AKA Stray Emotions...
Loose patches have evolved over the years. The loose face especially. I talked about faces and creating them as components way back in Patchwork Beasts. To review, the post is here.
These days, I tend to use a face more like a layer. A layer of spirit or consciousness. I lean toward the loose sketch on a loose scrap, loving how they peer out at me from the scrap basket as I sort through. Reminding me of the amazing array of moods that pass through. How much face might express a passing moment.
everything has become looser...
just talking
"Put a Face on it"
How much this layer changed things.
Faces are both fun to create and at the same time, meaningful for my compositions.
The loose patch might be anything, but faces help me tell my story.
Transformation is everthing. Image fascinates me.
love these…just to have, like friends. I had a little collection of ink on muslin…i have no idea
what happened to them…the idea of using the silk…so great…even if i keep not wanting to
stitch the lines.
I am so happy you are here…am missing your Energy from day to day….
Like friends. The selves. I like that. I used to do this with scraps of paper too.
My energy is a bit diluted these days.
I’ve been drawing faces on paper but never thought of drawing them on scraps of cloth! I like the idea.
Paper and cloth are so close to me. Things cross over.
Creating a basket of emotions… getting started on this today.
It helps to hold them long enogh to consider…
purrfect timing. ready to breathe life into my 9 newly-pieced fish. especially love the use of sheer fabrics with facial expressions. seems to capture the essence or breath of spirit. layers of reality connecting. such a pleasure watching your gentle interaction with cloth ‘n hearing your ongoing thoughts. you seem “lighter” now, with a simple basket of scraps. xox
Lighter, less, just go the inner voice says.
Love the sheer silk pieces for the faces! It really gives them a lifelike quality, and I prefer the moody expressions too!
It reminds me how thin mood can be, a kind of movement really…
Thank you Jude! So much to think about and consider here. I love the possibilities, the potential, this opens up. I’m deep in the process of personal change/transition at present and have realised that it is a process that actually never ends. I think capturing little fleeting, stray, emotions may help me see it all a it clearer. I hope your move is progressing smoothly and well and that you are doing OK. Much love to you x