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| The "Yay Jar," celebration reminders for year's end. |
As always, the Birds in Art opening weekend at the Woodson Art Museum was filled with great art, good friends and colleagues, and way too little sleep. (When I finally made it home and in to bed I slept 13.5 hours!)
There's always a little let-down when the magic is over and it's time to face the reality of deadlines and paperwork (and studio time, of course). But if I'm lucky I might get another bit of news to celebrate in the week following the opening. This year I did, in fact, get two: "It's April, No Foolin'" was selected for the 2016-17 national tour and a private collector will purchase it.
Things for the Yay Jar, absolutely. You don't know what a Yay Jar is? Here's mine... a former pasta sauce container repurposed as a place to collect happy news and milestones throughout the year.
In December when I'm planning for the upcoming year it's all too easy to dwell on the things I didn't get done. So... I empty the Yay Jar, read its contents, and remind myself that I did manage accomplish a thing or two in the previous 12 months. (It seems like I got off to a good start this year, as there's something peeking out that's marked January 1. I don't remember what it was.)
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| Obligatory artist-standing-next-to-their-work photo from Birds in Art |
Another bit of fun while I was in Wisconsin was the discovery that my piece is playing a part in the museum's Art Park interactive area for children and families. A half dozen pieces from the show were replicated as relief blocks (how appropriate!) from which kids can make rubbings and then color their own masterpieces.
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| A familiar little owl at the rubbing station in Art Park |
Of course it's a good thing that I got those 13+ hours of sleep at the beginning of the week, because since my return I've been up to my elbows in lino crumbs and ink. I've got three colors down on a new large-ish (18 x 18 inches) linocut, but at the moment all I can show you is the first stage. After that last snow scene I had to psych myself up to print blue again, but thankfully this is the only blue pass for this piece. Stay tuned!
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| What's it gonna be? Step 1 of a new reduction linocut |
I love your Yay Jar! I may have to give this a try and suggest it to others.
ReplyDeleteYou are such a tease showing us only step 1. LOL
Mostly I only showed one pass because I want to keep the process shots all together in posts, but ALSO.... the fourth pass is going to be a doozy and the entire thing could fall apart at that point. Trying not to jinx it. ;-)
Deletethe YAY! jar is a good idea :D I should prob do something similar
ReplyDeleteand congrats on the sale ;)
Thanks. :-) And yes, I find the jar really helpful... and kind of fun to watch it fill up. I have a tendency in December to look at my list of things I wanted to accomplish and focus on the things I didn't get to. I used to try to remember the good stuff, but my brain ain't what it used to be. ;-)
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