Pat Findlay's Studio Time

 Today was busy with laundry, but this also meant that I could work in the studio while monitoring the laundry's progress.  I recently made the decision to continue a year long studio purge, but not in the sense of cleaning out and throwing away.  So what do I really want to do?  I discovered three potential projects for which I have purchased supplies, but which have then been carefully tucked away for consideration when time permits.  Two of these projects have been around for years.  Well, the three projects are now at the top of my "to do" list, and two of the three are "in progress".  Today, I was a little "under the weather", so worked slowly and steadily on the quilt top for one of the four baby quilts I'm making to give to each of my almost adult grandchildren for their first born child. While I certainly have enough fabric, purchased several years ago, I'm not so sure that I'll have enough to complete the fourth and last quilt. Any...

  This new blog appeared at a point in my life when I was re-considering my artistic path--so far. I am at the age of life when everything is being examined.  I no longer want to struggle to produce saleable art.  I want to play at whatever sparks my interest on any given day.  There is really no way to predict how this will go, but I know that sometimes I'll just fondle fabric and sometimes I'll turn the studio into a wet printing studio.  I've done it before and I'll do it again.  I even bought a large Gelli pad to play with.  So, what will be will be, and you'll see it all here.

  Recently I lost my previous blog after many years of posting not only the studio doings but also my feelings and frustrations associated with having a creative space and expecting myself to produce art.  As I age, (and I'm aging fast,) I find having to produce can become a burden. I would much prefer to just play and see what happens.  This will be my plan moving forward. For today, I have gained a new place to record my   p laying, musing and navel gazing.  Maybe even to record creating something.  Who knows?