At last week’s meeting, I led an exercise to help reinforce creativity in each of us. I had been reading a book called Living the Creative Life by Rice Freeman-Zachery, and one of her suggestions inspired this exercise that I adapted for the group.
I passed around blank 3″x 5″ index cards, and asked everyone to spend some time thinking about and writing down times, places, or situations where they seemed to get the most ideas. Then we went around the room and each read off a few.
- Lily - sometimes takes notes on steno pad, with necessary information on one side, fantastic ideas on the other
- Carol - often writes notes on bank deposit slips during sermons an found her students needed “incubation time” for new ideas, so would introduce a new project BEFORE the finish of the old one
- Emmie - likes isolation for thinking
- Lettie - finds inspiration in colors and designs
- Cathy - must have order and tidiness to create
- Dianna - if she sketches before working directly with a material, she has many more ideas
- Diane - doesn’t mind clutter, but needs absolute quiet for creating and looking at photos, but only in color, not black and white
- Donna - inspired by travel, old ruins and primitive art
These are just a few tidbits that I remember, but there were many more reveals and interesting discussions about ideas, creativity, and work habits. We can all be distracted by the difference of our lifestyles and art styles, but this was a great way to reconnect with what brought us together in the first place — the desire to create and to support each other in this endeavor.
April 20th, 2008
pam
Another meeting and more pictures.
Christine Marcum - Road Rage
Dianna Callahan -Sharing
Lilly Kerns - Sunbonnet Su: Extreme Makeover
Lucy Silliman - Interweave
Lucy Silliman - Lionfish
Maureen Ashlock - Summer Spendor
March 23rd, 2008
emmie
Yesterday I was at the Driskill Gallery taking down my show, when Lettie Blackburn started to bring in her new work for her solo show that opens tonight. Her newest piece is very dense, covered in stitching, and I was interested in what Lettie had to say about this:
“I decided to write on it with the sewing machine…my personal thoughts and experiences with trees, starting with my grandfather’s saw mill, and my other grandfather’s love of carving.
I am writing on it with the machine in a spontaneous way…just writing what I am thinking of at the time…It is very hard to see because I am using variegated thread, so I have to stop every once in a while and write the words down on paper. It is a very personal writing, and will not really be visible to anyone else…but I do want to remember what I said. A very deep approach when compared to other work I have done…but very satisfying.”
February 15th, 2008
pam
On Friday evening a reception was held for the opening of Uncommon Threads exhibit at The Waverly House. Following are some snap shots of various members and their work.
Lettie Blackburn
Cathy Jeffrey
Christine Marcum
Dianna Callahan
Maureen Ashlock
Merrilee Tieche
Pam Rubert
Maureen and Diane Steffen
Emmie Seaman
Just thought you might like to see what some of the artists look like. We may not win any beauty contests, but we had a lot of fun and even sold a few pieces.
February 6th, 2008
emmie
January 24th, 2008
emmie
Lettie Blackburn showed a new piece with an unusual color scheme for trees. This piece is covered with multiple layers of quilting in variegated threads.
Trees And The Infinite Sky
Lettie Blackburn
Another intriguing work was shown by Carol Borman. Though difficult to see in the photo, this is a three-dimensional photo collage, embellished with machine embroidery.
Carol’s Life in the United States Along Route 66
Carol Bormann
And a new, huge multi-panel work by Susan Leslie Lumsden. Please, go to Susan’s blog site to see it in it’s entirety. It’s beautiful and it’s enormous.
Detail of Slip Stream
Susan Leslie Lumsden
January 20th, 2008
emmie
Carol Bormann’s piece “Ice Storm: Broken Limbs and Hidden Beauty” has been accepted for the Wearable Expressions 2008 international exhibition at the Palos Verdes Art Center Beckstrand Gallery from February 22 though April 20, 2008, followed by “Off the Wall and On the Runway” on April 26. Congratulation, Carol!
January 4th, 2008
pam
Our Christmas Project was a success. The stockings arrived December 23. All the guys send a big THANK YOU! Here is a photo with some of the platoon holding their stockings.
December 27th, 2007
christine
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December 22nd, 2007
merrilee
Everyone please be sure to get this months copy of QuiltingArts! QuiltingArts has done a fabulous article about “Our Pam” including lots of photos of her work and a totally cute photo of PaMdora herself! We are all so very proud of you Pam! XOXO
Donna
November 26th, 2007
donna
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