by jude
Reaching Back a bit to go forward. I want to talk about drawing a bit, but yes, I have said so much about it before. I once called this cloth Magic Cloth 2. But now, I let the name go, and it remains untitled. I am reconsidering the cloth in the present and I will rename it. Maybe for now, I will go with SPIN. As I said once, way back when, this is not really a wall cloth it’s […]
Categories: LARGE CLOTH, RECONSIDERING Skitch Skatch, Skitch Skatch, Spin
by jude
To begin. From scratch. Let’s call it Skratch. For fun. Nothing wrong with lightness. Play. The first step seems like well, draw something on cloth. But really, let’s go backwards a bit. I think I should talk a little bit about cloth first, for it is the base on which we will work. And then it will be part of how we might continue. And then thread, I need to say a bit about thread. And mark making tools. Right? […]
Categories: RECONSIDERING Skitch Skatch, Skitch Skatch, TOOLS AND MATERIALS
by jude
Sometimes, trying to explain is the most difficult part. There is often what seems like a disconnect between hand and mind. That is the bridge we need to build. And keep in good repair. The truth is in the going. And the value is in the acceptance of of how it might go. The creative act is not outside of you. Art does not create itself. An image does not form of it’s own accord. That is just stupid in […]
Categories: Heart, RECONSIDERING Skitch Skatch, Skitch Skatch, Thought Catching
by jude
I found the original artwork for the Most Unusual (Skitch Skatch) Rabbit. 1971? I am noticing how I ultimately used a lot of my drawing style, that is how it informed my cloth work. You see I am interested in crossover, not really mixed media. I always divided my backgrounds into “patches” of color. The base layer. And the dots, stippling, became the thread beads. I am not sure how to Be Here at this point. Is “Cloth Whispering” going […]
Categories: Heart, Joodle HIll, Skitch Skatch
by jude
I didn’t really see it when I took the picture, the light was so bright. I was so happy to see the sun. But the layer that the dirty window offered to the image. I think the circular motion of cleaning, or trying to clean the window from the outside. The leftover smearing. How wonderful. And it reminded me that I had not commented on this stage of the Skitch-Skatchery I was working on without saying too much. How much […]
Categories: Layers, Skitch Skatch