Paper Cloth & Stitch

And it's Sunday night again. I'm so happy and proud to share work from a series I've been dipping into for a few years now. Somerset Studio May/June issue published some of this work. 

and you've seen glimpses of it here and there.

I work very deeply in this series but some of it feels a bit unformed, elusive. Big chunks of time would help. Let me hold my sides as I bend over laughing.

I think: "Maybe I'll abandon the watercolors, the flowers, the art journaling and just concentrate on this." But I never do.

There aren't enough hours in the day. I wonder if I could make a commitment to this. Do you every do that? Examine something and decide "This is really Important." And then make a conscious decision. Or do we all just get swept away in the field of minutiae like crumbs on the kitchen floor. 

This is a question for a quiet night. If I hadn't quit smoking, I'd be doing that right now. lol.

Comments

[Mary Beth Shaw]

I get it. Totally. And I also love these pieces.

[jeanne]

so proud of you for quitting!

[Diana Trout]

Thanks Jeanne, 16 months.

[Diana Trout]

Thanks, MB. I know you do get it. We should do a support group :)

[Barb J]

Smoked far to many years. Stopped 3 years ago. It is hard but, I feel better.
I always have liked your needle work. I did it at one time but, not as serious as I should have and made no commitment to do so.

[Diana Trout]

Trying things out is fine. Dabble. I remember my Dad telling me he was a jack of all trades, master of none. I’d disagree with that. He knew a lot about a lot :)
Quitting: very hard. I took up e-cigs which aren’t great but will keep me permanently off. Every once in a while, I yearn for the real thing but not often at all. Surprising.
Thanks for your kind words.

[Wendy @ the Late Start Studio]

Well fellow dabbler, my mother called me a Jack of all trades, master of none and it was years before I realised it meant I was versatile (lucky us). My uncle called me Mucker and I think it took root in my DNA.

But I know what you mean abot time . . . something always gets in the way and it's usually me! Right now though you'd be proud of me, without a studio, my living room looks like it's been ransacked because I have been collaging, painting and sewing up a storm . . . loving every moment of it but who knows what I'll do tomorrow? The same? Read a novel? I'd like to be disciplined enough to say that every morning for 3 hours I will develop this topography series through to something I can feel satisfied with but I hate to disappoint myself.

Oh dear . . . is it wine-o'clock yet?

[lyle baxter]

like what you are doing but then I love the golden lady too just keep on doing its all fun and all good! and just think what you would do if you weren't painting, sewing etc clean?????

[Diana Trout]

Well, I think you’ve worked long enough to enjoy whatever whim comes along your way. I still have a few more years of that but! at least most of what I do I love. And I always sneak in some playtime. Yes, it’s wine o’clock there but 8:30 am here. Tea o’clock.

[Diana Trout]

lol. No. I probably wouldn’t clean. Although I don’t mind it terribly much, if the studio is calling, I answer :)

[Wendy @ the Late Start Studio]

You could always say you were having a wine with me. :)

[Diana Trout]

a whine … well, it’s time now but I have to tidy the studio

[stephanie]

I just saw the article and wanted to let you know it is great! I totally understand the time thing. Sigh.

[Mary H]

I really like Wendy's equating being versatile with being a jack of all. Versatility has such a nice positive connotation, but I do like the word dabbler, too, because a dabbler sounds playful and inclined to experimentation.

[Diana Trout]

A mucker about :) My dad was a jack of all trades - so many interests. It think that my need to try different things is more about “cracking the code.” Learning how to do a thing is fun.

[Diana Trout]

I suppose wishing that there were more hours in a day is something we can be grateful for. Imagine if we wished that there were less? eEEEEk. That thought just occurred to me!

[Amy Maricle]

I just love sewing on paper - and your samples are so gorgeous!

[Diana Trout]

Thanks so much! There is something special about stitch and paper.