Yesterday I went to an arts workshop that was in our city's cultural activities list of offerings. It was listed as a mosaics workshop and even though I had my doubts about it because in the photo the project didn't seem to be made of glass or tile. It wasn't clear, however I was curious and I went anyways. We were given sheets of black paper with some butterfly cutouts to use as a tracing template and various bits of paper, some glue and scissors. I was stumped. I actually have all the supplies to make scrappy mosaics which include glass tiles, dishes, tiles and the tools as well. I went thinking it would break the glass for me... It turned out to be the kind of crafty thing that, well, I don't like. So what do I do? I'm drawn to installation art, finely worked furniture building, stuff like that. The snob in me came rising to the surface and I had to do some compromising...(I've been looking into archetypes a lot so I can identify bits of me that I have to keep in line sometimes...)
The problem? The example piece that she had was something that didn't inspire me at all, nor did the materials. So there I was with 15 other women who went to work and made something similar to the example piece. Truly, it was more a collage than a mosaic. I took a look at the recent Collage mazazine to get some inspiration and sat with it for a moment.
Then I started cutting out and piece of iridescent paper into strips then squares choosing the blues and greens. I then covered the surface of the exterior of the butterfly shape in the squares greens to blues, bottom to top.
When I started it felt like a partial solution. It ended up being a lesson about myself and how I approach things. It also felt like I'd made a bit of a self-portrait. Someone said "Clever". It wasn't my intention.
So what else can I finish today that is less than "perfect" that I can accept as good enough?
Great question!
Yesterday I went to an arts workshop that was in our city's cultural activities list of offerings. It was listed as a mosaics workshop and even though I had my doubts about it because in the photo the project didn't seem to be made of glass or tile. It wasn't clear, however I was curious and I went anyways. We were given sheets of black paper with some butterfly cutouts to use as a tracing template and various bits of paper, some glue and scissors. I was stumped. I actually have all the supplies to make scrappy mosaics which include glass tiles, dishes, tiles and the tools as well. I went thinking it would break the glass for me... It turned out to be the kind of crafty thing that, well, I don't like. So what do I do? I'm drawn to installation art, finely worked furniture building, stuff like that. The snob in me came rising to the surface and I had to do some compromising...(I've been looking into archetypes a lot so I can identify bits of me that I have to keep in line sometimes...)
The problem? The example piece that she had was something that didn't inspire me at all, nor did the materials. So there I was with 15 other women who went to work and made something similar to the example piece. Truly, it was more a collage than a mosaic. I took a look at the recent Collage mazazine to get some inspiration and sat with it for a moment.
Then I started cutting out and piece of iridescent paper into strips then squares choosing the blues and greens. I then covered the surface of the exterior of the butterfly shape in the squares greens to blues, bottom to top.
When I started it felt like a partial solution. It ended up being a lesson about myself and how I approach things. It also felt like I'd made a bit of a self-portrait. Someone said "Clever". It wasn't my intention.
So what else can I finish today that is less than "perfect" that I can accept as good enough?
The partial solution?
No tartar sauce? Love it!