tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38558700869392983022024-03-05T22:11:27.881-05:00art by natalyaNatalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.comBlogger941125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-15308039259325412012019-04-14T21:12:00.000-04:002019-04-14T21:12:13.463-04:00I've moved!My blog is now a part of my website and will be updated there from now on.<br />
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<a href="https://www.artbynatalya.com/artbynatalyablog" target="_blank">Please visit!</a>Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-66841778338751665552019-04-07T19:09:00.001-04:002019-04-07T19:09:39.709-04:00Adams Farm RoadIt is officially complete and in the hands of the owners, who came by my studio to personally pick up their home portrait. They are delighted with the result and I am pleased as well.<br />
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And now for your viewing pleasure, I present Adams Farm Road home portrait!<br />
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Personal ephemera used: sheet music for wedding song and lullaby (printed on silk organza by me), baby announcement, moms hospital bracelet, baby's hospital tag, fabric from the hospital baby hat, and fabric from a onesie.<br />
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My materials: silk organza, various cotton, silk and rayon threads, interfacing, stretched canvas and acrylic paint.<br />
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Techniques: fabric collage and hand embroidery and a bazillion French knots of various, but mostly tiny sizes....<br />
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I get so much pleasure from creating these one of a kind treasures, and I love when the owners allow me to share the process. Will you let me do one for you? Email me! (natalya at artbynatalya dot com)Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-90867676468078884152019-03-31T11:14:00.000-04:002019-03-31T11:14:32.455-04:00I see it!I see the finish line.... let me lead you to it with this update.<br />
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Here's what happened to the Adams Farm Road home portrait this week, my fingers have been very busy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the grass started "growing" on the front lawn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it grew quite well on that precious fabric of the newborn's hospital cap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then the trees started filling in (yes the roof is sagging at the moment, but not for long!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">filling in nicely with teeny tiny french knots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really need a macro lens for these... (Santa?)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stitching is done! This is my highly advanced weight system to help the piece smoothly adhere to the canvas.</td></tr>
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In about 24 hours I'll release the portrait from its weight prison, trim the edges and paint the sides of the canvas. Then it'll have its very own photo session and will be presented to the owners. And then I can share the final product with all of you!<br />
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Now is the time to check out the <a href="http://www.artbynatalya.com/natalyakhorover3.html" target="_blank">commission page</a> on my website and email me (natalya at artbynatalya dot com) to book your very own portrait.Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-44043098565922014972019-03-23T09:08:00.001-04:002019-03-23T09:08:14.385-04:00finish line in sightIt's full steam ahead here in the home portrait studio. It is such a pleasure to switch gears from the high speed sewing machine work on the Iron Spine Aloft installation to the intimacy of this hand stitched small treasure.<br />
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One of the things I love so much about my studio practice is the ability to switch back and forth from large, expansive, and speed driven work to a meditative slow practice. Sometimes the two even meld in one piece as well.<br />
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Here's the illustrated update on the progress of the latest home portrait:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a different type of roof went on to the house from the original plan, but it feels right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the stone entry wanted to be french knotted (that's only the beginning of all the knots in this piece!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">windows wanted to be filled with glass (or shiny thread)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there's a dark blue trim around the door that looks black in this photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the start of front yard bushes and walkway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I contemplated leaving the round bushes as negative space</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but the french knots wanted to take up residence there in the end</td></tr>
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I am thoroughly enjoying the French knotting that decided it needed to be in the home portrait. It's telling me that it will be throughout the piece in varying sizes and threads.<br />
