Friday, 8 April 2011

what are you working on?

spotty teapot circle
spotty teapot circle
spotty teapot circle

For me it's been this new giclee print in the last few days. And I'm happy to say I've been practicing a bit of letting go in honour of those words in that last post. I had an earlier version of this that I was almost happy with. But not quite. So I got tough on myself and culled it. Not easy to do but I do think it has to be done from time to time.

What are you working on? Experiencing any bumpy bits?
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9 comments:

  1. Madeleine8 April 2011 at 10:52

    I am working on turning a lino print into a screen print. I started by printing onto acetate, think in that I could burn my image directly. It turned out to be too transparent,so i will try tracing over the print with an opaque marker. I might also try other inks (maybe some old oil based ink I have tucked away somewhere. Have you ever tried to do this? Any success?

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  2. mizu designs8 April 2011 at 11:40

    M - no have not tried the process you are describing but it sounds really interesting! I'm a bit of hand cut paper stencil person (or drafting paper as you can wash and re-use it) with screen printing. Good luck with it. Let me know if you take pics of the finished product.

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  3. Belinda8 April 2011 at 18:51

    You love a good teapot, don't you?

    These are really beautiful colours. So this one's a keeper? What is it that makes this one worth keeping that the last one didn't have?

    My main creative outlet is writing, which is really different to the visual arts. You can play around words for ages, and not feel like you lose anything. I'm really more of an assembler when it comes to anything visual. I like to put things together to make something beautiful.

    I'm going to launch an online store soon - I am SO excited!! it should be all ready to go in a month or so. It is so hard to say nothing about it. I never have been great at keeping secrets.

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  4. Belinda8 April 2011 at 18:52

    Oh, and the store is FULL of bumpy bits. I had no idea how hard it is to start and run a business.

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  5. mizu designs8 April 2011 at 19:34

    ST that is so cool about the online shop! Yay for you!!!!!

    As for decisions about what to keep, what to loose, I think what I had earlier was just too simple, too clean. I wanted something with more layers.

    You can certainly go crazy with that delete button in writing! :)

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  6. Lilla11 April 2011 at 20:17

    I just came across your blog and I think it's a treasure! Just wanted to let you know :)

    xxx,
    Lily

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  7. Karen Lewis Textiles12 April 2011 at 19:47

    LOVE this print and glad that you didn't give up on it as it's perfect!

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  8. red or gray art12 April 2011 at 23:08

    the colors are so soft and i relish how they overlap... i am working on collage ..small stones ..wabi sabi..

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  9. mizu designs29 April 2011 at 15:34

    Awwwwww thanks so much for these lovely comments :)

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