tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43382098309357950172024-03-13T04:15:45.522-07:00Kristen Gilje StudioProgress of a Visual ArtistKristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-71992205982392370542012-03-14T16:00:00.000-07:002012-03-14T16:00:06.742-07:00Blog is moving!Hi Everyone.<br />
I'm in the process of moving my blog to a Wordpress site at <a href="http://www.kristengilje.com/">http://www.kristengilje.com/</a><br />
so please visit me there as well. For now this present blog contains everything from 2009 through 2011, and 2012 starts in the new site.<br />
Come and see my first post about the collaborative Grunewald Guild entryway door project. Here's a teaser:<br />
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Thanks, and see you there!<br />
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<a href="http://www.kristengilje.com/">http://www.kristengilje.com/</a>Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-86681598482044077062011-07-21T21:56:00.000-07:002011-07-21T21:56:51.890-07:00Dancing Mary<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This winter and spring I've been working with First Congregational Church UCC of Bellingham WA, preparing them to make their own silk banners. We started out with 5 silk workshops and over 35 participants, to learn technique. Everyone showed up at church with colorful silk scarves this spring.<br />
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Now that people had some skills under their belts a smaller group, 8 of us, met to work up a design for two large Green Season banners. This truly IS art-in-community, a great example of art from the "bottom up." The idea is for the art to arise from the community itself, in this case from deliberation on a set theme. Coming to a common vision is very often the hardest part of the whole process. But the rewards are great: a deeper understanding of the theme as a group, and a communication of that understanding to the wider community. <br />
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We met three times before our painting workshop. The main theme was "Growth", and the texts we explored were several:<br />
Psalm 148 "Song of Creation," Isaiah 55: 8-15 " My word will not return empty", and Mark 4:3-9, "Sower of seeds." We also talked about the grace of water, and its importance in many religions. <br />
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As part of our explorations I asked people to draw images that came to mind and bring them to our third meeting. Often this starts us off with yet more dialog, but there was someone who had been listening very carefully to the conversations, and had captured everything we had talked about in her two sketches. Here they are: <br />
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The group decided to go with Emily's sketches (with a few slight revisions of course), as the design for two 9-foot by 55-inch silk paintings for their sanctuary. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My job was to take the sketches home and blow them up big, revising them slightly for the silk, and then apply the general outlines of the design to the silk. After the silk was prepared we met in the church basement to apply the dye. Amazingly, it took only two 6-hour days to complete the two large banners. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Following are pictures of the second banner: Day. <br />
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I am very proud of this project, as I feel a true objective has been met here: That of leading a group of people to create something of their own for their worship space. And they will experience the true power of sharing art in community: Their vision will support and help shape the community's summer theme and life together.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-15419500205928556372011-05-02T12:54:00.000-07:002011-05-02T12:56:00.434-07:00Philadelphia Seasonal Banners Finished!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I've just finished and mailed 3 pairs of seasonal banners for Shaeffer-Ashmead Chapel, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. They are silk dye on crepe-backed silk charmeuse, 16 feet long and 45 inches wide.<br />
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Now I'm waiting to see how they fit into the chapel space. Hopefully I'll have gotten the architectural proportions just right, and they will be neither too big or too small. Just have to wait and see...<br />
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If you'd like to see a picture of the Shaeffer-Ashmead Chapel and more on the process of making these, go to <br />
