Interest in Pinterest!

23.12.13

For a while now I have been collecting links - pins - on Pinterest just to get a visual representation of things I like in the world of art. After a while my single collection seemed to be quite eclectic and I set about trying to group my "pins" onto "boards"  of similar things or ideas.
I do not intend to keep these collections permanently and will delete pins and boards after I have used them for inspiration in an experiment or project.

I have collected mainly pins of textile

•  faces, figures, and groups of people 
•  circles
•  textures
•  stitch combinations 
•  examples of composition and technique

There are a number of things in common in most of the pins. There is a great deal of contrast in value, interesting use of space and incompletion in the appearance of the pin.

The question is, why do these things resonate with me (as opposed to landscapes for instance), and what do I do with these interests?

                                                        

Seasons Greetings

16/12/13

So I start a blog. I have wanted to do this for some time. Why I wonder? To share in this electronic age? So that the folk I bombard with emails can elect to see what I do rather than me send perhaps unwelcome email? I guess I am hoping that by blogging, people who are interested can view my ponderings and makings can view if and when they choose.

I will post my recent UFO completion. A small quilt started in early 2012 for the Glenelg Quilters challenge, before I got busy with Visual Art classes at Marden. It is crudely made on cotton painted with setta silk dye, then simply embroidered.