tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post5712607467383297656..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: Workshop: Working in a Series part 1Elizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-31344467367963787842010-03-31T17:56:12.612-07:002010-03-31T17:56:12.612-07:00I am using a "Mac" and for some reason n...I am using a "Mac" and for some reason none of your pictures came through. Darn! I am imagining what your creative students did. Sounds like the energy was flowing and swirling.<br /><br />Marti PlagerMarti Plagernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-84437100412422449322010-03-31T10:45:16.978-07:002010-03-31T10:45:16.978-07:00The workshop sounds like it was a great success an...The workshop sounds like it was a great success and the work looks great! But I have to take exception to your comment, “Please respect these artists’ copyrights and do not copy their ideas.” <br /><br />You can’t copyright an idea, which is probably a very good thing because if ideas had to expire with their originator, we wouldn’t have come very far in the way of science, literature, art or human progress in general. Some might argue that exchange of ideas is the very foundation of civilization.<br /><br />Better to say “please don’t copy these people’s sketches or imitate their quilts – it’s so easy to come up with your own!”Kathleen Loomishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-51077249423769016622010-03-30T15:13:35.339-07:002010-03-30T15:13:35.339-07:00I'd like to share the series of 100 lake piece...I'd like to share the series of 100 lake pieces that I've been working on for the last couple of years.<br /><br />Each piece has a different mood ... a different moment in time ... a different set of memories. Just as the lake changes from moment to moment because of the time of day, the weather, as well as the time of year. I've also discovered my moods that reflect what's happening in my life as well as out in the world have an effect on my work. I'm not sure I would've been conscious of that element without working on this series.<br /><br />Another interesting revelation to me was that I cannot create one of these while looking at the lake. Observations that I've made during the day while I'm at the lake find their way into the quilt, but it doesn't work for me to make a "live portrait".<br /><br />I've completed 68 lake pieces. The next 25 will work together to make one large lake scene that measures 9'wide by 7'high. If you'd like to see these click on the label "lake series" in my sidebar.Nellie's Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468773469685787840noreply@blogger.com