He, Soul-o, actually enjoys this.
And so do I.
Hard to get a picture though. It is not a still sort of thing.
In order to go forward, I am looking back at what is here, the smaller stuff, and considering them in a Frame of Mind.
A way to look with some sort of consistency, the frame based on a 3" square. Some are cropped by the frame, others will grow into to it. This commonality helps me to anchor them in my mind. And enhances their differences while giving them sameness. It is also a way to bring a lot of the chaos here into what I call the Sanity Series. Maybe, in the end, it is all one thing.
I want to look at them all together like this.
Someone asked ...
How do you frame your work?
Like this.
ce chat est adorable !!
🙃
Our Scooter likes to look at things upside-down. It’s all about perspective, whether feline or human.
yes, and this perspective calms him. I am searching for mine. Maybe I should try upside down.
Is Soul-O a Norwegian Forest Cat?
he probably wishes…
Soul O is so cute ..?such a big fella 😻🦋🌸
Getting there😊
That is not a cat he’s a small bear! Joyful🙂
He is a bundle
So much of making is looking, isn’t it?
Yeah
He’s so big! As are your perspectives… especially love the piece on the right, the forever-ness of it, and how it reminds me of Moon’s first perspective drawing when he was 4? He said he learned how from “Harold and the Purple Crayon”.
oh! the purple crayon!!!
Had no idea how big of a cat Soul-o was until this photo! 😄 Oh the joy of it all!
he puffed up a bit since we moved here. Me too!
Made me smile to see an upside down cat….
It makes me smile to know that
just heard another maker speak about returning to earlier work in order to go forward. like yeasted dough or a grafted tree. our cat loves to be cradled with all four paws up in the air, making puddings.
I have to “frame” things to make them useful. Maybe that is reframing them.
My husband always says common sense should be called exotic sense !
ha!
Pets and creating – some of the best things in life!
joy
He’s a big boy now.
very substantial.
Soul-o’s feet in the air, so funny! I have a bright/dark frame that doesn’t want anything in it. I want to make some pale, calming frames.
yes the lighter frames have a special quality to them. they hold something in a way that seems almost to encourage disappearing. They feel free.
Love these mind frames…Ineed to clean out the lean-to and do a little dyeing, those bits of cloth are always my favorites!
Aren’t cats wonderful Beings? 😻 Such a silly boy!
I have so much dyed cloth here, good way to use it.
Always had cats, grew up with them.
And some believe animals don’t have souls…ah, sweet Solo…
I am in love with the yellow/gold squares…hand dyed?
pomegranate
***Soul-o
Love seeing your pieces in a new light!
and our cat would probably shred my shirt to pieces if I did that! 😁
It is all about that, how we see.
I turned him upside down early on, he was so wild but this worked to clam him somehow, funny right?
I love them together. The way you framed them makes them look like they belong together.
Too funny about your cat. I like silly
yes, I think about belonging, how that works.
He is silly, I need that break.
Framing is a kind of focus. The lighter and darker frames make such a difference.
If I did that with Coco, I would be shredded too!
yes and there are many kinds of focus. the lighter frames create a softer focus