Comments on: Deadlines http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html Images and writing about my abstract contemporary textile art by Lisa Call. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Karen http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5792 Karen Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:16:00 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5792 I usually take a long time to complete a work. My pieces are done with a great deal of hand work and therefore take a chunk of time to complete. I make them without a deadline. I dont make them with the intent to sell or show. The work is something that exsists within me and MUST be set free. I am sure that most artists understand that statement. I will sell a work once it is finished if someone is interested of course, but I dont set out with the thought that it has to be marketable. I play around with thoughts of submitting the work to a gallery for showing but it is not and can not be my motivation for the work. Also I wonder if a patron is a good thing. Once working in that mode does the work then take a slant towards what you know the patron is hoping for? Good thought provoking words Lisa. I usually take a long time to complete a work. My pieces are done with a great deal of hand work and therefore take a chunk of time to complete. I make them without a deadline. I dont make them with the intent to sell or show. The work is something that exsists within me and MUST be set free. I am sure that most artists understand that statement. I will sell a work once it is finished if someone is interested of course, but I dont set out with the thought that it has to be marketable. I play around with thoughts of submitting the work to a gallery for showing but it is not and can not be my motivation for the work. Also I wonder if a patron is a good thing. Once working in that mode does the work then take a slant towards what you know the patron is hoping for? Good thought provoking words Lisa.

]]> By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5780 Lisa Call Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:15:52 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5780 Again - thanks all for the comments. I have shows planned for the future but my work is not motived for those specific shows. I make the work and when the show comes up I select the work for that show from what I have around. I will hold pieces for specific shows but to make a specific piece for a specific show is a rare thing for me and it usually just annoys me to do so. Again - thanks all for the comments.

I have shows planned for the future but my work is not motived for those specific shows. I make the work and when the show comes up I select the work for that show from what I have around. I will hold pieces for specific shows but to make a specific piece for a specific show is a rare thing for me and it usually just annoys me to do so.

]]> By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5779 Lisa Call Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:11:26 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5779 Pixie - I don't use blogger - I maintain my own blog software (wordpress) on my own webserver and download my images directly to the webserver. But to get images without borders you can put style="border:0px" in your image tags (<img>). Or add a style to your template to turn borders off on all your images: img { border: 0; } Pixie - I don’t use blogger - I maintain my own blog software (wordpress) on my own webserver and download my images directly to the webserver. But to get images without borders you can put style="border:0px" in your image tags (<img>). Or add a style to your template to turn borders off on all your images:

img {
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]]> By: jafabrit http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5770 jafabrit Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:42:02 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5770 I create art as a means to visually express something that has moved me, so others placing their needs and expectations on me doesn't work. I resent anyone trying to pressure me when it comes to what I paint and how fast. I have an exhibit next year but I don't need it to push me to do a major project, that was going to happen anyway. I create art as a means to visually express something that has moved me, so others placing their needs and expectations on me doesn’t work. I resent anyone trying to pressure me when it comes to what I paint and how fast.
I have an exhibit next year but I don’t need it to push me to do a major project, that was going to happen anyway.

]]> By: pixie http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5669 pixie Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:53:33 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5669 deadlines hamstring me. they make me procrastinate. for some reason, they make me NOT create. My best work has been done in my own time, with no particular goal (for example an exhibition to enter), but for the joy of the process itself. I don't often work like that though, there's usually something to aim for, a closing date, or a date for a gift. A question Lisa, how do you get photos into your blog. do you upload from within blogger, or from somehwere else? I love how they look without frames around them. deadlines hamstring me. they make me procrastinate. for some reason, they make me NOT create. My best work has been done in my own time, with no particular goal (for example an exhibition to enter), but for the joy of the process itself. I don’t often work like that though, there’s usually something to aim for, a closing date, or a date for a gift.

A question Lisa, how do you get photos into your blog. do you upload from within blogger, or from somehwere else? I love how they look without frames around them.

]]> By: Nellie http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5663 Nellie Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:32:43 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5663 I've taken note that a number of readers of this posting have come to my weblog ... most likely looking for photos of the work I referred to that are in the galleries. For those who are interesting in viewing my art pieces, my latest posting is a list of them along with the links to where they are written about and pictured within my weblog, "Nellie's Needles". I’ve taken note that a number of readers of this posting have come to my weblog … most likely looking for photos of the work I referred to that are in the galleries. For those who are interesting in viewing my art pieces, my latest posting is a list of them along with the links to where they are written about and pictured within my weblog, “Nellie’s Needles”.

]]> By: Sheila http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5660 Sheila Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:11:10 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5660 Me again. I posted in haste yesterday and realized I didn't finish my thought and address Lisa's question. Deadlines can have the same effect on work as outside influences of making specifically for sale or a commission work. As Cynthia said, sometimes an outside deadline is what we need to get moving, other times we can be self-motivated or have self-imposed deadlines (sometimes in the form of goals?) that direct us to complete work. While I personally benefit from outside deadlines from time to time (I have a tendency to dither an idea to death, not being willing to give up or move on - just one more tweak please), there have been times that I've shorted a work because I ran out of time. Me again. I posted in haste yesterday and realized I didn’t finish my thought and address Lisa’s question.

Deadlines can have the same effect on work as outside influences of making specifically for sale or a commission work. As Cynthia said, sometimes an outside deadline is what we need to get moving, other times we can be self-motivated or have self-imposed deadlines (sometimes in the form of goals?) that direct us to complete work. While I personally benefit from outside deadlines from time to time (I have a tendency to dither an idea to death, not being willing to give up or move on - just one more tweak please), there have been times that I’ve shorted a work because I ran out of time.

]]> By: Cynthia http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5647 Cynthia Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:17:53 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5647 I have to say that I do both...and unfortunately, I work really well under pressure. I'm a procrastinator by nature, and if I know I have to have something completed I work harder and smarter when the pressure is on. But, I create a lot of work for myself that comes quite easily with no pressure at all. Sometimes I just need a push. I do, however, tend to work on multiple projects at once which helps keep me motivated and interested. I have to say that I do both…and unfortunately, I work really well under pressure. I’m a procrastinator by nature, and if I know I have to have something completed I work harder and smarter when the pressure is on. But, I create a lot of work for myself that comes quite easily with no pressure at all. Sometimes I just need a push. I do, however, tend to work on multiple projects at once which helps keep me motivated and interested.

]]> By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5646 Lisa Call Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:52:54 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5646 I love asking these opened ended questions - I always find many things to think about when reading your answers. Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone. I love asking these opened ended questions - I always find many things to think about when reading your answers. Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone.

]]> By: Sheila Barnes http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5612 Sheila Barnes Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:55:12 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/deadlines.html#comment-5612 Outside influences can't help but change the end result of your work. If the expectation for making a work is that it might sell, one can't help but design with a potential buyer in mind. If the work is the result of a commission, this may be even more so. This fact does not bother some artists. Others hate themselves for caving to market influences. Michael James said just do the work and don't worry if anyone will like it. If you are making what truly makes you happy, eventually, someone else will surface that likes it too. And if not, at least you are happy with your work and the time spent on it. (That was a major paraphrase, by the way.) Outside influences can’t help but change the end result of your work. If the expectation for making a work is that it might sell, one can’t help but design with a potential buyer in mind. If the work is the result of a commission, this may be even more so.

This fact does not bother some artists. Others hate themselves for caving to market influences. Michael James said just do the work and don’t worry if anyone will like it. If you are making what truly makes you happy, eventually, someone else will surface that likes it too. And if not, at least you are happy with your work and the time spent on it. (That was a major paraphrase, by the way.)

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