tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post183271966610401352..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Six degrees of influenceKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-91549634765600529082010-10-26T21:30:23.201-04:002010-10-26T21:30:23.201-04:00Kathy- one assignment that Nancy gave us was to gi...Kathy- one assignment that Nancy gave us was to give a presentation on derivation. Only 6-7 people elected to give the presentation- and they were in many ways the highlight of the workshop and gave us all hours of discussion. I broke it down into 4 categories: Influenced by, Derived from, Appropriated by, and Copied. And I think there are subtle differences between these four categories and lots of overlap as well. Petra- gave a fascinating breakdown of all of the positive synonyms associated with "derivation" and all of the negative one. It was a fascinating approach.<br />One conclusion that we all came to was that it is impossible to "own" a shape or a technique and what was so fascinating about the workshop was that there were at least 6 or 7 women who were working with circles- myself included- and each one of us had a completely different take on it. All imbibed with our own voices.<br />When you expand our worlds to include the larger world of art- well if we were to all try to avoid those who have influenced us- our canvases would be blank. That might mean that Ellsworth Kelly owns tension and juxtaposed shapes, Rodchenko has the corner on intersecting lines and planes, and all of us working to master figure and ground would never be able to look at Braques, Gris or Schwitters.... you get my drift.<br />I could go on like this for hours (and did in the class). It was fascinating.judykirpichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444769302283667190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-25741970611054922542010-10-26T20:58:40.612-04:002010-10-26T20:58:40.612-04:00Kathleen,
Should be included in a Guide to Worksh...Kathleen,<br /><br />Should be included in a Guide to Workshop Etiquette! <br /><br />Judy BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-58315026760580174442010-10-26T14:31:15.221-04:002010-10-26T14:31:15.221-04:00Kathleen, love your lines and bubbles. I'll de...Kathleen, love your lines and bubbles. I'll definitely be using them soon (!)<br />Seriously, you write very good, thought provoking posts, which I enjoy reading.<br />I'm a workshop junkie too, but always mention my sources.<br />One quilt, a couple of years ago, one judge's comment, from what I remember - too many conflicting techniques tried in one quilt. It made me laugh, because it was so true and I knew it. When I stop enjoying myself, will be the time to quit. Life's too short.indigocarolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770538605853766105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-19664827695276752722010-10-26T12:46:24.156-04:002010-10-26T12:46:24.156-04:00This is an excellent topic for discussion. On mor...This is an excellent topic for discussion. On more than one occassion I have seen work which has been accepted into national competitions which I knew were exercises presented by an instructor in a workshop. The results may have been especially successful but they were still exercises. The maker had not taken the exercise one step beyond the instructions but somehow convincenced themselves the work was "original". While this is not acceptable, the person who lifts work directly from other people is an even bigger transgressor and with the world wide web it isn't too hard to know when that is happening. Sharing techniques is great but we all have to be responsible for making sure we take the technique and make it our own just as our work as a whole must be our own.Terry Jarrard-Dimondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06709683518897702916noreply@blogger.com