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Emerging from a Creative Block

I am finding my way back to the studio. I have a file box of photos and magazine pages that I collect. I took them out and went through them and got some inspiration. I am excited to get going on it. I drafted a pattern and took it to Copymax and had it enlarged. I love working with abstract geometric shapes so that is where I am going. Here is my pattern:

Geopattern

Here are the fabrics that I am auditioning:

Fabricaudition

Oh, and these dotted blacks:

Dotfabrics

Mr C’s brother is here for the week-end. He is living and working temporarily in Richland, WA. It is his birthday on Monday so he came down to Portland to celebrate with us. He has a new two-seater Mercedes sports car so the two boys went off exploring this morning in the new car while I got in my steps and worked in the studio a little. This afternoon we visited Oregon wine country for the first time. I tasted and bought some great pinot gris and pinot noirs. Tonight we had dinner at Caprial’s Bistro ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù always a treat.

I can’t wait until tomorrow so that I can start working on my new project – using a much different color scheme for me. I am combining hand dyes with commercial fabric. One thin I have noticed is that using some prints with hand dyes, punches up the design so it is not as flat.

6 Responses to “Emerging from a Creative Block”

  1. ginger says:

    can’t wait to see what you create …I love to see the process…!

  2. Shirley says:

    Oh you’re so organised, Gerrie! I never draw designs like that . Look forward to seeing the work in progress.

  3. Mary Ann says:

    I’m intrigued by the arrows on your design and am looking forward to seeing what these will mean. Your design looks well thought out.

  4. teri says:

    I’m guessing the arrows are used like Robbi uses them…to keep track.

    Gerrie, is this going to be a fused piece?? Looks interesting.

    teri

  5. Mary Manahan says:

    I’m with Kristin, what’s up with the arrows? Your fabric choices are perfect, I can’t wait to see the results. I also like the combination of hand dyes and prints together…adds so much sparkle.

    Our stashes are so similar…I have almost every one of those dotted fabrics. Now I want to use them.

  6. I like those dotty blacks, especially the far left one (and I have the second from the right). I can’t wait to see what the arrows mean….