Stencil Happy

View towards my studio window

 Monday was a vacation day. This meant someone else was home to walk the dog, and I could stay at my Lowell studio, happily printing away. I used a new stencil to rework a half-dozen silk scarves. One failure, but o the successes.

green and black on yellow

This was pale yellow with gold circles

pale sky blue reinterpreted with black, blue and purple

Now back to sewing. Boro scarves: two commissioned, finished. Delivery tomorrow.

Invitation to the Muse

Start a sketchbook. Play with paints. Experiment with pattern.

Registration open at Arlington Center for the Arts.

Hope to see you there.

 

A tale of two commissions

I invite commissions because I enjoy the journey.
Customer's requests often take me places I would not otherwise go.

Two people commissioned Portable Art just before the holiday. 

Here are the pieces that resulted. (My apologies for the dark photos.)

 

This customer wanted rich colors, specifically gold and purples. 

Two pieces spun out of her request, and she loved the second version.

This customer asked for a "more masculine" feeling, with musical elements. 

But he rejected the resulting piece as too dark, "not uplifting enough."

A lesson in mismatched understandings of vague terms.

I like it, though. Eventually, it will find its home.