Last month I traveled to Paducah for some artsy-craftsy fun. Kristin Williams of Ephemera Paducah resurfaced with a great new workshop in collaboration with Mary Beth Shaw. Junk journaling, mixed media journaling, just general playing with paper, fabric, paint, etcetera, etcetera. Lovely location, lovely ladies, lots of creativity on display.
And the best part of all, in many ways, was two full days of not even thinking of looking at a phone or iPad screen for 8 hours at a time. That’s what art-making does for me – precious and rare intervals of focus.
With a project like this, how do you know when you are finished? I was all ready to let it go and call it done, then I filmed a little flip through and all I could see was other possibilities. Nine signatures of options. Spontaneously layering and layering isn’t necessarily my strength, but heaven knows I have enough bits and bobs to keep me going for quite some time. So, for now, it will have a place on the corner of the studio table and we’ll see how loudly it screams out for my attention.