I spent another four hours in my lovely studio today cutting up one of the large collages on canvas that I've been working on there and re-arranging the pieces. The effort was unsuccessful and it's depressing because I wonder if I've wasted rare and precious studio time over the last two months on these four messy pieces. No wonder I try to find an hour each morning to retreat into 'power and beauty', the quilt pictured above and just hand stitch.
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As they are presented, they are each progressively more interesting and evocative. The last one posted is the best but I put my finger over the girls face to see the design without it. Try it.
You wrote at that time that doing the work was elating...with good reason, I'd say.
I really like these "messy" collages. I think that you should do more, make a series of them, maybe try some with cloth, paint, and stitch. I don't think that you're wasting studio time if you're learning.
Joanne
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