tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post75970096460761503..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Permission granted -- or maybe notKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-70030009695944274192017-07-14T12:04:49.359-04:002017-07-14T12:04:49.359-04:00Worrying about whether I am making an "origin...Worrying about whether I am making an "original" or inadvertently breaching someone's copyright has been worrying me for several years now. I have been quiltmaking for over 40 years. In that time I have been to numerous workshops, shows, lectures and quilt groups. Obviously I have witnessed lots of quilts that are now in my subconscious and I worry that something I make will reflect that. <br /><br />As a result I have found, in recent years, that my creativity has been restricted and that, instead of sharing with others what I am making, I resist exhibiting my work for fear I might have accidentally produced something similar to something I saw somewhere. Do I sound neurotic, very possibly but until now no one seemed to be addressing the subject as you have. Thanks for that, it has been most encouraging.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838184926485793238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-88668814804872262952017-07-12T04:25:29.414-04:002017-07-12T04:25:29.414-04:00We all need a starting point, but the final outcom...We all need a starting point, but the final outcome needs to show more than the same: the final work needs to show the significant difference we have made. The new work needs to show enough of a difference to make it a distinct stand-alone work even though with an obvious nod to its stimulus.<br /><br />Your post goes to show why we need lawyers, and how they earn their keep. Writing rules and requirements is no easy task! Have you thought of providing a service? You would be brilliant at it.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-59820320442462171412017-07-11T19:25:26.112-04:002017-07-11T19:25:26.112-04:00That IS pretty broad! Those umpteen bazillion &quo...That IS pretty broad! Those umpteen bazillion "Susanna and the Elders" paintings would have been right out under those rules. LOL Rubens or not! All of my art history classes showed derivative work that was made 'new' with a different approach on the same subject.<br /><br />Sometimes though, technique can be very unique - an artists 'signature' if you will. For example, if one were to walk up to her 'fine lines' quilt and mistake it for yours (because you have made it such a signature of your oeuvre) then that could very well be a problem. Especially if you are known for that (through gallery shows, sales, juried exhibitions, etc), and everyone knows she took your class. INO, that is derivative. By hers being mistaken for yours, IMO it shows a lack of artistic vision or expression that would sufficiently transform the work from derivative to unique. (This is just an example and not anything that happened.)<br /><br />So the question ends up being: how is the artist to express their own voice, recognizably, even though they are using techniques made famous by another artist? It is possible to do, but "I'll know it when I see it" is very hard to write rules around. <br /><br />I too get tired of seeing quilts that I recognize as patterns (or heaven help us, kits), being claimed as original work. Or I can just look at it and say "oh, she took Quilt Teacher's class and that's her class project." Learning a technique is fine, but I think it's important to move beyond that to express your own vision. <br /><br />I don't know how to write a rule for that though. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563230869151812456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-59118066440996859182017-07-11T13:11:16.615-04:002017-07-11T13:11:16.615-04:00Sounds like it is the technique, not the design, t...Sounds like it is the technique, not the design, that she has used.<br />and by your understanding, is this restricted by Road to California's new rules?<br />SandySandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978514536651961190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-2940214222613614382017-07-11T11:57:24.906-04:002017-07-11T11:57:24.906-04:00This link may answer:)
http://www.road2cablog.com...This link may answer:)<br /><br />http://www.road2cablog.com/road-to-california/matt-reese-roads-show-director-and-lawyer/<br /><br />Mia Bloom Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673003342456148743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-45956888522959350642017-07-11T11:26:32.664-04:002017-07-11T11:26:32.664-04:00What has been is what will be,
and what has been d...What has been is what will be,<br />and what has been done is what will be done,<br />and there is nothing new under the sun.<br /><br />Is there a thing of which it is said,<br />“See, this is new”?<br />It has been already<br />in the ages before us.<br /><br />There is no remembrance of former things,<br />nor will there be any remembrance<br />of later things yet to be among those who come after.<br />Ecclesiastes 1Kim in NDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434793919377634253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-50501609060996973362017-07-11T08:55:07.561-04:002017-07-11T08:55:07.561-04:00They are taking themselves WAY to seriously. What...They are taking themselves WAY to seriously. What if no one could have expanded on Picasso's cubism?Susie Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893377527974815997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-45050378031068600222017-07-11T07:43:50.422-04:002017-07-11T07:43:50.422-04:00Yes, art is by its nature derivative. We can only ...Yes, art is by its nature derivative. We can only create within the context of our lives and experience. No one starts with a blank slate. I do understand the attempt to set parameters but I don't think this will be very successful in doing what they want, partly because they haven't explained (in the text you've included) WHAT it is they are trying to accomplish. MQG recently went through this process and then backtracked. I didn't follow how that controversy ended. Melanie McNeilhttp://catbirdquilts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com