9 Small Artworks - Structures #90 and #91
Structures #90 ©2007 12"x12"
This morning I finished the final 2 pieces for the Arvada Center Holiday Art Market.
Structures #91 ©2007 12"x12"
I had my kids help me pick an arrangement of the 9 pieces and we decided on the one below. Both made comments about the work not looking like my normal work with the earth tones. I thought about doing a few pieces in those colors but it didn’t feel right with the very geometric graphic designs. They lost their impact in softer colors.
Structures #90, Structures #86, Structures #85
Structures #87, Structures #88, Structures #81
Structures #89, Structures #91, Structures #82
I need to cut the boards and make tags for the work. The tags have to be attached to the work and visible. I’m thinking about printing the information on fabric and pinning it to the bottom edge so it hangs down below the work to minimize how much they interfere with the compositions. Then some paperwork and they are ready to deliver tomorrow, right on time, hurray. The show opens on Dec 6th.
I’ve already attached a sleeve to the back of each them. To hang I slip a wooden slat with holes drilled on each end through the sleeve, nails are put in the wall and the wooden slat is slid over the nails.
This is the back of Structures #89 where you can see the sleeve. The fabric on the back is a piece I painted and stamped with thickened dyes years ago. The backs of these small pieces were a good place to use this fabric that is too small for much else and not the type of thing I use in my artwork anymore.
Posted by Lisa in: Abstract Contemporary Textile Art
Tagged: arvada holiday art market, small work, structures series
Brenda said,
November 25, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
Lisa - these works look stunning all together ! For a while the state of suspension in #86 bothered me, compared with the firmly anchored nature of the other pieces, but it looks very comfortable with all its companions. Best wishes for your exhibition and I am so happy to have my little ACEO from you that coordinates with this series.
Natalya said,
November 26, 2007 @ 4:59 am
thank you for letting us see them all together. they are powerful… good luck with the show!
Wanda S. Hanson said,
November 26, 2007 @ 8:22 am
I could see someone wanting to have the whole collection to hang like this. Or to have 4 to hang as a group.
Lisa Call said,
December 2, 2007 @ 8:32 am
Brenda - I’m happy to hear you are enjoying your ACEO.
Wanda - I hope you are right.
Thank Natalya