Who knew the Stop & Shop closed at 8pm in the offseason?
Sew Tuesday: Sewing, Rachel's son's birthday, coffee celebration for side seams... more house cleaning, logo development, and a good sleep.
Absinthe Wednesday: Full production: zippers in WSS, Astro tanks sewn, Silk & Feathers crop-pants hemmed, Absinthe and apple games at night...
Think Thursday: Full day of sewing... Astro tanks being pressed... linings and wonders on WSS, Faeries completed...
I've been meaning write a new entry for the whole week and let the world know about my lunar faeries.
They start as this drawing... which originated in Mexico, first as a sketch of my aunt at the pool. It was developed into a figurative drawing and then the outline is formed and mounted.
An organza tracing is based to the tank and then I go to town with my machine, selecting a color story. After the sprite is completed I make little wings and we sew the tank.
Due to my new phone not having the best camera quality (I live on flip)... this is where it's at for faerie photos but you can see some close-ups of the face. I don't want to give it all away! Come to the store and see them! They are beautiful. The total height of the image is about 12". These are like paintings for me. It's a pretty intense and concentrated process. All the steps are broken up but when I'm in it, I'm in it. It's unabashed creativity and absolute freedom. There's no pressure in sewing them (the embroidery I mean, the cutting and cover-locking is another story). They are feminine, but ultimately gender-neutral. They are a part of a fantasy series with Unicorns, Mermaids and Dragons... I started with the faeries because they have an omniscient view, being up in the moon. And I love the moon. It's a very comfortable starting point. I also understand drawing moons and bodies the best, as opposed to horses and dragons, and in order to accurately get a glimpse of their secrets, I need to be able paint/sew them well technically... so I just don't have to think about it. That's sort of how it works. If you can understand a technical process enough so you don't have to think about it, so you can break it, then you can just be your creative process.
And on that note, it's not really me, or the artist, that is being the creator, it's totally those creative spirits that bless us humans with Its presence long enough for us to bring some beauty into the world...
Love Matters. :)
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