Fussing about

10/11/2014

It is an uncomfortable time in the studio. I don't know if the concept is complete. I don't know if it works. I climbed and re-climbed the ladder, moved hooks around, threw netting around...I just don't know. I will let it rest for a few days and see what I think with fresh eyes. For one thing, the netting is so stiff...maybe I should try chiffon, instead. I might prefer that droopiness. Or maybe no netting, or smooth netting. I don't remember what the floor is at the gallery. Hmm. I'll have to ask.

While I let this all percolate and ferment in my brain, maybe I'll play dress-up...wearing the Wearing My Age outfit for the age 50 and up woman and playing with make-up and shoes.

Maybe I can make a smooth net rug...staple it down... Bind the edges...umm....? I really like how the platform disks look on my floor. So, I guess I need to really find out what the floor is in the gallery.

I think I like this better than the nest of netting.

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WEARING MY AGE

I have received a grant from the Jerome Foundation to work on a project that I have called "Wearing My Age."

The premises that I am working with are that our clothes communicate and they communicate somewhat differently depending on age and gender. You might think of it as "fashion as self-publishing."

The key area I am curious about surrounds the uniforms that women wear in the work place. Indeed, I will be making a uniform body of work, comprised of near identical 3 piece work outfits comprised of: a jacket, a dress, a petticoat.

Each piece represents of body of language/meaning which I will make manifest with digitized machine embroidery typography and design.

The Jacket represents the public self: what you are trying to say, how you wish to be identified, how you want to feel in the market place.

The Dress represents a more personal statement: this is closer to the real me, Within the constraints of the market place I can be creative here, This is the part of me I am generally willing to reveal

The Petticoat represents the secret self: Here lies the true language of self, these are the secrets I do not share, This is what I really think about myself, This is how I feel deep down.

Fussing about

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