I have been writing this blog for a little over two years. Every week since August 16 2020, with the exception of a few weeks when I took a break and “recycled” a few older posts, I have come up with a page or so about some topic I hoped readers would find interesting. Most of these were related to art, although I did occasionally use the blog to express my opinion about some important news event or to vent about something that had recently irked me. It takes me anywhere between two and four hours to write each blog, not including the time I spend coming up with ideas for my next blog. That is time I could be spending doing something else. But generally I find it enjoyable and worth doing, so I don’t really mind. Or do I? As almost no one ever leaves a comment, I don’t actually know if anyone reads or cares about my blog, and that’s OK too. As I wrote in one blog, I enjoy the fact that writing the blog forces me to stop and think about how I feel about a topic. It sometimes forces me to do a little research before I start giving my opinion, which is certainly not a bad thing. More people should do that. But I digress. Lately, I have been considering reducing the frequency of new blog entries. At the beginning of last summer, I changed my newsletter from once a week to once every two weeks. I know that means that the news is not as fresh, but I have had no complaints from my subscribers, and I have to admit it relieves quite a bit of pressure for me. I like to think the newsletter is better because of it. I want to do the same with my blog. So, unless I hear massive protests from you, dear reader, although I will still post a blog each week, I will now alternate between a new blog and a re-post of an old blog (which probably most of you either haven’t read or don’t remember). I like to write, so this new schedule will give me an opportunity to do so every week, one week for the blog, and the next week for the newsletter, and I will use the extra time to work on my art! Let me know what you think in the comments. Thank you.
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This week I had a disappointing encounter with a couple of fellow artists. Let me explain. I was excited to find out about a week ago that a new printmaking group had just started near where I live. The two main attractions for me were being able to share with other printmakers, and being able to use a printing press! So I scheduled to meet with one of the people who started the group, to find out more about it. I had done the same a few weeks ago with another printmaking group, but this new one is much closer and more convenient for me, so I had high hopes of joining. There was another person there also thinking of joining, so we both got to listen to the explanations of how the group functioned. Things took a turn when people started throwing their diplomas and past experience around. It didn’t help that one person took over the “talking stick” and basically acted as though only their opinions were interesting. I was never once asked about my experience, and when I volunteered that my learning had been through what I jokingly call “YouTube University”, I thought I would see the very first-ever instance of eyeballs doing a backflip in their sockets. I was informed in no uncertain terms that what was available on YouTube was only “this type” and “that technique”, and was obviously not worthy of attention by serious printmakers. I guess YouTubers Laura Boswell and Colin Blanchard, two incredibly talented, successful, experienced and generous English printmakers from whom I have learned most of my printmaking skills, didn’t get the memo! If I hadn’t already made up my mind about joining, the clincher came when they started discussing how big this group wanted to become. The group creator mentioned that they didn’t want to become as big as another artist group (to which I belong), especially as it seemed that part of that group’s growth was obtained by letting in “non-professional” artists! Well clutch my pearls!!! Daphne, get me my smelling salts!! Needless to say, I was disappointed by this attitude, but also by the dismissive reaction to almost anything I said. I was made to feel that I knew nothing, or worse yet that what I knew was wrong, and it was pointed out in no uncertain terms that the weekly group meetings would not be "courses". So much for sharing! I blame the other potential member mostly, whose name I don’t know as there was no attempt at introductions, and who may not even end up joining the group. I know I won’t be. I don’t need a press that badly! Thankfully not all artists have this attitude about degrees versus self-study. The other group I visited earlier greeted me with open arms and were genuinely interested in seeing my work and some of the techniques and products that I mentioned using. Supplier names were noted and diplomas were never mentioned! Don’t get me wrong, I am not suggesting that university studies are useless or that they aren’t demanding or that people shouldn't be proud of their achievements. But let’s face it, learning brain surgery or rocket science is not the same as learning art. I wouldn’t trust a “self-study” physician or lawyer! But art is different. Unless you want to study Art History (and there is nothing wrong with that), art is mostly concepts and techniques, and once you learn them (and sometimes even without learning them-- take Maud Lewis!), there is no “right way” or “wrong way” to do art. Just as there is no “right way” or “wrong way” to learn art! Especially in 2022! From my years of teaching in a college, where I met my fair share of “Doctors”, I know that a degree