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I’m inviting you to play.
Before I start creating my art on silk, I’m always thinking about:
- What colors I want to play with
- What images or concepts I want to explore/play with – such as the way light shifts when the sun rises from grey to shots of intense color at sunrise to less intense colors under full sun: ….or a ridiculous alphabet full of letters, numbers and animals that are all portrayed through a sequence of colors one color leadind into the next
- I consider: How do I want to present this: in one layer, two? or multiple. Hanging freely or framed.
- AND Who might enjoy this.
Play! Play! Play!
In my most recent exploration, I was taking the pieces of silk I’d saved over the years and making tiny tubes of color. I hung them on dowels in a sequence of color shifts. I was allowing the movement to come through the colors.
When people would ask what I was working on (working?), I would say, “detritus art”, laughing. Samsun didn’t like that name. So it was renamed: “delight us” art….
And yes, that is what I want to do. Deep in my heart. That’s why I create my art: as a means to delight.
And that is why I have it reproduced on scarves. For you to experience that. To feel that.
Delgiht.
Yes?
“Too much fun? Is that possible?” – Peaches
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