I’m going to Chicago Wednesday for work {an early childhood education conference} and thought I would use this book I made as a notepad/sketchbook for the trip. I've actually never been to Chicago before, can you believe it? If you know of someplace that I just HAVE to see please share!
:Check out Susan's weekend recap.
:I think I may join this ornament swap. Sign up through Friday.
Enjoy Monday!
{second photo} When I got home from a long day of teaching Friday afternoon, a wonderful gift from maria was in my mailbox!! We were swap partners for Jen's photo swap. Two additional photographs are underneath these from A NEW EMPTINESS PROJECT. I put the photo of the spoons up right away on my studio wall. Thank you Maria!!!
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Saturday I started the pinhole process on my new BIG project that I mentioned in a prior post. I'm starting a WALLPAPER PINHOLE PROJECT. I've been imagining doing a large scale pinhole work for over a year and recently have been doing a little research on the history of making wallpaper.
October 30 marked the official beginning. The project will be ongoing {I imagine for a number of years} and will comprise pieces of various sizes and patterns. The detail image above is from the first piece, which will probably be the smallest. Saturday I completed these two leaves.
: WALLPAPER PINHOLE PROJECT, SHEET ONE, lemon geranium pattern; sheet size 20" x 28".
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I took a walk with my camera today to catch the colors before they blow away.
I hope you had a nice weekend and for those of you in the New England area I hope you're well after a weathery weekend!
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Almost Everything
Habitat turns two.
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To you dear readers,
In my work I am often concerned with telling stories so I want to tell you a little bit about this brand new work for the show.
This piece is page six in a series of eight original pinhole pieces. For this series I literally had a vision {or mental picture} of what I wanted the work to look like. Sometimes this happens as I'm starting to fall asleep. When it does happen I have to jot it down in my sketchbook or else it is liable to completely disappear.
The mental picture included spiral imagery floating on some pages alone and on pages with text or writing. The writing in this series is from a letter my late maternal grandmother {Mama} wrote to me while I was in graduate school. I transcribed sections of her letters to pinhole in her handwriting, one hole at a time. What a connection handwriting makes between people in a time when so much correspondence is typed and sent through wires. It was also significant to me to pierce holes in the paper in her hand.
In her letters Mama would waft from subject to subject, relaying her inner thoughts and things going on around her. The spirograph imagery is important as an image in that where the line begins, it also ends; it is one line. Finding my way through her letters I pick up thoughts where she left them and connect the pieces.
thank you for listening!
Heather
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: Susan, if you get a moment, I left you a little something here.
: And folks here is a glimpse into Susan's studio at Artstream; it is a bright and creative place!
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Susan has been doing interviews all week with the artists in the show. Today she posted mine! Go check them all out!
Preshow pictures in Artstream here!
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Mapping the way has a spot on poppytalk today! yipee! One of Susan's lovely paper and encaustic pieces is pictured and two of my pieces are as well!
Some of my drawings are now available online in the artstream shop. I hope you can go take a look! {two have already sold this morning... wow, people are fast!}
Don't miss the interviews Susan is posting on her blog with each of the artists in this show. I'm enjoying meeting them!
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I also want to send out a BIG WARM THANK YOU to each of you {KARIN, SUSAN, ALICIA, TEENI, LORI, KAMI, ANGIE, GRETCHEN, & JUDE} who sent me happy birthday wishes here Tuesday. It was very sweet of you and I want you to know I appreciate you and your kindness!