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Behind the scenes

I’m always curious to see behind the scenes details on art. So I thought I’d share some of mine. Here’s the back of The Portal:

The Portal

This is my embroidery detail and sewing. Some of the chains in the waterfall are made out of acrylic yarn so I have to sew them down.

The Portal

Add comment August 19th, 2010

More Portal progress

I’ve been working on the waterfall and opening of The Portal.

The Portal

My thick and thin yarn crocheted up into a great textured chain.

The Portal

I handcarded some fibers for the opening in the waterfall. I carded in some sparkly bronze bits.

The Portal

Prana loves sleeping on my art.

Prana sleeping on art

I’m going back to it now. Time to do more embroidery.

2 comments August 9th, 2010

Portal progress

I’ve been working on The Portal. The waterfall background fleece is felted down and the cavern and rock yarn is finished.

The Portal

My furry art critic likes my new piece.

The Portal

A close up of the waterfall with Prana paws:

The Portal

I’m knitting I-cord and doing a simple crochet chain for the ice.

The Portal

I’m doing some embroidery details now.

1 comment July 17th, 2010

Portal progress

I’ve made progress on The Portal. This piece is turning out just like I’m envisioning so far. I’m really enjoying it.

The portal

Behind the ice waterfall there was a cavern that Helen and I climbed into. Here she is looking out:

ice waterfall

2 comments May 15th, 2010

The Portal begins

Last month I started a new art project. My furry assistant helped me prep the canvas.

the portal and Prana

This piece will be called The Portal.

the portal and Prana

It’s based on a magical waterfall. Back in March my friend Helen took me to a beautiful ice waterfall. There was an opening in the ice and water was pouring down.

Looking at it I felt moved spiritually. I knew that I could walk into that opening and be transported into another world. The feeling was so powerful that I knew it was true. But then I started questioning it. Where would I go? What kind of world would it be? How would I get back?

As soon as I started questioning it the moment passed. The portal felt closed and I knew that if I walked into the waterfall I’d only get wet.

Still, the moment stayed with me. It was such a beautiful and sacred spot. For my art piece I want to capture that spiritual moment.

The ice waterfall was huge. I couldn’t get it all into the camera frame so I took two pictures. That’s Helen in the bottom pic.

ice waterfall

ice waterfall

2 comments May 4th, 2010

Making Cyanotypes

For my Green Man eyes I recruited Thebes photography skills. Here’s a test Cyanotype being made in the sun:

Thebes in black

Thebes eventually made the prints indoors using a small tanning light. The light was super bright so he had to wear dark sunglasses. Here’s my man in black:

Thebes in black

2 comments April 28th, 2010

Boxing up the mother piece

My Green Man is hanging on the wall but the mother piece is going into storage. Our friend Bert gave me some refrigerator shipping cardboard. It’s heavy duty and made a great box.

mother art piece

I was emotionally ok boxing it up. Though I was struck by how it seemed like I was making a coffin for the piece. Perhaps this means I’m burying the issue?

mother art piece

The day before the Beyond The Fringe opening Thebes and I drove to the gallery to drop off my art. I was holding the mother piece with the nails facing away and was staring at the back. As Thebes drove I noticed two hairs. Both were underneath my signature. One was sealed to the wood underneath the polyurethane coating. The other was barely attached at one end and dangled in front of my face all the way to the gallery.

Both of them were my mother’s hairs.

mother art piece

I coated the piece outside. How did my mother’s hair manage to get onto the back? It seems magical. She signed it with me. I got healing from the project and hope that she did too.

mother art piece

Add comment April 20th, 2010

Beyond The Fringe art details

Thebes took close ups of the Beyond The Fringe art. I uploaded bigger pictures to my Flickr stream under the New Mexico category. You can see even more detail in those pictures.

Kimberly Hamill
Boundaries

Beyond The Fringe art

Kimberly Hamill
Poking Through

Beyond The Fringe art

Nina Silfverberg
Upprivet

Beyond The Fringe art

Nina Silfverberg
Solid

Beyond The Fringe art

Nina Silfverberg
Nonamorous 2

Beyond The Fringe art

Linda Berger
Reading in the Woods

Beyond The Fringe art

Linda Berger
The House

Beyond The Fringe art

Faith Welsh
Blue Burqa Sky, 3D

Beyond The Fringe art

Faith Welsh
Blue Burqa Sky

Beyond The Fringe art

Carolyn Hinske
Grandmothers-Step One

Beyond The Fringe art

Carolyn Hinske
What’s Dada?

