Spent yesterday deconstructing a piece I have been working on. I wasn't satisfied with the line work on it. Kept trying to convince myself that it was OK but it really wasn't OK. So several hours later, and with a permanently bent backwards thumb joint from gripping the tweezers...the results feel right.
And what a texture to consider!
Love how the sun scrapes across this new work-in-progress. The piece is tentatively called she was uncomfortable in her own skin. It has been a piecing challenge (how exactly do you piece a 90 degree corner on a curve?) I did find a new marking tool that is perfect for the way I think. It is a Fons and Porter marking pencil. The leads are very thin, come in black and white, and wipe off with a damp cloth so that I can change my mind. This is a detail shot, the design started as an illustrator file.
This one may be relegated to the lap blanket pile. It has been up on my wall for over a month now and I can't seem to figure out if it is done or not. Maybe if I pack it away and take it out again next year it will all make sense. The title, Strangers Among Us, is inspired by an article I read about microscopic colonies of organisms that live within our bodies.
Strangers Among Us, Paula Kovarik, 2011
You know that feeling. The one that comes with worry. and anxiety. That's what inspired the work on this quilt. It's a simple black and white image with worry lines traversing the surface. Should I do this? or should I do that? Do I go here? or do I go there? Did I pay all the bills on time? Why am I forgetting things? How am I going to fit one more task into my day? Is that bulge over my beltline growing? ad nauseum.......
Sometimes they feel like big black boulders within. Erupting, surfacing, juggling my head.
It helps to stitch them out.
©2011, Paula Kovarik, Worry
