Art Every Day, Saturday, January 26, 2013
Good Morning,
This morning I was pondering, as I have been for about a week now, the meaning of beauty. I watched a documentary on the painter/cartoonist/writer, Wayne White, last week and he finished off a lecture he was giving with the words, "Make beauty". All week I've been wondering what the hell that means. Clearly what he considers beauty is different from what I consider beauty.
Today's new piece is a bit of writing on the subject of beauty. I simply layered some green dye painted batting with some yellow dyed silk then set on a piece of blue cotton and blue dye painted Lutradur. I then stitched a flower in the blue area and cut away the excess from the edge of said flower. Next, I stitched some sentiments in the background using matching thread. I then finished the edge with some twisted, rainbow dyed rayon ribbon then went after the flower with the heat gun. The bonus; the gun burned the silk! Yeah, I love the burned silk around the "damaged" flower. Is it still beautiful? For me, there is no beauty without meaning and power. This was a great exploration!
Till tomorrow,
Heather
1 comment:
Heck YEAH, it's still beautiful! In fact, to me, to be able to see the beauty in something that might be damaged, is what shows our compassion and understanding.
I love the soft feel of this piece- the colors and then the "damage" show as vulnerability. It's kind of a
"love me, warts and all" thing to me :)
What I love most is how the burned parts really show off the writing behind it. Now I am curious to do a piece and try to lightly burn it to see if I can really reveal what is written!
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