Back to Work ...

(Very rough sketch of my new textile piece)

I haven't much felt like working over the past month. Other things & circumstances have dictated such BUT I started back in earnest today.

I'm struggling again with knowing what to concentrate on. I was sooo 'Princess & the Pea'd out at one point I really started to feel quite stale about what I was doing. Actually, the right word is probably bored ! Sounds very ungrateful but I did start to resent her ...

She was itty bitty and very fiddly foo to make so I withdrew her. This is a fault with me I know. However hard I try I just cannot make something in half an hour hence, I take hours and hours to make something and by the time you've totted up the number of hours , you have to ask the question, is it really worth it for what customers are willing to pay ?

Anyway, as far as I know she's still wallowing in her bed, lucky mare !

So, what to do next ? Do I stick with textiles, should I pursue painting again ? Shall I have a go at ceramics? I did pick up a book on Papier Mache in the library yesterday. I thought it'd be fun to make something with Miss Boo but I did do some Googling last night and found some amazing sculptures made purely of mushed up paper so it's quite versatile !

(One of the sisters - all cut out and ready to go )

In the meantime I have a textile commission to make. There is a poignant story attached to this piece and all I will say is that there are two sisters involved and one has blonde hair and the other dark hair. There is also a moon involved along the way too ...