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http://chapelbanners.blogspot.com/Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-87731074407024647492011-04-20T16:10:00.000-07:002011-04-20T16:10:54.698-07:00Winner St. Dunstan's Stained Glass Design!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I got word last weekend that St. Dunstan's has chosen my design for their stained glass window! So two days later I met Joe Hester, who is heading up the stained glass project, at Fremont Antique Glass Co. in Seattle, where they make beautiful colored glass and send it all over the world. Above you can see my design next to glass samples we are looking at. <br />
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On the right you can see Joe looking for amber glass, and Jim the glass blower in the background near his big kiln. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, here I am, one of 3 finalists for a stained glass window design. The contest is for a window in St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Shoreline WA, just north of Seattle. The congregation is making the winning window themselves, under the direction of Joe Hester...The above photo is my final entry, after the critique that the congregation of St. Dunstan's would need more detail so more people could be involved in its making. The entry I originally submitted was a very simple design. See below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Understanding nature as a source of inspiration is important to me. A bush drawn from my own imagination usually lacks the inexplicable beauty and grace of living leaves all searching efficiently and together for their sustenance from the sun. One looks like a cartoon, the other like a dance choreographed by gods. In this series I search for the construction of the beauty of a butterfly wing. What is beauty? What is harmony and grace? Why is nature such an incredible source that artists return to again and again? Why is human imagination not quite enough? In the series "Metamorphosis" I am looking for the construction and the underpinnings of beauty and grace. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"West Coast Lady Becoming" II 28x22 Kristen Gilje</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Painted Lady II"28x22 Kristen Gilje</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted Lady I" 28x22 Kristen Gilje</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Tiger Swallowtail and Friends" 28x22 Kristen Gilje</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Life Cycle I" 28x22 Kristen Gilje</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Life Cycle II" 28x22 Kristen Gilje</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Anise Swallowtail" 28x22 Kristen Gilje</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Anise Swallowtail Journey" 80x22 Kristen Gilje</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Just completed a new silk painting 7 feet by 55 inches for a Canadian couple in Vancouver. It's for their entryway. I took a design I made maybe 10 years ago and revamped it...It turned into a project I really enjoyed.Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-37966107926869013912010-11-29T13:48:00.000-08:002010-11-29T13:59:13.623-08:00Plymouth Group: Painting by Consensus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo03eP77Eo9ruz17y-U1cV7Xaibhvf4r6KaMI6ZSb-NoAB34aDZJxnHbrADqp1uZC8iUdXz_1Y3pda9q0P84O1qj8mzuKKpJLUC-Foqi6GmXI1LGOVb-E0xMIv8rTMRqldlWUBfskGHvE/s1600/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25285+of+9%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo03eP77Eo9ruz17y-U1cV7Xaibhvf4r6KaMI6ZSb-NoAB34aDZJxnHbrADqp1uZC8iUdXz_1Y3pda9q0P84O1qj8mzuKKpJLUC-Foqi6GmXI1LGOVb-E0xMIv8rTMRqldlWUBfskGHvE/s400/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25285+of+9%2529.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ever think about painting by consensus? It worked pretty well this fall at Plymouth Church in Seattle. 14 of us painted 16 banners all in one day. Yes, there was a lot of planning beforehand, and that helped it go very smoothly. Now Plymouth has Advent banners adorning their worship space that they have helped design, and have painted themselves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CRjz5T3kC1z9FNkY3vASKftnduuvLGrR0TFpaYYm4f0H1SQyCbgSxhhf4W0bEva0nGl0J9asoNdqxyORiLgvVb5gM1cqsS5-E82qCU_OVJrAgUgsNpRbm6U1GeqGZaYgfnmx4RzNNIw/s1600/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25284+of+11%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CRjz5T3kC1z9FNkY3vASKftnduuvLGrR0TFpaYYm4f0H1SQyCbgSxhhf4W0bEva0nGl0J9asoNdqxyORiLgvVb5gM1cqsS5-E82qCU_OVJrAgUgsNpRbm6U1GeqGZaYgfnmx4RzNNIw/s320/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25284+of+11%2529.