Lisa Call

Almost Done

I have another 5 hours of quilting left on the second textile painting for the deadline on July 15th. In addition there is the binding, photography and all the prep work required to get the info ready for the curator. And it’s back to work tomorrow so I think I’ll have my first late night tonight as a result of this project.

I am still not allowed to show the work (and probably will be asked to keep it under wraps until the show opens next year).

This is the hint for this textile painting – above are the thread colors I’ve put into this piece.

I’ve put in 41 hours in the studio this week so needless to say not much else has happened around my house.

While I’ve enjoyed the process of creating these quilts I’m now nearing the end and I’m getting a bit tired of them and am ready to move on.

Each of these quilts represents about 100 hours of work each. I have no doubt the next thing coming out of my studio will be some new aceos as I’m ready for a bit of instance gratification.

My kids were supposed to be at camp through next sunday, allowing me time to complete this project and recover before their arrival home. The health department closed down the camp today and sent all the kids home due to an influenza outbreak (my daughter has strep but they got her antibiotics and she’s now fine). So things will be a bit more hectic around here than I anticipated as this project wraps up.

I’m sure it’ll work out fine and now I’ll have some help hanging this huge things on the wall for photography.

Markings #16
©2007 Lisa Call
45" x 68"
Textile Painting (hand dyed fabric, batting, thread)

Still Stitching Stitching

As I mentioned the last few weeks I’m still working towards my big deadline of July 15th. I’m taking tomorrow as a vacation from the day job and intend to spend 15 hours in front of the sewing machine. This will put me on track for finishing the artwork with a few hours to spare.

I delivered my kids to camp today so the house is quiet and I can really stay focused.

All this secret art creation doesn’t lend itself to exciting art related blog posts so things will pick up around here in 10 days or so with photos of new art.

Other Stuff I’m Thinking About

I announced my new solo show in my last studio newsletter (in Boulder, CO in Feb/March 2010) and I’ve been thinking about the art I want to display. I have this vision of making some huge pieces in the Home or Ascending series. I think that would be pretty cool.

I have gone back and forth about what I’ll do about blogging while I’m in South Africa (I leave at the end of this month for a 3+ weeks). I finally decided to stay in touch so I’ve ordered a mini dell netbook to facilitate that decision. Course I might get there and decide I’d rather not bother, but if I feel like it, I’ll have the equipment to post photos.

When I went to New Zealand in 2000-2001 it was pre blogging days (or at least my blogging days) so instead I sent very long and detailed emails to my friends and family during the 5 month adventure. I anticipate having an easier time finding internet this time around. Wireless wasn’t much of an option back then so we carried a cable with us every where.

Speaking of my newsletter I’ll be sending out the July issue this week or next (depends on how well I’m doing on my deadline). This issue will be a celebration of the completion of Structures #100 and I’ll be announcing a fun art project I will be doing in September after my return from Africa.

If you’d like to sign up for that newsletter you can here: Lisa Call’s Studio Newsletter.

MakeBigArt.com

A few weeks back I launched a new website called MakeBigArt. It’s now where I write articles for other artists. This blog is now devoted more to my art and my studio and my life as an artist.

This week on MakeBigArt.com a post about responsibility.