must figure out how to translate all this into a portrait of home. The final artwork will be 12"x12" and will involve lots of collage, machine stitching and hand stitching. That much I know.
I decided to start by deconstructing the mittens... I think I will felt them and see where that takes me... Stay tuned!
First the back story: in my previous lives as a fashion designer and then a costume designer and an assistant costume designer, I usually worked on bringing someone else's vision to life, be it a customer, a director or a costume designer. If it was a character in film, I tried to get into that characters head to figure out how they would dress, of course taking notes from the director and the actor into consideration. When I started creating my own artwork, I focused on what I wanted to say, on my emotion and vision. The thought of doing a commission and bringing someone else's vision to how my art should look was scary.
There are a lot of artists out there who do commission work. They thrive on this work and it does not impede their own vision. So perhaps the reason I am thinking about dipping my toe into commission work is because I now feel secure enough in my own art.
I thought of what I think is a good way of giving this a try. I have some friends with wonderful homes and they have agreed to let me attempt to make a portrait of their homes. Of course I needed to add a twist - the portrait will utilize ephemera from my friends homes, bits and pieces of things destined for the trash or the recycle bin.
So here's my first challenge.
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| wool mittens past their prime, tissue papers, ribbon, dryer sheets, clear plastic bag and twigs |
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| picture of the home |
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| mittens deconstructed |
8 comments:
Oh I am loving this idea! I am very eager to see how it progresses! I hope you'll share more with us. Good luck.
This sounds so interesting. I can't wait to see what you come up with!
I love your idea! I too, am eager to see how you use all this to do a portrait of your friend's home.
Great idea! People love portraits of their homes and personalizing the images with their own artifacts makes them that much more meaningful.
I think this is a fabulous challenge too -- made all the better by the framework you've created for it. I look forward to seeing how the home portrait(s) progress!
What a wonderful and brave idea! I say "brave" because starting out on a new path can be frightening, eh? I think you will do splendid work.....keep us posted.
What an exciting challenge - look forward to seeing the progress
wonderful idea. i know it will be lovely. i have seen others you have made of city buildings and other buildings in Russia I think. good luck.
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