Everyday art
Its ironic.. Now that i’ve graduated from art school and am officially a visual artist , with a BA degree lying in a drawer somewhere around here to prove it and all, one would think i’d be spending all my time, well, creating art, for instance..
However, the last 5 months or so i’ve been doing anything but. I’ve been selling a few prints, some drawings this summer.. but as for new projects, nothing. Its beginning to scare me..
Not that i haven’t been creating. Since i started advertising that i’m custom making and selling Icelandic wool sweaters, i’ve had enough orders to keep me knitting as a 9-5 job (only i tend to do it not during those hours, but just whenever im not doing anything else. Which is probably the same number of hours a week as a 9-5 job would be. Is knitting sweaters art? Hm. In a way.. seeing as i’m designing the patterns, making sure each one is unique and beautiful. i actually enjoy it quite a bit. I like the idea of these sweaters travelling off to far corners of the earth, keeping people that i’ll never meet warm and cozy.
However, I’m not happy about this lack of creativity in other areas. Obviously, the main reason for it is that i’m drowning in wool and have only so many hours per day – keeping in mind the upbringing of my two boys, who are now in the fifth and sixth grade, and the need for sleep – during which i can be creative.
Anyway. This has got to change. I can feel, whispering at me from my subconscious, a gathering of neglected ideas, wanting to come out. In order to force myself into action, i’ve made myself a challenge for the next two weeks. Everyday art. Create something each day, however small or seemingly inconsequential, that can be considered visual art. Preferably not out of wool.
Today’s project consisted of a few bits of my parent’s garden, photographed in a quickly constructed kitchen-table mini-studio, (some white paper, styrofoam, carboard, and (haha) sheeps wool actually)
I think these would actually look rather nice blown up to say 2 meters tall.. might do that sometime..
To be continued..
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This is beautiful! It’s a great, creative idea. Have fun with your 2 week challenge