does not confer intelligence or class. Many of the Doctors I met were “a**es”. But, to be fair, most were not. And it’s the same with artists with degrees. But I now have a new definition for a BFA, and it’s not Bachelor of Fine Arts. I’ll let you guess. What about you? Have you had unpleasant encounters with “educated” artists? Post in the comments below. P.S. The print that I had in a show with that group of “non-professional” artists? It sold. After 4 days. Just sayin’.... P.P.S. I am sure the people I met this week are very nice people. Just not the kind I particularly want to spend time with. You may have noticed that I forgot to post my blog yesterday. I have an excuse, just not a very good one. I had thought of it on Wednesday, wondering what I would write about this week, and also wondering when I would write it, as we had appointments for our latest Covid booster shots just about the time I usually publish. And of course it is written on my fabulous “to do” list. And then life happened. Anyway, here I am, as they say, better late than never! You probably have noticed the “Comments” section at the bottom of each blog entry. Hey, perhaps you have even been bold enough to write a comment!! Don’t feel bad, not many people have. But that’s ok. Really. Anyway, a few weeks ago, I got an email from my website provider notifying me that someone had left a comment! Yay!, I thought, a comment!! The message was rather vague about how interesting my topic was, and it included a suggestion to visit their site, link provided of course. I wasn’t too wary, but I didn’t really want to visit another site without a better reason to do so, so I didn't. Then the next day I got the exact same comment from someone whose name was strangely similar to the first, with yet another link. I may not be Einstein, but I quickly realized these were not legitimate comments so I deleted them before anyone clicked on the suggested links. I also went in to my website’s settings and turned on the option to have to approve comments before they are posted. I find this sad because if someone legitimately comments, they won’t see their comment posted before I get around to approving it, which could take a day or two. Kinda kills any spontaneity. But the worst thing is every second day now I get a notice about yet another spammy comment that I have to deal with. I mean, what do these spammers expect? I haven’t clicked on their links so I have no idea what their game is, but how desperate do you have to be to spam some totally unknown artist’s blog? While we are on the topic of spamming and scamming, it seems it's that time of year again as after weeks of silence, we got 3 separate phone calls in one day from “the department of Service Canada” about our Social Insurance number being “suspended because of suspicious activity”. Seriously? Who falls for that crap? Apparently enough people to keep whoever it is in business doing whatever it is they are doing, otherwise they would stop. Which I wish they would! At least when it’s a person on the other end, I can give them the “Hello?..... Hello?.... Is anybody there?” treatment. But these are all robocalls, so you can’t string them along and waste their time…. What about you? Have you had annoying spam/scam calls? What have you done about them? Let me know in the comments. (Just know that it might take a day or so for the comment to be approved!) For several years now, I have been using a great online tool to catalog my artwork. I don’t remember how I found this particular site, but it really was great and did all that I needed and more. When I started showing and selling my work, I quickly realised that I needed a reliable and easy way to record the information on each piece. I started by writing things in a notebook, but it didn’t take me long to figure out that that just wouldn’t do. Of course, having a computer background, I knew that what I needed was a database, not just a spreadsheet. Don’t get me wrong: I absolutely love spreadsheets, but they would not give me the features and flexibility of a database. Now those of you who have been following me for a while know that I strive to keep my costs down (I am basically cheap). So the solution I was looking for had to be inexpensive. You can’t get much more inexpensive than free, and the site that I found, in addition to being designed by artists who knew what they needed (a lot more than I did at the time!), had a free option that I couldn’t resist! Like everything else in life, it wasn’t perfect, but it was the closest thing for the price! So I happily used it for years and was pleased when they announced about a year ago that they would be rewriting the whole site, hoping they would use the opportunity to add the features that I (and surely others) found missing, which in my case was the ability to produce customized printouts, including, for example, price lists, show lists, or certificates of authenticity. I also wanted to create a printed catalog, and I still had not figured out how to easily do this with the present tools. Because of the value I was finding in the tool, I had even planned to start paying for it, but when they announced the rewrite, they also cut off the option to pay for a subscription. You probably can see where this is going. So for the last year, I have had the task to “Start paying for xxxxx” on my “to do” list, pushing it down month over month as I eagerly await news of the rewrite. Well, the news came this week, and it wasn’t good. Unfortunately, the developers have decided to throw in the towel, and will be shutting down the service completely in 6 months. Ouch! I can’t help but feel a bit