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More updates soon!Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-12503603268831861322019-03-16T17:39:00.000-04:002019-03-16T17:39:11.531-04:00Iron Spine Aloft<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Spine Aloft billowing on the front lawn of the Rye Arts Center</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">A few blog posts back, I spoke about seeing plastic trash flapping in the trees along the roads in my travels. I have reinterpreted that imagery by creating a public art installation, made from plastic, that is gracing the front lawn of the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: dimgrey;"> </span><a href="https://www.ryeartscenter.org/workshops-1/2019/3/14/fiber-arts-textile-artists-on-the-cutting-edge" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Rye Arts Center</a>, strung between two trees. <em>Iron Spine Aloft</em> can be seen as you drive by the arts center until the end of April. Feel free to stop in and enjoy it up close. Make time to go inside and see <em>Fiber Now: Textile Artists on the Cutting Edge, </em>in which five of my pieces are presented alongside the works of eleven other talented fiber artists. Do</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: dimgrey;"> </span><a href="mailto:natalya@artbynatalya.com?subject=Meet%20me%20at%20Rye%20Art%20Center!" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">email me</a>, if you're in the neighborhood. Perhaps I'll be able to meet you there and we can talk art, stitching, texture, recycling and the circle of life. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">Y</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">ou can also join me for two BYOB</span><span style="background-color: white; color: dimgrey; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://www.ryeartscenter.org/workshops-1/2019/3/21/byob-thursday-night-out-stitching-amp-embroidery" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">that I'll be teaching on March 21st and 28th.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">I am hoping to continue creating large-scale public art installations created from repurposed plastic. I am working on a series of proposals to further this endeavor. Raising public awareness about the excess of single use plastic in our society and the problems of litter in our environment are at the forefront of my art practice. If you know of an institution to which you think I can submit such a proposal, please let me know. I welcome your input.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">I have posted a few videos of the installation on</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/artbynatalya/" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NatalyaKhoroverAikensArtist" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">for your viewing pleasure. I'll be posting more in the near future, as well as a more substantial video detailing the creation of <em>Iron Spine Aloft </em>from start to finish, which I will post on my</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0ZWXG0nIeMLXfOgau360Q?view_as=subscriber" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">when completed.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Spine Aloft detail</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: dimgrey; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-62837033482304935242019-02-22T11:57:00.000-05:002019-02-22T11:57:04.032-05:00moving right alongThe home portrait I've been working on is moving along nicely. I have finished putting in all the outlines, and now I am considering how to stitch the details.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outlines in place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">considering how to add the hospital tag to the driveway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">trees are just bare outlines for now</td></tr>
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I am still considering these trees. Do I want to add finer details with hand stitching or scrap the idea and thread sketch them with the sewing machine?<br />
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And then I also got an idea about bushes and baby toes. I think I'll give it a try! More pix next week!Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-32716867964630596642019-02-17T13:12:00.000-05:002019-02-17T13:12:40.729-05:00deep in art in the depths of winter<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;">February has been a busy month so far and promises to continue to be so. I am simultaneously working on two projects in the studio. They could not be more different from each other.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One project is a home portrait for a sweet family with a brand new daughter. I am loving incorporating her hospital hat, onesie and sheet music of special songs into an image of their home. I am taking time to thoughtfully hand stitch all the pieces in place, making sure all the right details are included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am furiously stitching on my Bernina sewing machine for my other project: the installation for the <a href="https://www.ryeartscenter.org/workshops-1/2019/3/14/fiber-arts-textile-artists-on-the-cutting-edge" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Rye Arts Center</a> exhibit in March. I have pieces of plastic bags and various sheeting all stitched together; I am about half way through stitching the outlines of the fire escape on them. After that, I will piece all the sections together. I'll likely spend a few days cutting out the negative spaces between the outlines. I am still figuring out the logistics of hanging the piece in it's outdoor space, between two trees.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making sure to keep my inspiration tank full, I was recently on a photo safari in NYC. And while I was quite busy trying to get good shots of buildings, rusty bridge undercarriages, and sidewalk cracks, I could not help but notice plastic litter in leafless trees. I abhor litter of any kind, but it's especially plastic litter that makes me want to weep. For goodness sakes, if you can't recycle it, is it so hard to put it into a garbage container? To carry it just a few more feet to the trashcan on the corner? Ok, rant over.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the interesting thought... as much as I despise seeing plastic trash flapping in the wind on trees, I am also inspired by it. Is that crazy? I don't think so. I think that the installation that I am working on right now is partly inspired by the plastic bags I have seen caught in tree branches along highways. In my case, the plastic that will be waving amongst trees is obviously not trash. It is quite intentional. I can't wait until you see it!</span></div>
