Doodle

This is the doodle that started the whole lace obsession. I started drawing this while I was on the phone with a friend and it progressed from there...




I'm finishing up my last couple of spreads for book I'll be printing at the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts here at school. I'm very excited about it. I'll post some sketches soon.

Obsession

About 200 hours later and it's finally done... the hardest part was making myself stop (an obsession indeed). The photos give it an angelic look because of the lighting, it's much better seen in person.

come. to. the. show. :)

A Labor of Love

I just finished installing my drawing for the show that my fellow classmates and I are in titled: "Are We There Yet?" The show will be up through November 9th, with an opening reception on October 31st.

I will be posting images of the final installation soon, until then you can check out this video I made to accompany the drawing in the show. I'm sorry it's so small...it is the largest file size this blog will allow. The scrolling text at the beginning of the vid is my artist statement for this piece and is a little hard to read so I'll post that here:

To the observer, this drawing may be viewed as “obsessive,” especially since we live in a culture that glorifies the opposite of obsession – distraction. My motivation to make art is often married to the desire to overcome anxiety. Inevitably, the process of drawing eventually dominates that motivation, and making marks on a page becomes so captivating, that the act of drawing is now the obsession. Once I start to draw, anxiety is lifted and relief arrives as a state of entrancement. Drawing becomes a necessity and my infatuation with line trumps everything.

What interests me is my inability to process everything I’m confronted with and the idea of the whole – understanding is usually achieved through repetition. This piece of work explores the material transformation of a piece of lace through focused, repetitive, and habitual behavior.

*side note: I did not do anything to my wrist, the brace that I'm wearing is for preventative measures. It's a 40ft double-sided drawing, causing my hand to cramp up and slide into uncomfortable/unhealthy positions... the brace helps to alleviate that and allow me to draw for hours and hours!!! enjoy :)

Feeling Zen-Like

I'm feeling very Zen-like these days. Today I took a trip to a Japanese garden and Tea House, I'm studying the concepts of Wabi-Sabi in my seminar class, I practice yoga with a group of friends at least once a week, I just finished a 40 ft double sided drawing where I would sit for hours at a time making the same meticulous marks over and over again in a very meditative trance, we just finished making a collection of Japanese Stab Bindings with a very lovely Wrap Around Case, and I'm currently sipping on a steaming hot Chai Tea Latte. Anyone for Sushi?

At any rate...I hadn't made a post in while (dually noted by D. Huth) and was particuarly inspired by these bindings. I'll post pics of the drawing soon (we install the show this weekend; the opening is Oct. 31st....come! come!) and I'm also working on a book, inspired by the work of Edward Gorey, that I'm very excited about... So stayed tuned.

Huth - I'm not lying about the vlog thing, Andrew and I stayed up on our part of the bargain, get on it man!


be well and,
namaste.