I know, I'm sorry - it's very early to be talking about Christmas, but the small pieces I made last year and sold before Christmas have been remembered, because I have had three inquiries already "When is your Christmas stock going to be ready?" - the first such inquiry was at the beginning of August! *shudder*
Although I didn't think of those small pieces that way at the time, they are of a size and price point that's perfect for gift-giving; and now that it's nearly October, I suppose I should get on with making them, right?
Sooo...
Have you heard of Peace Felt?
I hadn't either, but back in the early summer, a friend of mine was all excited about the concept. Members of Peace Felt each year, exchange a piece of felted art, "For Peace to be Felt in hearts across the world." Now, it's me - so you know I have a more practical point of view, and didn't quite understand how my exchanging art with a random stranger was supposed to allow peace to be felt.
Nevertheless, my friend was quite excited about it, explained that we would each get to know someone who lives in another country, and we would be able to "dialogue" with one another. She wanted someone to join with her, and since I didn't see the harm, I joined.
Of course, my friend didn't. :/
*ahem* Anyway, this is my contribution to my partner, who ...
Finally finished? Well sort of... at least it's close enough. :)
This is actually a two-hander, the first panel - this one, is called Nature Cries: The second panel is now underway, but I haven't completely finished it because I'm not certain whether I'm going to mount the two pieces on separate panels, or whether I'm going to join them as one.
But let's explore the details, shall we?
At This Is Colossal, they're showing Yulia Brodskaya's art made of quilled paper - so interesting! here
Also in paper work, Hari & Deepti have made some eerie and beautiful paper sculptures here
Over at Textile Artist.org, they have an interview with Corinne Young who makes embroidered assemblages. Some *very* interesting work. Check that out here
In today's amusing, unexpected, and NSFW art, artist (and grandmother) Holly Stewart is making installation penises out of quilts, afghans, beads... here
In this week's street art, Os Gemeos (Octavio and Gustavo Pandolfo) have made some amazing painted silos that you'll find at Bored Panda here
HyperAllergic has an article about Ai Weiwei and cats. No really! here
And just to end it all the right way, here's Overhead In The Art World.
See you on Monday with the finished piece!
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