The Queen of Swaps: Here I am in Tasmania

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Here I am in Tasmania

Hi all my online friends..........I am in Tasmania for a few weeks for some R & R after our manic Christmas rush at work. I am getting the chance to do lots of art & am coming up with something special for 'I found it in my garden' swap.........I hope you can join us. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. xk

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An online friend from another art group related a story from the book 'Art and Fear' to the group about a year ago and it has totally changed my approach to 'arting'. It goes something like this............. In one of my favorite books about the process of art (Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland) there is a study cited that is interesting. A ceramics class is told by the professor that they can either be judged by the quantity of work turned in over the semester or the quality of one piece. The students who chose "quantity" would turn in their pieces at the end of the term. The pieces would be weighed and they would recieve a grade based on the total weight. The students who chose "quality" would turn in one piece, and be graded on that one piece. The students who chose "quality" spent most of their time planning, plodding, incubating, and designing their one perfect piece. The quantity students just kept turning stuff out. The surprising outcome was that the very best work came from the "quantity"students. moral of the story? Just do it! Skills, techniques & creativity is honed in the caudron of practise:- I have used it as an 'art ethos' ever since.................joining swaps & projects when the topic interests me, which stretches me, keeps me creating & gives me a starting point to create.

The Queen of Swaps

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Here I am in Tasmania

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