I have recently bought this book and read it on the commute to work. I think it will be a book that I will refer to from time to time and perhaps some parts will mean more to me later than they do at the moment. I have picked out a couple of thoughts from the book which I hope will encourage me (and perhaps you?) to do more work. From my own perspective, I am hoping these thoughts will encourage me to draw, something I know I should do more of. When I have a drawing or design that I am happy with, I need no encouragement to work with that idea in textiles and if I really like the design then there's no holding me back. Anyway here they are.....
- Art is often thought of as a magical gift bestowed by gods but over the long term natural talent is barely distinguishable from perseverance and hard work.
- Seeds of your next art work lie embedded in the imperfections of your current piece
- A ceramics teacher divided a class into two and told one half that they would be marked on the quality of their work, the other half were told they would be measured by the quantity of their work. At the end of the term, the best work was found in the group who were going to be marked by the quantity of their work. The quantity group learnt from their mistakes and improved with each piece, whilst the quality group spent all their time theorising about perfection.
And to show that I have been creative and not just reading about being creative, here is a detail of the stitching I have done on my Changing Times paper lamination piece which I previously blogged about. The colours are not quite true but I find capturing accurate colours quite challenging.
I read that book a few years ago, and really enjoyed it - I particularly remember the pottery class quote. Doing and not just reading is another thing, though..still struggling with that one!
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