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Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-79150480198216991552019-02-04T16:08:00.000-05:002019-02-04T16:08:26.890-05:00a beginningI am delighted to be working on another home portrait. And happy that the owners are allowing me share the process.<br />
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This sweet family has sent me their baby announcement, first hat, a onesie, and music sheets as part of the ephemera to create the portrait from. As you can see from the pictures below, I am quite enamored of the music sheets. I have printed them on silk organza and so far think that they will be a perfect representation of the siding on their home.<br />
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I have drawn on tracing paper the favorite angle of the home and am now placing all the ephemera in various spots to see what will work best where. This can take a few days as I like to fully take in all the materials and sometimes let them rest in a few places before I finalize my decisions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the house sketch over the music sheets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">will I put the hospital tag with the music?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there is a hospital bracelet to consider as well...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and where will I add this sweet face?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">maybe I'll combine the words on the onesie with the sheet music?</td></tr>
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In a day or two I shall start in with the scissors and there will be stitching! Stay tuned!Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-65581537243334545382019-01-31T20:39:00.002-05:002019-01-31T20:39:32.662-05:00studio updateHere's a review of what's been happening in my studio this week. Lot's and lot's of stitching!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've been stitching the small pieces that will make up my extra large installation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made a quick visit to NYC for some inspiration.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tried out one of the stitched plastic pieces on the window to see how translucent it is.</td></tr>
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And then the Polar Vortex came and I watched art make art in the snow...<br />
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Now I'll focus on a commissioned home portrait, so next week I post warmer looking photos to help everyone thaw out from this frigid cold...<br />
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<br />Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-54942026613141937652019-01-22T09:59:00.000-05:002019-01-22T09:59:13.817-05:00a week in pictures (and videos)Some weeks are crazy busy in the studio, and I have lots to share. Others seem that way, but because I am working on the same project day in and day out, I feel as though I have nothing to share.<br />
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But even when I feel that way.... I realize that I do have plenty to share. Sometimes not in words, but always definitely in pictures. Here are a few pictures and videos of what I have been working on this past week.<br />
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Lucky that the pup needed to go out on a frigid morning during sunrise as I got to take this video of the plastic crackling as it moved in the wind.<br />
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Hope you have enjoyed these peeks into my studio happenings, stay tuned for more soon!Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-12492286136693767892019-01-17T10:48:00.000-05:002019-01-17T10:48:13.439-05:00going big, bigger and BIG!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;">The first month of the new year is only half way done, but my calendar is already filled with plans for the start of 2019.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;">First on my agenda is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://artshowbedford.org/" target="_blank">ArtShow:Bedford</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>starting January 25th. It's a wonderful, small show in the picturesque town of Bedford NY, now in its</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>46th year.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All proceeds from the show go to local charities supporting a wide range of services. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;">In March I am delighted to be participating in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.ryeartscenter.org/workshops-1/2019/3/14/fiber-arts-textile-artists-on-the-cutting-edge" target="_blank">Fiber Now: Artists on the Cutting Edge</a> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;">presented by the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.ryeartscenter.org/" target="_blank">Rye Arts Center</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in Rye, NY. In conjunction with the exhibit I will be teaching a Stitching+Embroidery<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.ryeartscenter.org/workshops-1/2019/3/21/byob-thursday-night-out-stitching-amp-embroidery" target="_blank">workshop</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on March 21st and 28th. As part of the exhibit I've also been invited to create a large installation −more than 15 feet across− on the front lawn of the center. The installation will help raise public awareness of plastic pollution crisis we’re facing, while enabling me to repurpose plastic into my art. I believe this installation for the Rye Arts Center is a perfect fit for my art practice. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;">At the moment I am rifling through my stash and pulling out the biggest, sturdiest pieces of plastic that I have to start assembling the substrate. I’m conducting weathering tests for the plastic and my stitching. I took a portion of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.artbynatalya.com/natalyakhorover5.html" target="_blank">Iron Spine/Urban Edge</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>installation and hung it on my deck to see how it holds up to the wind and weather for the next month or two. This experiment will inform some of the design and construction choices I’ll have to make going forward.</span><br />