Beyond The Fringe art

Twilight Kallisti
Green Man

Beyond The Fringe art

Twilight Kallisti
Through Our Pain We Know Love

Beyond The Fringe art

Linda Michel-Cassidy
Privacy Mat

Beyond The Fringe art

Linda Michel-Cassidy
Legacy(Genotype)

Beyond The Fringe art

Merce Mitchell
Current

Beyond The Fringe art

Merce Mitchell
Spontaneous

Beyond The Fringe art

Karen Wittwer
Untitled

Beyond The Fringe art

Karen Wittwer
Angel Icon

Beyond The Fringe art

Jana Greiner
Blood, Sweat & Tears

Beyond The Fringe art

Jana Greiner
Huck this!

Beyond The Fringe art

Mary K. Lyon
Companions

Beyond The Fringe art

Mary K. Lyon
Tokens

Beyond The Fringe art

Connie Fernandez
El Sufrimento De Rwanda

Beyond The Fringe art

Connie Fernandez
Taos Reflections

Beyond The Fringe art

Abigail Z
Mother/Daughter

Beyond The Fringe art

Abigail Z
Merce

Beyond The Fringe art

Louis Fernandez
Tribute to Iqbal Masih

Beyond The Fringe art

Violette Alby
Face?

Beyond The Fringe art

Violette Alby
Dead Hippie…Shroud

Beyond The Fringe art

Louis Fernandez
No Way In

Beyond The Fringe art

Add comment April 1st, 2010

Beyond The Fringe art

Here’s the art from this year’s Beyond The Fringe show. I’ve presented them in the order you would have seen if you’d entered the gallery, turned left and walked around the room. You can see larger versions on my Flickr page, in my New Mexico category.

Kimberly Hamill
Boundaries

Beyond The Fringe art

Kimberly Hamill
Poking Through

Beyond The Fringe art

Nina Silfverberg
Upprivet

Beyond The Fringe art

Nina Silfverberg
Solid

Beyond The Fringe art

Nina Silfverberg
Nonamorous 2

Beyond The Fringe art

Linda Berger
Reading in the Woods

Beyond The Fringe art

Linda Berger
The House

Beyond The Fringe art

Faith Welsh
Blue Burqa Sky, 3D

Beyond The Fringe art

Faith Welsh
Blue Burqa Sky

Beyond The Fringe art

Carolyn Hinske
Grandmothers-Step One

Beyond The Fringe art

Carolyn Hinske
What’s Dada?

Beyond The Fringe art

Twilight Kallisti
Green Man

Beyond The Fringe art

Twilight Kallisti
Through Our Pain We Know Love

Beyond The Fringe art

Linda Michel-Cassidy
Privacy Mat

Beyond The Fringe art

Linda Michel-Cassidy
Legacy(Genotype)

Beyond The Fringe art

Merce Mitchell
Current

Beyond The Fringe art

Merce Mitchell
Spontaneous

Beyond The Fringe art

Karen Wittwer
Untitled

Beyond The Fringe art

Karen Wittwer
Angel Icon

Beyond The Fringe art

Jana Greiner
Blood, Sweat & Tears

Beyond The Fringe art

Jana Greiner
Huck this!

Beyond The Fringe art

Mary K. Lyon
Companions

Beyond The Fringe art

Mary K. Lyon
Tokens

Beyond The Fringe art

Connie Fernandez
El Sufrimento De Rwanda

Beyond The Fringe art

Connie Fernandez
Taos Reflections

Beyond The Fringe art

Abigail Z
Mother/Daughter

Beyond The Fringe art

Abigail Z
Merce

Beyond The Fringe art

Louis Fernandez
Tribute to Iqbal Masih

Beyond The Fringe art

Louis Fernandez
Tribute to Iqbal Masih

Beyond The Fringe art

Louis Fernandez
Tribute to Iqbal Masih

Beyond The Fringe art

Violette Alby
Face?

Beyond The Fringe art

Violette Alby
Dead Hippie…Shroud

Beyond The Fringe art

Louis Fernandez
No Way In

Beyond The Fringe art

4 comments March 30th, 2010

Green Man background

I’m always curious what the backside of paintings look like. And I like to see progress pics of sculptures being made. Here’s a picture of the wood background of the Green Man:

Green Man background

Thebes made me Cyanotype prints for the Green Man’s eyes. Those are his eyes. He set up his camera and walked me through focusing correctly.

Add comment March 24th, 2010

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