One Thing Leads to Another...

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Looking at my recent Instagram posts, I realized that I only shared two photos in July... That is really disappointing since I was actually working on a lot! Fortunately, I have the photos to prove it. Following is a synopsis of my creative endeavors of July and a great example of how I work. I would characterize my process as one thing leads to another, and then I get DISTRACTED! 

 First thing this month, I had fun making the Independence Day piece that you can see on Instagram. I had the patriotic paper in my stash, so I just played around with it until a star was born! 

I started a piece early in the month that was inspired by a photo of a flower. I had never tried to recreate a flower before, and I was excited to give it a try... but I got stuck before I even started putting it together. Here is the flower photo, the color scheme, and some elements of the piece in progress: 



While trying to move forward on the flower piece, I was confronted with a new idea -- something that wasn't working for the flower inspired a new piece! I made all these white modules and played around with them. 



Those experiments eventually led to my latest Instagram post using gold paper on a momi paper background: 


At the same time that I had these pieces going, I was making many modules for something else. This is time consuming, but easy. The difficult part is settling on the arrangement of the modules, but I am getting close to making a decision. As you can see, sometimes I use computer software to help me visualize the possibilities: 




I also played around with little pieces of paper that were headed for the garbage just for fun. Here is what happened to them: 





These experiments led to this piece made with a few sheets of computer paper: 

As if I didn't already have enough to do, I had the urge to try my hand at paper earrings, too! Here is how my progress went on that: 

Then, I got distracted and made these for fun: 




 Whew! Not everything becomes a completed piece, so it is easy for me to forget how much I actually did accomplish! I'm glad I wrote this blog to remind me! 

 Since this blog post included photos of a lot of works-in-progress, I would love to know what you would most like to see me pursue to completion. Just leave me your suggestions in the comments section, or email me directly at PaperMeditations@gmail.com. 

 I look forward to hearing from you all! 

 Christine

Comments

Robin Spielberg said…
I really enjoy seeing your process. I would love to see you experiment more with creating flowers!
August 4, 2019 at 11:33 AM
Michael Kirk said…
I’ve never heard of paper earrings! They look really creative and I love how it is a functional piece of art.
August 6, 2019 at 9:41 AM
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