Dots, dots, dots

 

Maybe you know I am a huge fan of dots...

 

I have used this basic design element abundantly in my art and still feel its attraction today

 

(If you search the label Design Elements in the category cloud in the side bar, you can see former posts about this subject)

 

It appears I am in very good company with regard to this:

 

Brenda Holzke is an artist working mainly with clay and showing the same love for

 shape, rhythm and even colors

in a limited color scheme

 

 Another artist that I have been admiring for a long time is

Shane Drinkwater

This image of a very simple work of art took my breath away the first time I saw it

In fact it was this work that triggered me to find out why I love dots so much...

 

and even now I still don't have the one and only answer, 

for it can be found in many fields of life, with as many possible meanings

 

Drinkwater is an Australian and his work seems to be influenced by the Aboriginals

 

 

And finally the works of Karine Leger

 

 

this is a painting that you can hear people think:

a child can do this...

However, after having painted for some years now, I know how deceptively difficult it is to create like this!

 

 

the same for this

 

 

ceramic plate, also made by Karine Leger

dots, rhythm and a little bit of color

 

I Love it!



Dots, ceramics

 

Hello!

 

Today is a day full of possibilities for me:

no appointments, no musts or whatsoever

 

the only thing I have to do is finding inspiration for my new painting

which will have to be: WATER (in the broadest sense)

 

So despite limiting myself ref. surfing time on the www, I had to go there and (like often) came across some eyecandy, oh boy..!

 

 

As you may know I love many things, materials, colors though of course I have my favorites... During my creative life there have been many questions from friends to participate in all kind of workshops (with different materials). Mostly I refused. Not because I did not want to try, on the contrary, it was more the fear that I could get hooked and would develop yet another passion...

 

Nowadays we have the luxury of being able to enjoy a myriad of art and/or decoration without going to a museum or participating in workshops. That luxury (I really feel it as such) brought the images in this post.

The above pottery is of Christina Guwang, a French ceramics artist, she makes the most fantastic 'bols'. I just love the simplicity, the neutral color scheme and of course the dots!

 

 

this ceramic piece is of Alan Wallwork, a British potter

The rhythm of the dotted pattern makes my heart sing...I just get happy of looking at it. I have tried to analyse this phenomenon but until today did not succeed to explain why, what it is that exactly makes it a feast to look at. Must be something psychological, I don't even know whether I want to know, haha

 

Last but not least this picture

 

 

my favorites are:

nr 3 top row, 1 and 2 middle, and 3 bottom

This is students work of the MIT in Cambridge, USA

 

These patterns could be sewn on my Pfaff machine one day!

 

 

So far my eyecandy for today. Gonna use my possibilities, see you!

 

Regina

 

 



Results

 

 

 

 

...I promised to show the finished results in this post 

 

Not useful at all, but I like the looks of this new

 

decoration item

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Regina

A different medium

Many years I have succeeded in refusing to work with different materials than fabric and paper...

 

It is not that I did not want to try, but knowing myself and my enthusiasm, I expected it to disturb my focus. I thought I had to make choices and thus it was fabric (quilts, sewing, art quilts) and paper (collage)

 

But about a year ago I let this selfimposed regimen go!

 

And started painting, more on that in future posts...

 

I have to say that it is nice to feel free to experiment with different media, so when I recently saw the decoration chain on this blog, I decided to give it a try.

 

 

 

there was a package of air drying clay left from our Caribbean period

(you see I was tempted already back then!),

and fortunately this material is also available in Spain

 

 so I made over twenty big beads, let these dry during two days and then painted them twice

 



 

the clay was white and I wanted it to become more or less concrete coloured. Then I remembered I had seen these little sample tins in one of the paint stores...

 

Most of their stock were empty tins (it looked so organized and impressive to me!), but there was one colour Down Pipe present in this size

so I now have completed this huge decoration chain and will certainly find a place for it, will show pictures then, ok?

 

 

and last but not least: this is how the recycled dress from this post turned into a scarf. I wore it with a sense of elegance (the drape is gorgeous!) yesterday on our 43rd anniversary diner in a lovely 'chirinquito' near the sea.

 

That's it for today, thanks for reading and enjoy your Wednesday!

 

Regina