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Happy 2019!<br /><br />"<em>May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art - write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you will surprise yourself.</em>"</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">~<a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Neil Gaiman</a></span></div>
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Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-83010572101056561052018-10-22T15:10:00.001-04:002018-10-22T15:10:30.546-04:00a tree grows in Armonk<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow! Sometimes that's the only word that can be uttered. My reason for the word in this case, is that I am amazed and grateful that so many people loved to participate in a hands on community art project!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was delighted to organize <span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; text-align: justify;">a collaborative art piece created with reclaimed and repurposed materials at the Armonk Outdoor Art Show. Thank you to the <a href="https://www.friendsncpl.org/" target="_blank">Friends of the Library</a>, who collected materials and provided the space, thank you to the volunteers to helped visitors to the <a href="http://www.armonkoutdoorartshow.org/" target="_blank">Armonk Outdoor Art Show</a> participate in the project AND thank you to those visitors who took the time to stitch on or glue on a piece of plastic and help our tree grow!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're hoping to schedule a stitching day at the <a href="http://www.northcastlelibrary.org/" target="_blank">North Castle Public Librar</a>y in Armonk in the near future, so that interested collaborators can come help me put finishing touches on this artwork.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile please enjoy the photos from the project and stay tuned for further developments!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how our tree looked on Saturday morning at the beginning of its journey.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Sunday morning it was well into its transformation!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here it is by the end of the day Sunday! Wow!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">It's back to school and back to routine time around these parts. How fast the summer always flies by! Did you know that's it is also the start of the </span><a href="https://www.metopera.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Metropolitan Opera</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> season?</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Why am I telling you that it's opera season? Because I have just the right piece of art for the New York City opera lover. It's a depiction of Lincoln Center in the heart of Manhattan. It's called City Sketch 10, part of a new series of city scenes. It's available on </span><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/767240" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Saatchi Art,</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> where you can buy the original or a print. So get your tickets for </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Samson et Delila</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">, or whichever opera makes your heart flutter and buy my art to get your season started on the right note!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">If you're in the New York metro area at the end of this month, come see me at the </span><a href="https://www.armonkoutdoorartshow.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Armonk Outdoor Art Show</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> on September 29th and 30th in Armonk, NY. I'll be exhibiting the other collages that are part of the City Sketch series and leading a community art project too. Booth V-08,09.</span><br />
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At the end of this month, I would be delighted to greet you in <strong>booth V-08/09</strong> at the<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.armonkoutdoorartshow.org/index.html" style="color: #6dc6dd; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Armonk Outdoor Art Show</a> in Armonk, NY. September 29th and 30th, 10AM to 5PM, rain or shine.<br /> </div>
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The exhibit was just ranked as the #2 Fine Art and Design Show in the entire United States by <em>Sunshine Artist Magazine</em>, August 2018. The #2 Rank, based on sales reported by exhibitors to Sunshine Artist, is a spectacular jump from the previous #46 position! This is THE show for sophisticated art lovers expecting to find top quality work available to purchase!</div>
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<br />I will be bringing brand new series of stitched collages that I am calling <em>City Sketches.</em> And, of course, a collection of your favorite urban subjects - fire escapes, bridges, and graffiti - will also be on hand.<br /><br />In addition to presenting my artwork, I will be directing a collaborative art piece created with reclaimed and repurposed materials, a portion of which will be brought in by community members. Visitors will apply layers of plastic to the outline of the Armonk Outdoor Art Show tree logo. After the show, I will finish the artwork with my signature stitching and it will be installed at the North Castle Public Library in Armonk.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">After a very busy July, I took a stab at organizing the havoc in my studio. Instead, I discovered a stash of vintage 1980's Chromorama papers. They are still as luscious as ever! And despite several online searches, it seems that they don't exist anymore.... insert sad face here.