Rollercoaster
Do you find rollercoaster rides scary, exhilarating or somewhere in between? I would answer my own question with “it depends.” I have been thinking a lot about rollercoasters recently. First, because in my quest to learn Japanese the current lesson is on amusement park vocabulary. A rollercoaster in Japanese is ローラーコースター. In English this pronounced jettokōsutā.
Second, how do rollercoasters relate to my current studio practice? Seems I have been on quite the ride this past week. The rollercoaster has taken me to the peak with a glorious view. You know what comes next, a heart stopping, I’m never going to do this again, plunge. Finally, all settles at the end of the ride.
Sue’s left arm has some wrinkles from the thread painting. These were driving me crazy. I had a eureka moment. What would happen if I stuffed the arm? So, I grabbed some Poly-fil and went to town. Wow! Genius. Sue’s arm looks sculpted. It literally stands 2″ above the quilt at the elbow. Unfortunately, stuffing the arm like this has caused some very significant warping of the quilt. The Senior Executive Director of Studio Operations and I are working on resolving this.
Rainbow Scrap Challenge
It’s April. Therefore, I am committed to creating yellow blocks. There wasn’t much studio time remaining after working on Sue. Still, I did get started on “making” pale yellow fabric from my scrapes. That will be cut to create the light yellow half square triangles that surround the dark yellow star from last week. Fortunately, the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is closer to a merry-go-round than a rollercoaster.
Here’s the star in fabric. I prior to adding the pale yellow half square triangles.
Break Time
My next post will likely be May 24th. The SEDOSO and I are taking a much anticipated break. À bientôt.
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