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjxxr6cSI34DKTt3mlg_210994AABUIwUF2Fg4mwCSEkJqWIO38xoHrzGZ8vw6a_4fsG4pwm_W-KdE8sZJky6b_Hb1xvF2F4DTUz1cB4iDgv2c10CVlHJ6eN9JbjK5N3ExzwoqwsFZTU/s1600/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25283+of+9%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjxxr6cSI34DKTt3mlg_210994AABUIwUF2Fg4mwCSEkJqWIO38xoHrzGZ8vw6a_4fsG4pwm_W-KdE8sZJky6b_Hb1xvF2F4DTUz1cB4iDgv2c10CVlHJ6eN9JbjK5N3ExzwoqwsFZTU/s320/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25283+of+9%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkU1C6x1OdUH7IRK7PYuu0-jLEWYA6UKUW5bKYKf8TIpzIQFkAnKYglekHleEiLE-gnFFFfWJ-dxtkps3hBlWGn_iw-abm0k0b0oAOEFZjmff-w-6QddRaKrBRvK6tX1ZwlI6EgWUQppQ/s1600/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25282+of+9%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkU1C6x1OdUH7IRK7PYuu0-jLEWYA6UKUW5bKYKf8TIpzIQFkAnKYglekHleEiLE-gnFFFfWJ-dxtkps3hBlWGn_iw-abm0k0b0oAOEFZjmff-w-6QddRaKrBRvK6tX1ZwlI6EgWUQppQ/s320/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25282+of+9%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zkUAwR7iCvwlIrtxc2ywi7gQ5c54af4-mZuQu56nGXBWrqCxBObO-C-ea6Su8zUqMss-oUy78_XEA0eRKnTxdG7YgUWwYgLKF-xtvmRuIPyLLNC-oSY-JuDpWkGRXIQI-aVy2rGaH1Y/s1600/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25281+of+9%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zkUAwR7iCvwlIrtxc2ywi7gQ5c54af4-mZuQu56nGXBWrqCxBObO-C-ea6Su8zUqMss-oUy78_XEA0eRKnTxdG7YgUWwYgLKF-xtvmRuIPyLLNC-oSY-JuDpWkGRXIQI-aVy2rGaH1Y/s320/Group+Advent+Plymouth+%25281+of+9%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I gave general color suggestions, and expected that great variations would happen as individuals put themselves into it. People need a frame of reference, but then it's important to back away and let them take off in their own directions. Following are some results:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This fall was time for Plymouth Congregational UCC Church in Seattle to get all their art-types active in a project for Advent. We made 16 banners, 7.5 feet by 22", together, with their involvement from the conception to the hanging. This post describes the project development. In the next you'll read about the actual workshop. <br />
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The first step was to do some heavy duty text study for this Advent season. I selected 4 of the 12 texts that will be used, and facilitated conversation about each one. After taking notes on our conversation I went home and did some drawing. What you see following are peoples' comments on the texts, and final preparatory sketches. When we all agreed on the designs I put only the lines of each design on the silk. I made four copies of each design so we would have 16 total banners. <br />
We sellected a date to get all the painters together in Seattle, and spend one full day painting. It was a lot of fun, and we got them all done with some time left to clean up really well.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Swords into Plowshares</span></i></div><span style="font-size: large;">Isaiah 2:1-5</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Week 1 </span><br />
Our discussion group the first Sunday we met gravitated more than I expected towards this text. We spent a long time talking about it. We visualized a path up the mountain, leaving the swords in a pile at the bottom, and returning to the plows at the top. We talked about letting go of swords, which is risky. We talked about going to the people who use the pruning hooks to be taught by them, about war machines and shepherds. It became apparent that no one knew what a plowshare was or what it looked like. <br />
By the second week I had found pictures and definition of "plowshare." It is the steel blade that cuts the earth on a plow.<br />
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My vision is the sword twirling and falling in space, changing form until it becomes a plowshare. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Week 2 </span></span></div> For the second week in Advent we have been looking at the proclamation of John the Baptist, especially verse 10, "Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." John's proclamation seems at odds with the chosen theme, "Visions of Peace", but we had been talking about Martin Luther King saying "no peace until there's justice", and from our own people, "how burnt do we have to get, to change?"<br />
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</tbody></table> Feedback: Sally saw the tree as a a path, a path of our lives, and how parts of our own lives need pruning. Someone suggested using pruning shears instead of an axe, as people are more familiar with pruning than with using an ax.This is a less brutal way of saying a similar thing, though I think John the B. would say it is a bit watered down.<br />
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</tbody></table>Comments on text and image from Sunday:<br />