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">I took out my plastic scraps and worked up a bunch of collages with smaller paper segments. I experimented with some simple stitching and was thoroughly pleased with the results. I'm hoping the recipients of my August subscriber birthday cards will be pleased as well.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Now I have the larger sized papers laid out on my work table among the plastic scraps. I am looking forward to how these collages will turn out and the much more intricate stitching that will go on them. I am planning to debut these at </span><a href="https://www.armonkoutdoorartshow.org/PR2018.html" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">The Armonk Outdoor Art Show</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> at the end of September.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fresh batch of vintage paper to stitch on!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">In other news, I'd like to extend an invitation to join me at the opening reception for the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1240965479373910/" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Creative Climate Awards</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> on Monday, September 17th at 6PM. My piece called </span><a href="http://www.artbynatalya.com/natalyaaikenssu1.html" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Sunrise</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> has been accepted into the exhibit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">I'll be sharing photos of all happenings on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/artbynatalya/" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NatalyaAikensArtist" style="background-color: white; color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">. Hope to see you at one event or another! </span>Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-58865490698323735852018-08-08T19:34:00.000-04:002018-08-08T19:34:18.210-04:00thoughtfully repurposed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If my solo exhibit had a title, it would be <i>Thoughtfully Repurposed</i>.<br />
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But it doesn't have an official title, and as it's coming down on Friday, I thought it was time to share a few photos. Those of you who were able to see it, I sincerely appreciate that you came, your kind words mean so much to me! Those of you who are too far to come, I appreciate all your well wishes also. Thank you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">art and seed pods at the entrance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Spine 6XL makes it's debut surrounded by older relatives</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhetoric with Iron Vessels: Reclaim Love and Iron Vessel: Enough</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top portion of Iron Spine/Urban Edge installation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another view of Iron Spine/Urban Edge installation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a small portion of the bottom of Iron Spine/Urban Edge installation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full view: Iron Spine/Urban Edge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a visitor from the insect kingdom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">food matching art/art matching food</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">viewer matching art</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">artist with art (Iron Spine/Urban Edge)</td></tr>
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What a whirlwind summer!</div>
Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-28032754026789174072018-05-15T16:19:00.000-04:002018-05-15T16:19:25.033-04:00stuffing it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Expanding on an idea. Or rather expanding my explanation of an idea.<br />
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In the last post I mentioned that I was stuffing undesirable bits and pieces of plastic and styrofoam into containers and making building out of them. I thought that this needed clarification. For the latest set of buildings that I made, I spent the time photographing the items that I stuffed them with.<br />
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Here is the collage of my documentation:<br />
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Then, while I was all set up for photography, I continued.. Here are my containers, patterns sketched out on scraps of upholstery fabric. Then layered with scraps cut off from other art, stitched for texture till my hearts content, and glued onto the containers. Then the edges were all hand stitched with a nice, satisfyingly thick thread.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the how to</td></tr>
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And now the results:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Urban Tower 5 © Natalya Aikens 2018 (3"x3"x9")</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Urban Tower 7xs © Natalya Aikens 2018 (3"x3"x5")</td></tr>
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This one's insides were not photographed because I realized that I still had scraps left, but was already out of time to photograph the stuffing ephemera. But it's basically the same bunch of stuff.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Urban Tower 8xs © Natalya Aikens 2018 (2"x2"x5")</td></tr>
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And here are all three together. Don't they look swell?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Urban Tower family? ☺︎</td></tr>
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I enjoyed the photo documenting process so much, that I created a tiny little book of it. Just photos, no words.<br />
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I decided that if someone buys all three of these little Urban Towers, they'll get the little book as a bonus. That way they know exactly how it happened. And knowing feels good.</div>
Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-53308035525696608322018-03-07T09:15:00.001-05:002018-03-07T09:17:24.295-05:00documenting the process<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Why? Why do I use the materials that I use for my art?<br />