guilty because if I (and many others) had been paying even a few dollars every month, maybe this would not have happened. Maybe some bigger company will step in and buy their operation, as it really is a good product, and it deserves to survive. But I can’t wait and see. I have to come up with an alternative. Rather than let this get me down, I am seeing it as an opportunity. I was already having to deal with the issue of having the information about my art stored in 3 different locations (my catalog, my website and my Square account). The fact that the original information was in this catalog and not easy to access or synchronize to other apps meant that it was easier for me to just repeat it (not the best way, I know, but the simplest in this case). This of course caused some inconsistencies, especially when I did my annual price adjustments. I turned to my artist community on Facebook and asked what tools, if any, they were using to catalog their work. The very first (and only, it turns out) person that answered said she used Airtable. I too use Airtable, but probably because I already had a solution for my catalog, never even thought of using it for that! But I use it for keeping track of just about everything else, so I am already familiar with many of its features. So although it will be quite a bit of work, I will be using Airtable to rebuild my catalog and to design the reports and printouts that I need, I will be able to import all the actual data from the existing catalog, and having started the designing part yesterday, I am reminded of why I loved databases when I was teaching them! Hopefully, my excitement will turn into usable tools! At worst, I will be no worse off than I am now! Wish me luck! I finally got to watch the HBO documentary “The Price of Everything” last night on Prime Video. It is about the manufactured world of modern art collecting, and how it came to be. I have always been curious about why people would pay millions of dollars for a piece of canvas with paint literally splashed on it, and the answer given in this film is not pretty. To sum it up for you: greed. The people in this film are so distant from the people that you and I likely know, it makes me think they aren’t even the same species. For example, talking about potential prices that art pieces will sell for in an upcoming auction as “230” or “250”, when they actually mean 230 THOUSAND dollars! And for what? The potential that the artist will become even more famous, not because their art is good, but strictly because their art sold for so much money, therefore giving them a “reputation” or “value” for resale! And so on, and so on! Several artists were interviewed in the film, and very few of them agreed with (but most of them went along with) this perverted system, where the revenue of so many people (dealers, auction houses, etc) depends on continuously inflating the prices. The artist who created the work will only have a chance at these outlandish amounts on its original sale, and does not benefit from the resale prices, except insomuch as now they will be able to charge more for future works! (Canada has actually proposed a change to the copyright law that would give the original artist (or their estate) a percentage of any resale of an art piece, for 75 years after its creation. This is still being studied, but hopefully for artists it will become law.) One artist in particular who was featured in the film was Larry Poons, who I must admit I had never heard of. He was quite popular in the 60s with his Dot paintings and could have made a lot of money by continuing to produce them, but he stayed true to himself and explored other forms of painting, more or less vanishing from the “in crowd”. Now aged 85, he continues to paint what he wants to paint, and at one point in the film, he states that he probably wouldn’t be still alive if he had gotten rich. Words to ponder! It is a harsh film, quite depressing really, especially if you are an artist. It makes you realize, if you hadn’t already, that there is no chance in hell that you will ever become remotely famous if you can’t or won’t “play the game” of the art dealers and galleries. It makes you realize that it doesn’t really matter if your art is any good, just so long as you have someone who pushes it and makes enough people believe that it is worth buying. It is a sad film also, in that art, which should be a thing of beauty, comes out of this feeling dirty and used, nothing more than a commodity in the pursuit of greed. I am glad I saw the film. I am also glad I am taking my own route. Would I like to be famous? Probably, but at what cost? I am glad I don’t have to make the choice between making art and making money. I have already made the choice, I guess, as I continue to use what time I have left to explore, discover and create. I encourage you to see the film, which you can find out more about here. It will not make you like the “art scene”, but it may make you appreciate what art you have, and might even make you go out and seek local artists, and support them any way you can. Let me know what you think in the comments below. I spent a lot of time over the last 10 days learning about and exploring lacto-fermentation. Last week I explained what that was and my first steps. This week I will give you a brief update and a suggestion as to why I am enjoying this new (to me) discovery. So far I have fermented cucumber (very good, almost all gone and will definitely make again), cherry tomatoes (pretty to look at but very soft, not my favorite), salsa (a few beginner problems with vague recipe directions, but delicious and really easy to