Okay, so bear with me...

As you know, my word of the year this year is "intention" and part of that is that I'm no longer going to be making things just to make them (with the exception of my work for And Then We Set It On Fire, although I'll try to incorporate that work into what I'm doing for "real" as well); but I also need to do what I call "journeyman" work, stuff that doesn't really have a purpose other than to help me improve upon something I'm having trouble with.

And you know what I currently have the most trouble with, don't you?  THOSE DAMN LOLLIPOP TREES!!!!!  lol  Why is that every time I try to do foliage I end up with lollipop trees?  (Rhetorical question).  Anyway...

You may remember this piece from back when I was doing the fugitive media experiments - this one was from the charcoal on fabric session and I decided to get away from the lollipop shape by building it up with acrylic paint.

Well, as you can see, all that happened as a result of that little experiment, was that I ended up with a deeper, more highlighted lollipop shape:
and I liked it better BEFORE I began fussing with it.  Oy.

See what happened next on Monday.  'Cuz on Friday, I'm doing a giveaway  in tandem with Chris Daly at Dye Candy two chances to win!  Until then...

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Kit Lang

11 comments:

  1. Actually, I LIKE the trees!

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  2. Hmmm, I'm not seeing the lollipop thing you are describing. I think the trees look great! I always find I hit at least one spot where I hate the quilt/piece but keep working through it until I love it (or at least can live with it -- ha ha). I'm looking forward to seeing where you take this, Kit!

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  3. I like your trees - and they don't look like lollipops to me ;-)) And I think I would recognize lollipops, because as a kid, I LOVED that stuff ;-))

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  4. never thought about charcol on fabric I think we might have some kicking around in the house .... off to go and look
    in stitches

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  5. Your post had me at the word "intention". That has been a large part of my journey the past few years - to be purposeful about my work. And your "journeyman" work may result in pieces that aren't part of a larger vision, but they still are in alignment with your intention to improve. I also think it is important to play. Although maybe that is still working with intention - the intention to play!

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  6. I do remember my first creative aha! lollipop trees are not the norm! lol You are getting closer to non lollipop. I'm definitely interested in the resolution and banishment of lollipops!

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  7. If you hadn't mentioned lollipops I wouldn't have considered it when looking at your trees......we are sometimes our own worse critics:)

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  8. I love it already. Looks like a very cold winter day.

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  9. Mari, (I can't believe you're a no-reply blogger!) thanks! Every eye sees it's own thing, I guess, and what has been seen cannot be unseen!

    Lisa, yes - the intention to play (and learn!) will always be part of me, I suspect. :)

    Thanks Carol - trust you to like trees! :)

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  10. I am not so sure I want to thank you for this link or not...like I need another blog to follow;-) But I do thank you...I will have fun exploring this.

    I am in need of a new computer so may be slow getting to it all, but I will eventually. I just really, really loved your work. It is so much fun to look at and so beautiful.

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  11. I like your trees, too! The addition of the acrylics has definitely changed the feel of the trees, but I can't say I like one more or less than the other! I like the journeyman idea - I think I need to focus on something like that. Thanks Kit!

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