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I have always thought the answer is obvious. But lately I have been giving it a lot of thought, talking about it with other artists, and I have discovered that it's maybe not so obvious... and I am not sure if I can always speak about it clearly.<br />
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The basic answer is that I like my materials. I like the way they behave, I like the way that they feel, I love what I am able to achieve with them. I also love that I am creating something beautiful out of trash. I love that I am keeping even a tiny amount of plastic out of the sieve that is the local recycling process. And maybe somewhere out in the ocean, one less little or large aquatic creature will have one less bag to strangle itself in...<br />
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I have decided to start documenting my process. And in writing about it, maybe I'll make clear to my collectors and even to myself what it is exactly that goes into loving my materials and why I feel it's important.<br />
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In the last few weeks I have spent quite a bit of time communing with these materials of mine. I need to prepare quite a bit of them for future artworks and that meant a lot of time with scissors in hand. The plastic supermarket shopping bag seems so pedestrian. Yet so graphic. I am cutting apart all the graphics, the lettering. Only to put in back together again in completely different ways. This, below, is my pile of large-ish letters.<br />
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I have also been sewing plastic netting to vintage linen. I am in the process of trimming away the excesses now to reveal the lines and I just could not throw away the trimmings. For now I am gathering them in a container, one day they will tell me what to do with them.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On my walk with the pup one day a couple of weeks ago, I spotted these plastic bags. Trapped in a tree and gently swaying in the breeze, there was something beautiful about them. Yes they are trash, yes they are polluting the area... and yet... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately I could not reach them to take them off. But they inspired me, as did that scene in American Beauty of the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=american+beauty+plastic+bag+gif&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=AX4bGw6cuJatbM%253A%252CdDa9lmNARhPt8M%252C_&usg=__WrGgxjBwSHXWq7m4uAIrnMx8IYs%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiphpy1mtjZAhXStlkKHRBxA3UQ9QEIKzAA#imgrc=AX4bGw6cuJatbM:" target="_blank">plastic bag dancing</a> with the wind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And I love this quote from the script : "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Ricky Fitts: It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">bag</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes." </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So yes, I'm going to dance with some plastic bags....soon.</span></span></div>
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Back to the graphics of those plastic bags - I am also cutting out all the verbiage. It talks about how to recycle this bag, or where the store is located. I am interested in only the graphic nature of those lines. And I have amassed piles and piles of long and short, skinny and fat ribbons of plastic lettering. They will be my brush strokes...<br />
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And then there are pieces of plastic that have no graphic value to me. Or color value, or they are just in a awful shape and would not hold up to torture by stitching. Or I don't like the feel of them and don't want to use them in my art.<br />
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Those bags, and bits and pieces, and small hard plastic parts that get thrown in the trash and then quite likely wind up in the <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/" target="_blank">Pacific Garbage Patch</a>; all those things, I am stuffing them into rinsed and thoroughly dried containers.<br />
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Those containers eventually become 3D buildings. Sculpture if you will, stitched sculpture. On their own they are very light, stuffed full of plastic they are still light, but have a bit of sturdiness to them. Enough to keep them upright and not blow away in the breeze.<br />
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I hate styrofoam. Yes hate is a strong word as I always tell my daughters. But I hate styrofoam and avoid purchasing anything in it. But sometimes it's inevitable. Especially if someone well meaning gives me something in styrofoam. I have discovered that if it's clean and dry, I can break it apart and stuff into my containers. That puts it to good use.<br />
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Most of the plastic bags come from my own household. I have been saving them for years, before I knew what it was that I wanted to do with them. Since I have started using them for my art, several friends have sent me their own collections. At the moment I have more than I can use for a long time. I now do grocery shopping with reusable bags and very rarely bring plastic bags into my home, and yet still have so many to make art from...<br />
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Since I have started filling the empty containers with rejected plastic and bits and pieces, I have become aware of how many of them there are! How many I have thrown into the trash, not even the recycling over the years... and I think of how many have found their way into the ocean. That thought saddens me.<br />
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Besides <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/" target="_blank">An Inconvenient Truth</a> and the <a href="https://inconvenientsequel.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Powe</a>r, see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw" target="_blank">The Plastic Ocean</a> and see what we're up against...<br />
