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by Lisa Call on September 2, 2008

Home #1

A New Series

I mentioned a few weeks back that I was working on a new series. I’ve been doodling a lot of stick house pictures at work inspired by my move to a new home and now my immersion into the world of remodeling and putting an addition on to the new house.

I’ve wanted to try out some of my ideas in fabric and the above piece is the first textile painting in what I plan to be my newest series. This piece was really fun to make. As this is the first time out with these designs it took a few tries to get the look I was after and I’m very happy with the results. For a while I’ll be concentrating on smaller pieces in this series. I have ideas for some larger works, which will probably wait until I have a larger studio in which to work.

I’m excited to be doing something more representational alongside my very abstract series Structures and Markings, both of which I will be continuing.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the title for this series and finally settled on something simple: Home.

What’s in a Name

I wrote the following in my sketchbook the other day when thinking about this series:

Home

House and Home

House as Home

Home as House

What role does a house play in making a home? Why do we put so much focus on making our houses nice? Why do we want them to be big? Is this energy misplaced or is it a necessary and valid part of what makes a house a home?

I have many more thoughts along these lines and will get into them in more detail as I explore this new series.

Art For Sale

In addition to giving me the chance to explore some thoughts I have around putting an addition on my little 900 sq ft home, this series will also help finance the new studio. There is something about that I find rather satisfying. Acknowledging that, yes, my art is an important part of my income stream and it is indeed necessary to build the studio I desire to make my art. The big dream is to have the art pay for the entire studio. It might take some years but I am sure it will happen. This is the start.

~~This piece is available for sale for $85. Please send me email if you are interested in purchasing it (I accept checks and paypal). Shipping is $5 in the US and $10 elsewhere.~~ The piece is sold.

What’s Next

Really – I will get back to the Scrum posts. Haven’t had the time to really think through the order of what I will be posting yet. I am planning my art business goals for September using some of the ideas of scrum so want to give this a try then I’ll post about how it went.

I’ve been doing a lot of artwork lately so have much to post on that also. Structures #97 is essentially done and Structures #98 is now designed and ready to be constructed. So lots of art also coming up soon. I didn’t post much the past 3 or 4 months so I’m excited to be back and focused on my art and to have so many things I want to write about. Feels great to be an artist!

Tagged as: Art for Sale, Home Series

{ 11 comments }

Robin Maria Pedrero September 2, 2008 at 9:41 pm: Those are cool and I like the what’s in a name thought process as well
Tina Mammoser September 3, 2008 at 1:48 am: Sweet! :) I love the synchronicity you’re finding lately. And it’s wonderful when you can see the artwork directly impacting something you need, like the studio.

Home is an odd thing to me. I don’t tend to settle, though I do stake claim. I’m territorial about which spaces are mine (even down to spots on the kitchen counter). But I don’t have the same instinct to make one nice, and certainly don’t need big. The last couple years I’ve been wanting to own my own place, but having a studio I owned would be as good a solution as a house (or flat). I’d be happy to keep renting if I knew a studio was mine outright. Strangely I think it would be better that way around.

So get yourself a studio!
Lisa Call September 3, 2008 at 5:22 am: Thank Robin.

Tina – as the design phase of the remodel has gone on for 2 months now, and 3 completely different designs, one this hasn’t changed – and that is that my studio is the #1 priority for me. So I can defnitely see where you are coming from!
natalya September 3, 2008 at 7:54 am: I think this will be a great new series, what a lovely start…
Alyson B. Stanfield September 3, 2008 at 8:49 am: Congratulations on the sale! That was fast! And it will be interesting to watch this series or theme develop as you also figure out what house and home mean to you.
Alyson B. Stanfield September 3, 2008 at 8:51 am: I don’t know why I’m recommending this (because I no longer have it on my shelf) but you might want to check out Lucy Lippard’s book of criticism: “The Lure of the Local.” It’s a little dense, but might be relevant. Ask for it at the library before you buy it.
Lisa Call September 3, 2008 at 9:21 am: Thank Natalya.

Alyson – Yes – fast – very happy here!

Thanks for the recommendation. I just put it on hold at the library – looks interesting and very relevant! The summary from the dust jacket:

In the Lure of the Local, Lucy R. Lippard, one of America’s most influential art writers, weaves together cultural studies, history, geography, photography, and contemporary public art to provide a fascinating exploration of our multiple senses of place. Expanding her reach far beyond the confines of the art world, she discusses community, land use, perceptions of natures, how we produce the landscape, and how we produce the landscape and how the landscape affects our lives
Tina Mammoser September 4, 2008 at 2:28 am: Sold! Whoohoo! that’s a couple square feet of addition perhaps? :)
Lisa Call September 4, 2008 at 2:06 pm: Thanks Tina – A new addition is $150-$200 a sq ft. So I’ll need to sell a couple of these for each sq ft. Right now I’m aiming at around 400 sq ft for the studio. Hm – that’s 800 of these to break even. I better get busy.
cynthia September 5, 2008 at 5:19 pm: Very cool – congrats on the sale.
Seth September 18, 2008 at 8:13 pm: Fantastic start to a new series and such perfect synchronicity in terms of new studio space.