Ta Da! Welcome to Love Songs. I sat down to play awhile before tying back into studio deconstruction. So much for that plan, i actually knew what i wanted to do, i'm sure that is why it didn't work. As i came to that conclusion i also realized that i had, gasp, THROWN AWAY! a book i have had for many years. I had always intended to alter it, but for some reason a few days ago in an orgy of de-cluttering downsizing, i threw it away. I reasoned that since i had possessed it for many years and not used it, it was time for Die Minnesinger to go!
Luckily, i had yet to empty the waste basket in the studio so i was able to recover the book. Inspiration had struck and i knew after years what i was going to do with the book.
See, i should never, ever, ever, throw anything out! Right! I live on a boat, and, in less than a month will likely be living on an even smaller one. This does not compute, does it?
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| frontspiece of 1920's edition of Die Minnesinger |
See, it's this way, we plan on splashing our new floating home, the EV Tesla's Revenge, next week. In preparation i have have diligently touched every object and paper in my studio, deciding whether it comes with me, or goes into storage, or is gifted to friends. The process is over 95% complete. Storage has been all reconfigured; everything neat and tidy in plastic bins. It all has to fit into the port quarter berth.
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| first step, cut away everything that doesn't belong! |
So, everything is packed away, i thought i would be content with the embroidery piece i am currently working on. Alas, i can only stitch for an hour or so before the hands start complaining.
Hey, i should think of it as a test run of my new storage and allocation system, right? After all, Mungo is working for a couple of months, and isn't here, so .....
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| Make sure to use some of the background! |
Here is the second process shot of my new project, Love Songs. My plan, to collage a contrasting narrative behind the cut out figures, while also incorporating some of the imagery of the 'background' page. Next, the final first image.
This is the beginning of a new series for me, which i will call Love Songs, which is the translation of the German, Die Minnesinger, title of the book that i am altering. It is small, 7.25. x 4.5" beautifully illustrated, hand stitched and hardbound. I think that i want to explore the relationship between German popular media of the middle ages (12th to 14th century) and contemporary media. Well, at least that is where i started with Andy Warhol and print advertising from the late 50's.
The plan is to alternate which side, recto or verso, to cut away, and which to use as background. This of course means that i will be sacrificing some really cool pages, but, hey, that's life and art.
Make sure, please, that you keep up with what Mungo is up to at The Floating Empire. He is documenting what we are doing with the EV Tesla's Revenge.
More later, time for more Floating Empire deconstruction.
Morgainne
aka gail
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