Lisa Call

Markings #13    ©2007    30"x 40"

Delivered

A few weeks back I said I wasn’t going to make any new work for my upcoming show, Markings: Repetition and Pattern, as I had enough. Then I remembered that not all the walls in the gallery are really 7 feet high because of the cool ceiling, which you can see in the photos from my show in 2006. Oops!

So I did some juggling of my existing work and realized I needed 2 additional pieces for things to fit correctly and look the way I wanted.

I put the stitching on the binding of the last piece at 9am this morning. Today at lunch I delivered 15 pieces to Boulder for the show. Yay! They started hanging it before I left and I’m super excited. Can’t wait to see all of them up on the wall on Saturday.

The Series

I’ve now completed 19 pieces in the Markings series. Fifteen pieces will be in this show. Markings #3 is currently in Materials Hard and Soft and Markings #6 is headed to Artist and Quiltmaker in Ohio later this year.

That leaves 2 pieces without a show. Markings #13 is one of those pieces. The surface stitching of this piece is different than my normal "echo the lines" plan. It definitely stands out when you see it in person with all the red, orange and purple stitching over the blues and greens. Very cool effect. I have no doubt someday this piece will find a happy home, just not today.

Much Deserved Break

After work I stopped by redbox and grabbed a movie to watch, The Jane Austen Book Club, and picked up an order from my favorite local Thai place.

Wonderful evening with tom kha (coconut milk soup with lots of lemon grass and other spices) and firecrackers (deep fried shrimp with the most amazing spicy tangy sauce). These folks are brilliant. Finished it off with See’s Candy.

Yum.

Now off to bed at 8:30pm.

Tomorrow I’ll go down to the studio and take a look at all the bare white walls and think about what’s next.

 
I was tagged a few weeks back by Stacey for the 5 random things about myself meme traveling about the blog world and tonight feels like a good night to think of 5 because I don’t feel like writing about art and goals, etc.

1) I used to do a lot of hiking. The above photo was taken in 2002 on top of Crystal Peak near Breckenridge. The peak behind me is Pacific Peak. Climbing the 14ers has become very popular here in Colorado and there is a steady stream of people headed to the top so I started hiking the high 13ers instead. Same thing only significantly fewer people because there is no score card to be kept. I have no goals in my hiking other than to enjoy the outdoors.

2) A few years ago for father’s day I hiked to the top of Quandary Peak alone, a 14er also near Breckenridge, for the sole purpose of calling my dad from the top to wish him Happy Father’s Day in celebration of all hiking we did when I was a kid. I guess I do often have 1 goal in hiking, and that is getting to the top, something I think I inherited from my dad. Gotta see what’s on the other side!

3) I used to love skiing. Then I moved to Colorado in 94 and haven’t skied since. The traffic, cost and crowds are not worth it to me.

4) I’ve (mostly) been a vegetarian since 1985 and eat very healthy, mostly home cooked simple meals.

5) I love melted velveeta and rotel with chips, in stark contrast to item #4. I even like those nasty nachos in theaters with the plastic cheese. I know, disgusting.

 
Now to tag 5 folks. This is the part I don’t like - that whole popularity contest thing I don’t like. So instead I tag everyone that reads this post. Consider yourself personally tagged, and thank you for reading my ramblings, be it just today, or all the days you read. You are much appreciated.