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Here's how I used those strips of verbiage in a recent piece, <i>Iron Spine 8</i>, 12"x12".</div>
Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-8947532162425368262017-07-31T15:24:00.000-04:002017-07-31T15:24:51.087-04:00texture addict<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So a texture addict walks into a gallery...... and has to keep her hands in her pockets so that she doesn't fondle the million dollar artworks.....<br />
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Guess who is the texture addict! Yup. Yours truly.<br />
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The gallery? <a href="https://www.gagosian.com/" target="_blank">Gagosian</a>. The exhibit? <a href="https://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/anselm-kiefer--may-05-2017" target="_blank">Anselm Kiefer</a>.<br />
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Gigantic, monumental artworks. Canvases with trees, terra cotta, and rebar. Oh, and molten lead. Poured onto the canvas and peeled back. Yes. Oh and water colors and artist books. Many, many gigantic artist books. Go see for yourself until September 1st.<br />
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The other gallery is <a href="http://www.tibordenagy.com/" target="_blank">Tibor de Nagy</a>. An exhibit of works by <a href="http://medriemacphee.com/" target="_blank">Medrie MacPhee</a>. Very different kind of texture, much quieter. I think I was still under the influence of Anselm when I saw these works. I didn't think much of them. But thinking about them and looking at my photos, I like them more and more. Perhaps they also appeal to me because she uses garment parts as design elements in her paintings. Very simple on the canvas, yet complex and map like.<br />
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And just to let you know that I was paying attention as I walked the streets and not just gabbing with <a href="http://nathaliesstudio.com/" target="_blank">Nathalie</a>, here's the best graffiti of the day. Somewhere on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_East_Side" target="_blank">Lower East Side</a>.<br />
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And my new favorite and most refreshing drink on a sweltering NYC summer day - <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/920463/beet-and-lemon-shrub" target="_blank">beet and lemon shrub</a> from <a href="http://www.russanddaughterscafe.com/" target="_blank">Russ and Daughters</a>! YUM! Gotta make some!<br />
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I love fire escapes. There. I've said it. Wait. I may have said it before. Well it's true. I do love them. Let me count the ways. I love their graphic lines, their rusty or sleek texture, their negative space, the layers upon layers of straight lines, the angles.<br />
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I love interpreting them in stitch. Large, small and medium.<br />
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Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-5376946495118184232017-06-29T11:25:00.000-04:002017-06-29T22:40:47.778-04:00trying to do good<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">I have been thinking a lot about what I can do as an environmentally and socially conscious artist and human. It is not enough for me to be using materials which, when not properly recycled, are destined to be trash that pollutes our waterways and makes its way to the </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=garbage+patch&oq=garbage+patch&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4847j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Pacific Trash Vortex</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">While I am still trying to figure out exactly what I could be doing, I can be helping already. And so can you. I am making a pledge to donate 25% from the proceeds of the sale of the artwork above to </span><a href="https://www.riverkeeper.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Riverkeeper</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">, New York's clean water advocate.</span></div>
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It seems appropriate to me that the first artwork I will be selling to support clean water efforts is <a href="http://www.artbynatalya.com/natalyaaikenstzb.html" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">TZB Span</a>. It depicts the old <a href="http://www.newnybridge.com/" target="_blank">Tappan Zee bridge</a>, which spans the Hudson River from Westchester county to Rockland county. It'll soon be gone as the new bridge is being built right next to it.</div>
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Let's help Riverkeeper keep the Hudson clean for us all. Every little bit helps. Thank you. Follow the links to see and purchase the art on my website or just click <a href="https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=da65b3643815e&mfid=1498783640719_da65b3643815e#/checkout/openButton" target="_blank">here</a>! This piece is $650, so $162.50 will go to Riverkeeper. There is a $10 shipping fee. It's not much, but it's a start! Together we can make a difference!</div>
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Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-4986320906914005962017-06-23T17:14:00.000-04:002017-06-23T17:14:47.818-04:00Quilt National visit redux<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's nearly a month since I have returned from a whirlwind trip to Athens, Ohio for the opening weekend of <a href="http://dairybarn.org/quilt-national/5759-2/" target="_blank">Quilt National 2017</a>. What a fun weekend it was! My friend <a href="http://gailellspermann.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gail</a> was my copilot as we let <a href="https://www.waze.com/" target="_blank">Waze</a> guide us along the roads of NJ, PA, MD, WV and OH. The routes were all very scenic, but we had no time to stop for pictures, we had a destination to get to!<br />