make), sauerkraut (a very messy first few days but tastes good so far), limes (looks like slow progress and haven’t tasted them yet), carrots (easy but slow going, not much happening yet), and turnip (I am trying to replicate those pink sticks that you get with Lebanese food, but without the beet that provides (only, I hope!) the color). I was concerned that I wouldn’t like the taste of the fermented food, but so far, except for the cherry tomatoes, that hasn’t been the case. Lacto-fermentation is pretty easy to do once you understand the principles, but because I am still learning, it does take a significant chunk out of my days, time that I should probably be using to get ready for my next art show at the end of the month. It’s not like I have huge quantities of garden produce that need preserving, so why am I doing this? Besides the fact that I like to learn new things, and that I let myself get distracted by things that look fun, in order to avoid things that do not (some would call this procrastination), I read something this morning that could explain it, or at least that my ego will more readily accept as the reason! In my search for learning materials, the name Sandor Katz was mentioned in a YouTube video. I looked up his books, thinking I would buy a used copy (of course). But even used, his books are expensive, and considering that I don’t really know how long this new rabbit hole exploration will be, I am hesitant to buy yet another book! There are a lot of videos of him on YouTube, including interviews, workshops and demonstrations, and usually I would go that route, listening while I do other things. But I honestly have never heard anyone say "You know" so often, so much so that it makes him impossible for me to listen to for more than 10 minutes. So books sound like a better option. Reading reviews made me hesitate between his “The Art of Fermentation”, which seems to be more of a “bible” of fermentation history and practices around the world, and “Wild Fermentation”, which seems to be more of a recipe book and guide. One of the reviews to “The Art of Fermentation” on Goodreads had the potential answer to my “why I am doing this?”! As the book title says, fermenting is an art! It is creating something new from something else, not being quite sure of what the result will be. Just like art, there are no clear steps, just guidelines. Each person follows them with their own interpretation, and the results are not always predictable, and not always “edible”. This really goes against my controlling nature, and it’s probably good for me. Hopefully it will transpire in my own art. In the meantime, I continue to scour the Internet for a one-page sheet summarizing those guidelines that I can put inside a cupboard door, or an app to help me track my various experiments. It’s not easy to let go!! What about you? Do you have control issues? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below! Here I go again! Another squirrel moment! But this time it isn’t about art. It’s about another of my passions: food. If you have ever seen me, you know that food and I have a “special” relationship! I enjoy eating. I also enjoy cooking, as well as discovering new foods. And just like with my exploration of art, some of these discoveries stick with me, some don’t. So this time it’s fermentation. More precisely lacto-fermentation. Possibly some of you know all about this, but my bet is that most of you don’t. You may have heard of it, but like me, you probably think it has something to do with milk. Fermenting in milk? Actually, no. Lacto-fermentation gets its name from the lactobacillus, a bacteria that occurs naturally in almost all fruits and vegetables, and the lactic acid that is produced in the fermentation process. Yogurt, sourdough bread, kimchi, and sauerkraut are some lacto-fermented foods that you probably know and may have consumed. Lactobacilli are very useful for human digestion. Some think that advances in food processing in the past few centuries have led to a reduction in the number and types of “good bacteria” living in our digestive tract, and that may have negative impacts on our health. Those products being pushed as “pro-biotics” are cashing in on this belief. Although I care about my “gut health”, that is not the main reason why I am trying this. I just like to try things!! Humans survived for millennia before pasteurization and refrigeration, and at some point they figured out ways to preserve food for leaner times. One of the preservation methods they discovered was fermentation. I am sure that not all their preservation efforts were successful, but fermentation has existed in various forms since at least 6000 B.C. As you probably know by now if you have been following me at all, I am not interested in spending a lot of money on “experiments”. That is the beauty of lacto-fermentation. You only need a few jars, and brine (water and salt)! And something to ferment. You also need the more difficult to find something-to-hold-the-food-under-the-brine, and something-to-keep-oxygen-out of your fermentation vessel (bad bacteria and mold like oxygen, whereas lactobacillus does not). But I also like to shop at second-hand stores for stuff that I can reuse in creative ways. Unfortunately, my treasure hunt for this particular project wasn't too successful, so I did have to buy some “pickle pipes” (those colored lids that look like baby bottle tops) to get started. And wouldn’t you know it, we gave away all our large mason jars some months ago, so I had to go out and buy new ones (none to be found in second-hand shops!) With the help of many people on YouTube, I did my “research” and decided