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Working In A Series week 3

3/18/2014

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I wanted to write a quick post to review how my "Working In A Series" class is going.  First off, it has been great!  The last couple of weeks I have logged in some serious studio time.  I will admit that there have been a couple of 12 hour days.

I am keeping a hand written journal to document each day in the studio as well as work completed and insights along the way.  I am using my new "Selphy" that I mentioned in my last post to take images to refer to and add captions as I progress.

I will post several photos in the near future of some things that I have completed.  I want to show several pieces together so that there is a reference point as well as showing context between the works.  I think it will make more sense than displaying one piece at a time.  Before I do, I wanted to share what I have learned about my passion and craft:

  • I have learned at a heart level that I create for me.  If others find my work interesting too that is a bonus.
  • I have learned that sometimes you have to create a lot of "crap" before you have an "Aha-ha" moment.
  • I have learned that showing up in my studio and putting in the time and then doing it all over again and again is the path to a good body of work.
  • I have learned that working through construction and design  issues as well as tossing things in the trash are both acceptable options.
  • I have learned that working in a series is about learning one thing in each piece and then building on the next discovery and incorporating each revelation into the work that follows.
  • I have learned that I have more to learn.


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I have never been one to document things like I have been these last few weeks.  I ask myself now, "How in the world were you able to create without this tool?"  I have pages of notes and thoughts that I have entered each day.  It has been so helpful because I will think of something as I am working and unless I write it down it is lost and often times hard to retrieve....  I am loving this process but I will tell you, IT IS HARD WORK but  I wouldn't have it any other way.  


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Abbie
3/18/2014 05:58:38 am

Can't wait to see what you have completed!

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