An Art Day!
Structures #99 ©2008 33" x 39"
A Studio Day
Hurray! There is no construction and no teeth to distract me this weekend so I’ve been making art most of today.
I completed 5 ACEOs that I started last week that are inspired by Structures #99, shown above. I really love this piece and wrote about it in my October studio newsletter. It’s inspired by a painting of buffalo at the Denver Art Museum. My textile painting isn’t about buffalo, it’s about the colors, and my usual fences and barriers.
Potholders?
The new ACEOs will appear soon on a webpage for an upcoming holiday sale I’ve decided to participate in, along with several other artists. Look for a posting on that in a few weeks.
I also worked on 5 small 3″ square pieces that I will be mounting onto these very cute little 3″ square stretched canvases. I’m going to play around with ways of presenting my smaller work on canvases and even with frames.
I like my larger work to be unmounted/framed as I really like how the work hangs on the wall, ie not perfectly flat, but pretty close. It’s fiber, it drapes, it has movement. For me this is a part of the artwork.
For these smaller pieces they are very stiff as a result of the extensive stitching I do on them so they aren’t effected when mounted and framed. Nothing is lost and maybe much is gained as they no longer look like a potholder. Course I don’t think they ever looked like a potholder but that’s the common phrase we textile artists tend to say about why we frame smaller pieces.
This is the first time I’ve gone down this path. Not sure how this will go but you’ll see it here first I suspect.
November Planning
After 5 1/2 hours in the studio I’m now taking a break to get November off to a good start by paying bills and setting art and art business goals for the month. I share this list with my mastermind art partners and we help keep each other on track every day. I’ve also decided to share this list with my blog readers so you can see the type of goals I set for a month.
I’m not sure how construction will go on my house this month so I made a list of goals on the assumption they will be working outside the majority of the month. If that changes and they do work inside the house I’ll just have to be flexible and see what I can get finished.
I will take the items on this list and break them down into tasks and put them on my taskboard. Then I’ll track how I’m doing via that method. At the end of the month I’ll review how I did.
My November Goals
General
- Work in studio daily
- Work on my art business daily
- Track time on business (# of hours per day) as I already do for studio time
- Blog 3 times a week or more
Studio Goals
- Complete Structures #73
- Complete Home #5
- Design Structures #100
- Complete 4 or more small works (8” square or smaller)
- Complete 4 or more aceos
- Investigate mounting small work on stretched canvases
- Investigate framing of small work
Art Business Goals
- Go live with new website design
- Website for holiday art sale
- Create postcard and mail to mailing list for small art sale/museum shows
- Send list of available work for Danforth Museum Show
- Send info those that have requested artwork info
- Complete 3 requested interviews/featured artist blog posts
- Visit galleries in town at least 1 day
- Read/Review Personal Development for Smart People
- Write article for Christine’s blog for word of the year
The big big goal is the new website design. I started this many months ago (too many too count) and the move and remodel have distracted me. Time to get this finished as it’s holding me back for many other things. Instead of aiming for perfection I’m going to get up and running and I’ll worry about perfecting it later.
I’m sure that I get in my way much too often with my need for everything to be perfect. So when the website goes live, please excuse anything that is broken about it cause it’s just me trying to get over myself.
More Construction
They did a bunch of digging around and messing with my sewer on thursday and on friday they poured the footings for my basement on friday. I’m so bummed to have missed the cement pumper truck but I had to actually go to work and do that thing I get paid for. They pour the basement walls on tuesday and you can be sure I will be home for that event.
The photos for Thursday and Friday are now on smugmug:
Thursday Construction
Friday Construction
In addition I got all of my "before photos online" and they are here:
Before Construction
I’m not done with the captions on for thursday and friday and I’m sure I’ll rearrange them a bit. See that perfectionist thing. But in a effort to avoid that, and to not be late to dinner and a movie with a friend, I leave it like this for now.
Posted by Lisa in: Abstract Contemporary Textile Art
Tagged: ACEOs, denver art museum, goals, making art, planning, remodel, structures, Studio Time
Pattie Wall said,
November 1, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
Hi Lisa, you are one brave woman! It looks like it is going very well! I check every day to see the progress. Building intrigues me. And on top of it all, you are still able to function. You go!
Deborah Paris said,
November 1, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
Great construction photos. My dad was a general contractor so for some reason I am addicted to watching construction progress! OK so this is probably a VERY stupid question ,but……what is an ACEO?
Katy S said,
November 1, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
You sure are ambitious! It is inspiring. I have recently begun mounting smaller works on canvas as well and framing a few too. The canvases make hanging easier for some shows that are used to painters. Looking forward to see what you come up with.
cher said,
November 2, 2008 @ 1:16 am
I am writing an article too for Christine Kane’s word of the year. This remodel is great to watch-not as much fun to live through I am sure. I am amazed at how much art you are able to accomplish in addition to working and all this extra going on. Good luck with accomplishing all your November goals.
Shirley El-Rez said,
November 2, 2008 @ 3:41 am
Love #99, the mix of colours and especially the smaller fainter mauve strips scattered throughout. Wonderful piece.
ACEO’s sound very interesting….yes, What are they?…although I get the potholder refernce. lol
Thank you for sharing your November Goals. It adds greatly to the experience of viewing your artistic processes.
Have visited your construction photos…great stuff.
All the best with the house and your November Goals.
Joanie said,
November 2, 2008 @ 7:00 am
LOVE this piece!
Good luck on the construction too, it will be worth it in the end. Pain in the butt now though.
Schnoobie said,
November 2, 2008 @ 8:10 am
Yeah I’m liking this one a LOT. I’m responding to the addition of the larger horizontal blocks.The colors are reminding me of a winter night…..
Lisa Call said,
November 2, 2008 @ 8:35 am
Pattie - I still have my spaces so I can work. When they move inside the house to remodel things here I’m not sure what I will be able to accomplish. Taking it one day at a time!
Deborah and Shirley - An aceo is an art card - 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ - check out this post for the last ones I sold: ACEO #12.
Katy - I think the ease of hanging is definitely a big advantage of mounting the work.
Cher - looking forward to reading your article on Christine’s blog!
Joanie - thanks! I don’t think the construction is a pain in the butt - so far it’s been really fun. Much work but all of it enjoyable.
Schnoobie - yep - I’m loving those long horizontal blocks - you picked up on what I’m currently focused on.
Mary said,
November 2, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
I always feel inspired when I read your blog! I love the combination of creativity and practicality–it totally resonates with me. I will be back to read some of the more recent posts I’ve missed!
Good luck with your November goals!