to try cucumbers, salsa, cherry tomatoes, and limes (I found a bag at the grocery store for a ridiculously low price). And this being the season of abundant and slightly-more-affordable-than-normal produce, this was the perfect time to try this out! In a few days, I should be able to try the cucumbers. The salsa already smells wonderful, and I can’t wait to see how the limes turn out. I have read mixed reviews on the cherry tomatoes, so I am curious to find out if I like them or not. And once some of these jars are ready and transferred to the fridge, some of the pickle pipes will be freed up so I can try fermenting sauerkraut! What about you? Have you tried lacto-fermentation? Did you like it? What do you like best? Let me know in the comments! It is not always easy to come up with a blog topic every week. If I didn’t like to write anyway, I would probably have stopped busting my brain and abandoned this blog long ago. I had collected some lists here and there of suggestions published by supposed blog gurus, and although I did use quite a few of those suggestions, I now rely on the inspiration du jour. I usually feel a slight panic on Wednesday that sounds like “oh dear, what will I write about this week!!” but something usually crosses my path before Thursday morning, whispering “how about me?” This week I want to recognize two people who I have never met, but that feel to me like old friends. One is a printmaker, the other is an author. They have both taught me a lot, and I hope you will look them up after reading about them. Laura Boswell is a British printmaker. It seems that most printmakers are. British, that is! She has a YouTube channel where she very generously shares her vast knowledge about printmaking. I have watched most of her videos, and she does an extraordinary job of showing and explaining every single step of printmaking, warning about the possible pitfalls along the way. If ever you want to get into printmaking or just learn about it out of curiosity, I highly recommend her, both for her knowledge and sense of humor. Now that I have actually some experience with printing, I am re-watching her videos as I can get more out of them. Some aspects which had no or little meaning when I first watched them now seem to make perfect sense! I can’t imagine how much time I have saved by tapping into her knowledge, compared say to reading about printmaking or even taking a course. It is almost like having a private tutor. And for free! She has also written a couple of books on printmaking, but honestly, other than perhaps being easier to find, I can’t imagine what information would be in the books that isn’t in the videos. She also sells some of her work on her website. The other person I want to pay tribute to is Danny Gregory. I came across him also on YouTube (yes, I do spend a lot of time on YouTube - it’s where I learn most of my art “stuff”). He first came up as a “suggestion” in June (thanks, YouTube Watch History!) with the ominous video thumbnail title “How much time do you have left?”. I am glad I took the bait. He is a bit of a philosopher (which I definitely am not) and I like the things he leads me to think about. His musings are usually at least tangentially about art, but they are always on point. For me at least. Such as why do I procrastinate (and how to overcome it) and why is it important to draw every day (which I really struggle with). His videos are short, relaxing, and most importantly thought-provoking. I highly recommend them, even if you are not an artist. Danny Gregory also publishes a free email newsletter, which he calls essays, every Friday. They too are short and thought-provoking. Just what I need. I highly recommend it. And he also hosts a "Draw with me" live session every Thursday at noon eastern time. I will join that for the first time today. So thank you Laura and Danny, for generously sharing your talents. The world is a better, prettier and more caring place because of people like you. I know I will never meet you in person, but know that you have certainly made my life, and potentially the lives of my collectors, better. If ever I get as knowledgeable or wise as you, maybe I will share it on YouTube too! What about you? Any special “strangers” in your life? What do they help you with? Tell me about them in the comments and I promise to check them out! Thanks! Early in my art “career”, I realized I had to find a way to get and stay organized. I was using a lot of online resources, and I needed to keep a list of these so I could not only find them again when needed, but also keep track of what I had seen and not seen yet. I also needed a to-do list application that was both easy and convenient to use. And, knowing me, of course, this had to be free or very low cost. I looked at a few online “organizers” and eventually settled on one called “Airtable”. I have mentioned it before, and I still really like it. It is not the simplest tool to use, and here my computer background certainly helps. It is built pretty much like a spreadsheet, but with many many more built-in features. And even though it has all the features I need, the version that I use is free. Unfortunately, just as buying professional quality paintbrushes and paints doesn’t make you a professional artist, using a great organizational tool doesn’t make you a great organizer! As well as using it to store a bunch of my lists, I built my to-do list in Airtable. It is a model to-do list. Each task includes a Name, a Due Date, a Status, a space for Notes and another for Attachments. Once they are marked as “Done”, most tasks disappear from view, but the “recurring” tasks get added back to