A
Little Off Center
I've
been focused on the bottle I talked about last time. I went on a
bottle binge. I found some nice bottles that are waiting to be
covered. This morning I thought I will call them “ Message on a
Bottle” Sometimes I wonder if all artist are a bit mad. I know I'm
in a world apart from others. I've always felt that. I see the world
differently than most.
As
I work on a project my mind is in another spot. I really like
taking parts from other places and putting them together. When we
were young I liked playing a game, where you would stand in a circle
and hold hands, then we would tangle ourselves up together and then
call “Doctor Doctor” the person chosen as” it” would come and
try to untangle us . Our job was not to let go of each others hands.
So I guess that might be where I get the penchant to untie knots. I
also like to mix techniques together. I guess I'm sort of a
builder not in the usual sense but a builder just the same. It's fun
to see the building as it takes shape. As you go along you find
problems that need solving. I also learn how things work together or
not. I guess I like solving problems. Sometimes I'm successful and
sometimes not.
I'm
finding there is a process to knotting and beading around a shape and
getting it to hug the thing I am covering. It’s a kind of
wrestling that goes on. Somehow the working opens a different part
of my brain and ideas just flood in like water filling a vessel. I
guess I run the rapids of my mind, which I must say are pretty fast
at times. To see me on the outside you would never know it, because
I'm pretty slow and quiet. Sometimes the desire to create is a bit
on the painful side. I ask what is this for? How can I help in the
world? With this little project? Yet the urge will not go away. I
think there is a purpose to why we have these feelings and
Tendencies. I guess we learn as we go. Like faith or an iceberg you
only see a bit of it. It takes work to uncover the real meaning.
Does anyone else feel this way? If we just keep going it will come
to us the purpose of the journey.
Here
is a picture of my journey this time.
do
are just exercise to work my mind and hands.
While
I was looking for bottles a couple of neighbors were going too. It
was suggested we go to a new shop in downtown Provo.
http://unhingedslc.com/store-gallery/nggallery/slideshow/
if your in the neighborhood check it out. So we stopped there
first. I had my last little bottle with me and showed it to the
person at the register. This shop wants to feature items by local
artists. They also have a shop in Salt Lake City. I found some
earrings that I brought home and deconstructed for future use. I was
able to disassemble them and multiply them into four. That kind of
math is fun. I also found a new use for the heat gun I have. It
softens old glue so you can unstick things.
The earrings were glued
onto some metal filigree. I took them apart after heating them and
then stuck some other things onto the filigree pieces.
I
also made a little necklace out of a practice piece of needle lace.
I hope you will also look for the passions in your life and work to uncover them and see why you have them.
