November already?

This Fall I started with new energy to work on my house, my garden and my studio. It’s a time of transition with my solo show over and my youngest at college. Summer trips are only photos and memories. And though not much is visible on the outside, the work has been happening on the inside. I’ve made some trips to Goodwill. Filled the recycle bin. Done some pruning and weeding. Made plans to get a new laptop and be more organized with my photos and web presence.  Working on updating my website.

The thing is we are never finished. There are always weeds, piles of paper, a cluttered corner. At some point we have to stop clearing up the past and move into the future. The studio is almost clean. The garden is passable. Website is almost to updated. Here I am working on a new blog post!

It’s time to transition into working in the studio. Along with my continuing plans to tackle that mess in corner, restretch silk screens, update my sample books, and relabel my binders I am going to start making  marks and taking risks by doing some printing.

Here’s a list I made of ideas to try:

Monotypes on paper
on fabric
on fabric collage
stitched paper
with opaque paint
stitching before and after
on felt

Marks inspire marks, materials inspire materials. Here I go!

There’s always a cluttered corner