Saturday, February 23, 2019

Challenge Day 10

February 22, 2020 Friday




Process: I did not have much time today to make a complicated project; but, I selected an idea that came to me quickly and seemed easy and, as it turned out, was very complicated to carry out.
I have a bag full of bamboo disks cut up from one small-ish bamboo ‘tree’ I cut down in a small-ish bamboo forest behind the dining hall at Penland School of Art in North Carolina. I like that there are a variety of sizes to choose from. I selected 3 or 4 from the bag and found 4 wooden beads that I wanted to stitch into an assembly of wood and waxed cotton threads. I worked for about 30 minutes to carry out my idea before I abandoned it to get back to my big work (for pay) project. I eventually came back to my studio and decided that I had no more time to make something else. So...I photographed it as is.

Challenge Level: 10

Lessons Learned: I failed this project in part because I didn’t devote enough time to it and that is the first lesson. I also learned that it is ok to photograph the failed project—and post it!—because it chronicles the outcome to help me think of a better way to achieve what I invisioned. Don’t give up; sit with the idea and let it percolate for days and weeks even. I don’t need to resolve every project. They are meant to stimulate me over the long haul. The photograph is useful even as the projects sits on a shelf falling apart.

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