I spent the day yesterday cleaning my art room up, doing some things around the house, making sure Till was ok, and even napping with him a bit. I am flat out exhausted. The stress of this has added to the RA flare in progress, but that is a constant thing now, anyway. SO TIRED of complaining. But, I suppose, I wouldn’t be complaining unless I really needed to do it for some odd reason. Have tried not complaining, and it almost feels dishonest. Like I am leaving a big piece of me out of my writing, Funny that when I talk to people I do not like to mention any of the RA stuff. But when I write it all comes out...so, skip ahead when the “allagonin’” begins (my mom’s word for whining.) Must be theraputic in some way.
Last night I scanned a collage that I previously turned into a small quilted piece and edited it a bunch of times to make a variety of versions. Love doing that! I am printing them on fabric and making a series, taking time to work on the machine stitching step (might be able to use it for my class, too.) The colors are more exciting to me when they are inverted on the computer -- warm raspberry and orange sherbet colors. Lime greens. Black pot with white writing. Then all the effects! Can’t wait to work on these tonight. I like how the simple design lends itself to thread drawing and how the overall piece can be embellished. It is fun to work in multiples! Rather than get bogged down in a big piece right now, I think smaller ones are more beneficial.
So much can be done with this media. Love it!