Extra-ordinary preciousness of moments (like when angels appear!), preparation for Baby, and how necessary Joseph's participation is, Joseph named Jesus in the text, pregnant with ideas, do we follow? Right direction? Reminder of lineage: "Joseph, son of David"<br />
Great cloud of witnesses, Jesus: the Now of all the past lineage, Magnifying.<br />
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Feedback: Joseph more prominent. What is angel's touch like? Simplicity, earthiness of Joseph is desirable.<br />
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Here it is! The most detailed part, the wings, will be done in gold lines before everyone paints on it....All that's required is a light blue wash (easy). The faces will take a bit of direction but I think we can do it together. I used the same colors as we're using in the Dancing Marys.<br />
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</div>This year three classes were structured around a theme "Welcoming the Year," exploring the church calendar. Gilly Sakakini from England concentrated on Holy Week, Laurie Clarke from western Washington taught myriad aspects, historical and cultural, of The Tree of Life for the long green season, and I taught/facilitated "Advent and the Creative Void." Author and ordained Methodist minister Jan Richardson was our keynote speaker and the glue holding all the classes together.<br />
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We explored silk painting as an incarnational activity, birthing intangible ideas from our imagination into the physical realm in order to communicate them to ourselves and to others. <br />
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We were thirteen students and one teacher/facilitator. Sometimes it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, and once in a while someone would break into song. Joyful duets and full choruses accompanied our painting. <br />
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On the last day we celebrated! Our pieces were finished, real, and done, after waiting for inspiration, struggling with the materials, a bit of muse-whisperings and a lot of hard work. Merry Christmas! <br />
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Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-54966756750314263802010-06-18T12:18:00.000-07:002010-06-18T12:31:22.659-07:00Two Summer Silk Classes<i><b><br />
Diablo Creative Arts Retreat</b><br />
North Cascades Institute<br />
July 8-11,2010</i><br />
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Take advantage of this state-of-the-art green campus in the national park, right on Diablo Lake, with comfortable accommodations and terrific food. The view of lake and mountains over morning coffee or the first stars at night on a walk to Diablo Dam will awaken the creativity in you. I will be one of three instructors at "Diablo Creative Arts Retreat." Come express yourself in color on silk!<br />
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Grunewald Guild<br />
Leavenworth, WA</i><br />
<i>July 26-Aug. 1, 2010 </i><br />
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My second workshop will be part of "Liturgical Arts Week" at Grunewald Guild, near Leavenworth, WA. July 26-Aug.1. Do you make art for churches? This will be a time to exchange information and ideas, as well as to design visual themes for a chosen season. My focus will be on the Advent season, and from my sessions you will leave with finished silk pieces and a notebook full of ideas for Advent, as well as new support from others doing the same thing.<br />
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Author Jan Richardson will be our keynote speaker, <a href="http://www.janrichardson.com/">http://www.janrichardson.com</a><br />
Gilli Sakakini from England "The Holy Week" Lent and Easter<br />
Laurie Clark: The Tree Of Life" for the long green season<br />
Kristen Gilje: "Advent and the Creative Void" Advent moving to Christmas<br />
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Come join me this summer to make colorful silk pieces together!Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-69189592793693056082010-04-29T00:43:00.000-07:002010-04-29T01:05:58.175-07:00Art for Change, Through the ChurchI think that cultural change often happens first through ritual. And that art can address what is yet unspoken, before we have words for what is. Ritual and art can work on an intuitional, preverbal level, and together they can birth a new idea onto a more conscious plane, even into a physical reality. Art in the church can birth new ways of living. <br />
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In the next two weeks I'll be speaking in 3 different cities about the power of art to change the world. The locations are all in churches and one seminary.<br />