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I have to say that as much as it was a thrill to see my art hanging in this prestigious exhibit, it was even more of a thrill to commune with all the artists who were there!<br />
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There's nothing better than hanging out with fellow creative souls. Sharing ideas, techniques, trials and tribulations and just basking in each others company. I was delighted to meet all the artists that I could, and wished every single one could have attended!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the gallery view with my piece, <i>Iron Spine 5XL</i> hanging between work by <a href="http://www.paulakovarik.com/" target="_blank">Paula Kovarik</a> and <a href="https://www.kitvincent.ca/" target="_blank">Kit Vincent</a>, and then followed by <a href="http://www.amymeissner.com/" target="_blank">Amy Meissner</a> and <a href="http://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/2016_show_event_home" target="_blank">Kerri Green</a></td></tr>
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The powers that be took videos of the two minute talks that each artist gave about their work and when those videos become available I will gladly share where they can be seen. I always find public speaking rather nerve-wracking, but I was told that I spoke well and made sense. What more could I ask for?<br />
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Upon my return home, there was a lovely surprise in the mail - <a href="http://www.surfacedesign.org/" target="_blank">SDA</a> magazine wrote a bit about the exhibit and used my art to illustrate it! So cool!<br />
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I'm still reliving bits and pieces of conversations that took place. So much to consider and enjoy remembering!</div>
Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-65203811697552779282017-06-21T13:06:00.000-04:002017-06-21T13:06:53.095-04:00Rauschenberg and I<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you're in NYC or visiting soon, don't miss <a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3634?locale=en" target="_blank">Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends</a> exhibit at the MoMA. It's up till mid September thankfully!<br />
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As I wandered through this exhibition with my friend <a href="http://nathaliesstudio.com/art-stroll/art-stroll-rauschenberg-among-friends-part-1/" target="_blank">Nathalie</a>, I felt more and more empowered. So odd. Usually I feel inspired by an exhibit. But this time I felt empowered! What the heck?<br />
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After some pondering I realized that it's because of the materials! Yes materials. Rauschenberg's and mine. I loved peering into each of his pieces on display and figuring out what he used where. I found cardboard and fabric of course. But also plastic! Plastic bags and balloons. And I must say that they still looked good after all these years, one was from 1961! I have heard that his work is a conservators nightmare, so I am being much more careful with mine. All my materials are archival, except for the plastic. But the plastic is indestructible as we all know....<br />
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And now that you see Rauschenberg's street signs above, I can make another connection. Perhaps an obnoxious one on my part.... but I've made some street sign art myself. Mine are a bit more delicate though... and a lot smaller! Stitched on plastic of course. And made completely by my hands.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.artbynatalya.com/natalyaaikensoth.html" target="_blank">Other Side</a> © Natalya Aikens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.artbynatalya.com/natalyaaikensnot.html" target="_blank">No Turning Back</a> © Natalya Aikens</td></tr>
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I've updated my website with new work including three of the pieces above. The other three were already there. There is still more new art to add, so check back every few days as I'll be adding a few on a regular schedule. And for everyones convenience, I'm adding PayPal buttons as I go.<br />
Thank you!!</div>
Natalya Khorover Aikenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855870086939298302.post-85963204522595580282017-06-12T14:43:00.000-04:002017-06-12T14:43:12.128-04:00shadow play take 2.. or 3 or 4..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love the shadows. Especially shadows that artwork makes. In the last few weeks I have been able to experience such shadows in abundance. <a href="https://www.moma.org/?gclid=COmqkM3zuNQCFdRXDQodZWYHdw&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">MoMA</a>, <a href="http://dairybarn.org/" target="_blank">The Dairy Barn</a>, <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/museum/" target="_blank">Kennedy Museum of Art</a>. How lucky am I? Here are a few of my favorites:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">edge of a wall hanging by Cecilia Joe at KMA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">edge of an art quilt by Danette Pratt at The Dairy Barn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bronze shadow makers by Dorothy Dehner at MoMA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bit of a wall hanging by Lenore Tawney at MoMA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wired orb shadows by Ruth Asawa at MoMA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">corner of an art quilt by Sara Impey at The Dairy Barn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">corner of a wall hanging by Sheila Hicks at MoMA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">edge of an art quilt by Shulamit Liss at The Dairy Barn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">floor shadow of an art quilt by Sue Benner at The Dairy Barn</td></tr>
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Hope you have enjoyed these shadows as much as I did. I think I might make some art that makes shadows also soon....</div>
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