I've had a great start. Amazing what energy I felt in my tidy studio...all the appropriate materials sorted and ready to use. Above are three images of the stole in progress. You can see that I started by laying down a narrow strip of yellow, and on the right moved into reds, blues and greens. On the left moved into greens and blues. I think I'm making peace with the theme, and am comfortable with not trying to depict northern lights realistically. Whether I use organza overlays as I did in the samples I posted yesterday remains to be seen. For now, I'll let this rest while I go to the opening of the Artsolutely show tonight...and will be back at this project with renewed energy tomorrow and Sunday.
Mmmm... beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLeaving the realistic inspiration behind is a critical but often difficult step in the creative process. Once left behind the design takes its own direction paying homage to the source but becoming unique in its own right.
ReplyDeleteBooks (knitting, quilting, weaving, tapestry, etc.) often show inspiration and end result but it is not easy to describe the process between which is different for every creation. But, that's what this blog is all about...