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The first workshop is April 31-May 1 at <a href="http://www.fumcot.com/">1st United Methodist</a>, Tacoma WA, with keynote speaker Jenny Phillips. Jenny is the founder of <a href="http://www.creationchange.org/Creation_Change/About.html">Creation Change</a>, and has been trained by Al Gore to teach from <br />
<a href="http://www.climatecrisis.net/an-inconvenient-truth.php">An Inconvenient Truth</a> to faith-based organizations.<br />
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<ul><li>Ron Skylstad, eco-theological speaker "Connecting Micro & Macro in our Living Spaces as Points of Meditation"</li>
<li> enamel artist Jean Tudor,"Endangered Species Project: The Bestiary"</li>
<li>Artist Laurie Clark "Caught Green-Handed: Using Discarded Items for the Creation of Art for the Church" </li>
<li>and myself, "Art, Community and the Word: Living Art in our Sacred Spaces" </li>
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</style><b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> . </span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b> Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-24410866847630931732010-04-22T18:19:00.000-07:002010-04-22T23:31:18.340-07:00Making some Connections: Credit where Credit is DueYou may have noticed that the look of my blog has changed. I am taking an online blogging class this month called<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.artbizcoach.com/classes/blogtriage.html">Blog Triage: Maintaining a Healthy Artist's Blog</a> so you will notice lots more changes, hopefully positive ones. Let me know what you think.<br /><br />Guess what today's class is on? LINKING! I will gladly link you up with teachers Alyson and Cynthia.<br /><br />Alyson Stanfield's <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.artbizblog.com/">ArtBizBlog</a> is a mainstay of my art business life. Every Monday like clockwork her posts appear, with something relevant and useful each time. Her partner in crime is Cynthia Morris, who has two intriguing blogs,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.artbizblog.com/%3EArtBizBlog%20For%20the%20Business%20of%20Being%20an%20Artist%3C/a%3E%20is%20a%20mainstay%20of%20my%20art%20business%20life.%20Her%20weekly%20posts%20show%20up%20like%20clockwork%20every%20Monday%20morning,%20and%20are%20always%20relevant%20and%20useful.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EAlyson%27s%20partner%20in%20this%20class%20is%20Cynthia%20Morris%3Cspan%20style="> </a><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://journeyjuju.com/">Journey JuJu: Adventures of a Creative Nomad</a>, and <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.vivelaslink.typepad.com/">Original Impulse</a>. Cynthia is a writing coach and a life coach. The two teachers make a good combo.<br /><br />I found ArtBizBlog through <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.fineprintimaging.com/">Fine Print Imaging</a>, who specialize in making fine art prints. I started with Fine Print Imaging while selling prints at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.holdenvillage.org/">Holden Village</a> where I was Artist in Residence. Their quality is impeccable. I would hold one of my original watercolors up to a new Giclee print and it was hard even for me to tell the difference. Making prints from originals was a way of keeping art at Holden, a not-for-profit organization, affordable for everyone. The prints are also good advertising for Holden.<br /><br />Fine Print sends out an e-newsletter full of wonderful stuff. Besides ArtBizBlog I found <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.workingartist.com/">Working Artist: The Artist's Business Tool</a> through Fine Print. I use Working Artist software for storing all the data about my artwork, show history, addresses and mailings.<br /><br />OK I learned a lot about how to make links just now. And I hope you found one or two good connections!Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-79607801103628958342010-04-15T10:21:00.000-07:002010-04-15T10:29:39.124-07:00What Shall We Talk About?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnKp1g1STU1V-LcE8gvOOMcLe7hkvBrMFMoO0fglrYN2AsYrcsgnDBb-Me0iFfS_HosXPyQBaNEXc-v_Nj6TWCE_1Z4jlHCrWsNM5R0YPLR2Kcmqb6SZX3eH7mkcFJHawMQK2IJLbJ4g/s1600/NCI+Thanksgiving+Woods+(54+of+71).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnKp1g1STU1V-LcE8gvOOMcLe7hkvBrMFMoO0fglrYN2AsYrcsgnDBb-Me0iFfS_HosXPyQBaNEXc-v_Nj6TWCE_1Z4jlHCrWsNM5R0YPLR2Kcmqb6SZX3eH7mkcFJHawMQK2IJLbJ4g/s400/NCI+Thanksgiving+Woods+(54+of+71).