the list according to each task's schedule (some weekly, some monthly, etc.). In order to concentrate on things that will help me reach my goals, most tasks are also attached to a specific “Strategy” which itself is attached to a “Goal”. Other lists in my Airtable file include Packing lists for different types of shows, Expenses, Painting ideas, lists of courses or programs I have looked into or taken, and detailed notes that I have made about some of them. I am very proud of my “Airtable” files. Very organized. Very OCD. I am not saying these lists don’t help. They do, enormously! However, recently I have been letting my “to-do” list slip. I used to look at it every day and follow it closely. For the past 2 or 3 months, I have found myself regularly pushing “late” tasks further down the list. Some of these have perfectly good reasons for not getting done, but others I just can’t seem to muster the energy or the will to do. I occasionally decide against doing something I may have thought was worth doing when I added it to the list, but most of the time the items just get pushed further down the calendar. I probably shouldn’t care about most of these postponements, but it does wear on me that I keep postponing things. I suppose it is easier to postpone something than to decide not to do it. Also, I have long been an “out of sight, out of mind” person, so removing an item completely from my list is pretty ‘final’ for me. Some of the items on the list are creative or art related, but most are housekeeping or administrative tasks. Maybe I should add a “Category” to each item and see which type of task gets postponed more often. That is exactly the kind of thing I would do. “Busy work” to keep me from facing the things I don’t really want to do. Then I would know exactly which things I don’t want to do, but they still would not get done! Is there a name for this disease? What about you? How do you get motivated to do the things you don’t like to do? Let me know in the comments! If you have been reading me regularly, you know how much I like to explore new mediums and techniques. Since last winter, I have been concentrating my “research” on printmaking. My July 21 blog described linocut printing in a bit more detail. More recently, I discovered “Chine collé” (sounds like sheen colay), and thought that today I would explain what that is. “Chine collé” is a printing technique that involves adding color or texture to a print by gluing paper to all or parts of the print. The name “Chine collé” comes from the fact that originally, fine papers made in China or Japan were used. And of course collé is simply glued. So a rough translation would be glued paper from China. This is not a new technique, and was used by such artists as Matisse and Delacroix. The simple diagram above illustrates the principle of Chine collé. The base block is carved and inked as usual for printing on a normal piece of paper. Before printing, a piece (or pieces) of colored or textured paper, which can be either cut or ripped to fit the desired part of the design, is covered with glue on the back and placed on the inked block, glue side up. In the example, the smiley-face’s “hat” will be colored green in the final print. During printing, all the ink-covered marks on the block will of course transfer to the large sheet of paper, including any marks in the hat area, but these will be printed onto the colored piece of paper, which the printing process will simultaneously press and glue to the larger sheet of paper (the final print). There are several difficulties in this technique. One is finding special colored paper to use. You could in theory use any paper, but it should be thin enough to not interfere with the base paper, yet thick enough to not tear when applying glue to it. I had a look around local shops but couldn’t really find anything I liked. I looked at scrapbooking paper, but none of it was what I wanted. I did use some that I had from previous projects to do experiments. That’s the good thing about being an art supply “collector”! I found some suitable papers at a large online US art supplier, but the shipping charges were outlandish! Thankfully, I finally found some gorgeous yet reasonably priced papers from a small supplier in western Canada. I haven’t tried them yet, but I am looking forward to it! Another difficulty is actually placing the glued piece of paper on the block for printing. The block is already covered in ink, so you have to be very careful to get the small piece of paper in the right spot on the first try if you don't want extra ink marks! And once you get it in the right spot, you have to get it to stay there (remember the side facing you is covered in glue!) A third difficulty is finding the right glue! Traditionally, Nori paste is used, but it proves to be next to impossible to find in Canada at a reasonable price. I finally resorted to making some myself (why not!!) from rice. Not difficult, just a little time consuming. But even with the difficulties, I really like this technique, and all the possibilities it has opened up! I am actually surprised that I like it so much, because I never really cared for “collage” in any shape or form, as I always (perhaps wrongly) considered it cheating or the “easy way” to do art. But I guess Chine collé has enough “struggle” for me to make it "genuine". I am having a great time experimenting with it, and I plan to continue doing so for a while (or until the next squirrel flashes by!) Leave a comment to let me know how you like it, or to give me ideas on projects that would be suitable for “Chine collé”! |
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