Busy
Thanks to everyone for the thoughtful comments on my previous post about respect. I tried a few times to find time to comment as the conversation was going but both work and home didn’t cooperate. Many people made comments I want to respond to and so over the next few days I’ll be writing on similar topics in the blog.
The above photo was one of my photos trapped on my flash drive from my trip to Arizona. This is an aleo plant in my dad’s yard. It wasn’t too pleased with the freezing weather in January. I the larger image (click the photo) is more interesting. Looks like an alien.
The flash drive was damaged so I couldn’t just pull the files off with the newly purchased card reader so I tried several freeware tools for recovering lost data, none of them worked. I finally realized because the files were .NEF files (raw format files from a Nikon digital camera) that I needed to find a tool that understood .NEF files. I found this one and it was able to recover about 1/2 to 2/3 of the files. Lesson learned - never download files directly from the camera because when the battery dies unexpectedly during this operation bad things happen.
Now I have some images from the Mesa Contemporary Fine Craft show and I’ll be posting them this week also.
But this morning I’d rather go work in the studio. I’m about half finished quilting Structures #68 and hope to get it finished today.
Happy Birthday to my Dad!! (a day late but I blame that on technology also)
Posted by Lisa in: Diversions
jafabrit said,
March 11, 2007 @ 7:27 am
At first I thought it was a bizarre quilt (bizarre in a good way :) Great photo. Yes I thought the previous comments were very thoughtful. I know little of the quilting world and so it was interesting to see what issues were coming up. I will be honest in that I sometimes have a hard time relating since I seem to be of the mind where I don’t care if the art world accepts me or not. I have heard too many pontifications,
should’ s and shouldn’ts and like I said I am an older woman who is basically invisible. For me seeking acceptance in the art world is a no win situation. Far better to create and arrange your own art shows, venue’s, etc.
Lisa Call said,
March 11, 2007 @ 10:56 am
Hey Jafabrit,
The quilt world is definitely an interesting place. I’ve done my best to not get sucked into these kind of conversations (I’ve dropped all the big quilt email groups and stop attending all the quilt groups) but for some reason last week I jumped into a conversation. Probably not a good idea. I certainly don’t have time for this.
But I agree with you. I think those that don’t want to work within the art world should go off and do their own thing. But for those that want to be part of the art world I’d like to see them put more effort into what that art world is all about. I think the quilt world’s focus on juried shows is fine if that is all we want but if we want to be accepted in the larger art world we need to think about if those juried shows are getting us where we want to go.
jafabrit said,
March 11, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
I think the juried shows are a jumping off point. The few quilters I am aware of are part of the art world because they create art using quilting as their medium. In other words they are artists first and quilting is their chosen medium.
In a previous post I mentioned an artist who quilts using scraps, tablecloths etc from charity shops. She went to art school and discovered a medium that she loved, quilting. That is a very different from someone who doesn’t have visions of being an artist but comes to quilting for the love of sewing. Could the key difference be how a quilter starts out and that is what sets the tone? Not sure if I am wording this correctly.
Lisa Call said,
March 12, 2007 @ 11:39 am
Hm - I’ve been thinking a lot about your comment jafabrit and I’m not sure. Yes and no. I came to quilting from the traditional quilting route but not because I love sewing (I hated sewing growing up and refused to sew during home ec). I came to it because I loved creating things.
I do think there is a lot of baggage from the traditional quilt world that gets carried into the art arena. But like you I don’t really have words to say much more about it.