I am a terrible blogger.......

 I am a terrible blogger...I start the blog thinking I'm going to post on a weekly basis and the next thing I know it's been months.  I keep myself so busy I don't think about writing into my blog, just like I never did very well creating a journal.    I started this blog when I turned 70 in October and here it is February already and I haven't blogged much at all.  Maybe I just doesn't have much to say, but I find that strange, because I always seem to have something to say. 

 These new floral pieces I just finished and they are up on the wall in the art gallery in Old Sac..."A Single Flower" and "A Couple of Flowers".........I'm not a big fan of duplicating flowers...many have given me what they think is advice..."why don't you create floral pieces, they will sell well"....but I just have a hard time duplicating what others "want" me to see.  I guess for me, placing a flower image onto a background is just plain "boring"....it's got to be much more than that!   The design needs to be different, not expected and strange and I'm working my way into that, I hope.  I have four more surface designs worked up that I need to stitch..not floral, more animal related, but blocked backgrounds.

 Once I wrap the finished surface around the stretcher bars and staple it into it's stretched state, I am creating a background piece that I am now sewing onto the back instead of using the staple gun.  I didn't like the finished look of the staples around the entire piece, it looked sloppy and ugly.  The only solution is to hand sew it onto the wrapped piece to give it a clean finished look..a more fine art look.

Doing the stitching is becoming complicated at times because the surface I'm sewing it to is tight against the stretcher bar...takes a bit of time to sew against the wood surface, but it does give a far better affect when complete.  And when handling the piece, there will be staples sticking out to catching your hands/fingers. 

Creating better surface designs and coming up with ideas for fine art finishing is one of the secrets in creating good art.  No matter what you create, how it's displayed and finished off is just as important as the final product.  And I was taught at a very early age..."the backing should be just as fine as the front" and I've remembered that throughout my fiber art career.