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460416300762098898" /></a><br /><br />I am thinking about you people who signed up to follow this blog, and wondering what I can do for you! What would you like to hear about? What would you like to see? What can we do together as a community for each other? I've come up with a list of ideas, and had a hard time stopping at 30. What ideas do you have? Leave me a comment. <br /><br />1. How did I choose my current medium?<br />2. What other mediums do I use and how they relate<br />3. Pros and cons of having many interests<br />4. Power of art to transform a culture<br />5. Interview with Michele on Mexican Indian protest art<br />6. Picasso’s Guernica<br />7. Diego Rivera<br />8. Environmentalism and art<br />9. Series on The life of a work of art<br /> A. Artist asks questions of the art during creation<br /> B. Audience asks questions of the work of art<br /> C. Death of the work of art<br />10. What is the Sacred in a work of art? <br />11. Why work with churches? <br />12. Why work with galleries<br />13. Why show in local cafes?<br />14. Why make landscapes?<br />15. Why make portraits?<br />16. Why experiment with new subjects and media?<br />17. What is style? <br />18. Why limit yourself to one style? <br />19. Why liberate yourself from one style?<br />20. What is my studio like?<br />21. What is it like to move to a new studio? <br />22. What is your ideal studio?<br />23. What is your studio like?<br />24. Series on how silk painting is done. <br /> A. Tools and supplies<br /> B. Transfering watercolor techniques to silk<br /> C. Steaming<br /> D. Displaying<br />25. Series on Watercolor painting<br />26. Series on Oils<br />27. Series on Acrylics<br />28. Class descriptions and announcements<br />29. Show announcements<br />30. Speaking engagement anouncementsKristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-19492167914772393252010-04-08T14:46:00.000-07:002010-04-08T15:17:42.127-07:00Plymouth Design: In Its New Home!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XZdhesmwPAoOfK1yQBngQ9byeVdFGaPAx34ROPv-4dpzEc_F-3gLcJV9CvOC_zX5P7x5rMfuOyT2vFq-RcDcHOiYL4Yn7ZhJAp4dEU2ctYnvk9OmoRVLy4V3HW2E9QOqyBPDN_bxWhM/s1600/Plymouth+Banners+Finished+%281+of+1%29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XZdhesmwPAoOfK1yQBngQ9byeVdFGaPAx34ROPv-4dpzEc_F-3gLcJV9CvOC_zX5P7x5rMfuOyT2vFq-RcDcHOiYL4Yn7ZhJAp4dEU2ctYnvk9OmoRVLy4V3HW2E9QOqyBPDN_bxWhM/s400/Plymouth+Banners+Finished+%281+of+1%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457888486331536674" border="0" /></a>Got the banners all finished and ready to deliver a few days before my Easter deadline. Plymouth Congregational Church UCC is right downtown in Seattle,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzvPiBbBuU9Nm9X3Iw61tm1NbwdmwmlRcTsONgEe7QPFxSnEc99DTce6QZLOd8cXaqx3FCxYO6fQmm4PFHVADhgRn5AvrbtzMTHefAkkSSlVpOUrV0SuosKWo4AzlaZwOsxsxHmZ7XoQ/s1600/At+Plymouth+Church+%2825+of+44%29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzvPiBbBuU9Nm9X3Iw61tm1NbwdmwmlRcTsONgEe7QPFxSnEc99DTce6QZLOd8cXaqx3FCxYO6fQmm4PFHVADhgRn5AvrbtzMTHefAkkSSlVpOUrV0SuosKWo4AzlaZwOsxsxHmZ7XoQ/s400/At+Plymouth+Church+%2825+of+44%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457888407177438274" border="0" /></a> and the building itself is a cathedral-sized affair. I think the ceiling is about 50 feet high. That's why the silk paintings had to be so big. In fact, I took my proportional cues from the panels in between the glass windows, which are 30 feet by 6 feet.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg8cN2b3A9sjCbhOlggru-X8CvlH73TkxdgCWd4uo-KmsVFIQq7Q0JCeUq0vGmd8OTZmj077YD2xtFm-RY1bwoVwAoPFT3bNf7PQ8do8Z5jO1i_W6yff-7dIcfdFbWA1rT1LvIxoRUJ8/s1600/At+Plymouth+Church+%2814+of+44%29.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg8cN2b3A9sjCbhOlggru-X8CvlH73TkxdgCWd4uo-KmsVFIQq7Q0JCeUq0vGmd8OTZmj077YD2xtFm-RY1bwoVwAoPFT3bNf7PQ8do8Z5jO1i_W6yff-7dIcfdFbWA1rT1LvIxoRUJ8/s320/At+Plymouth+Church+%2814+of+44%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457888164342617314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBKrZBKgtwzLPJ7pdbr2I0f11kGpLMoZcYyXXMX7qzA3Tgr-MObF3ryqU7qwkgUz3ikBYWITI128Fi3QMIphJgm0fkoEidftzqoqWbdKaWyDtgSVNHJgPqMvxdGLjh3mYK3iQ95gsqrg/s1600/At+Plymouth+Church+%2819+of+44%29.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBKrZBKgtwzLPJ7pdbr2I0f11kGpLMoZcYyXXMX7qzA3Tgr-MObF3ryqU7qwkgUz3ikBYWITI128Fi3QMIphJgm0fkoEidftzqoqWbdKaWyDtgSVNHJgPqMvxdGLjh3mYK3iQ95gsqrg/s320/At+Plymouth+Church+%2819+of+44%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457888264164924898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I like the way the columns of windows frame the banners, just as they frame the solid panels. Apparently this church was originally designed for stained glass where all the panels are! What a jewel box this would be. The silk will give just a taste of what the stained glass could be. Maybe in the future?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4mH34cgMY3bNCt8-Ptt9HNkSUr2ohT6tpqDk-b79jQ_ZVquc1QxXZASdTvMuV238W4tMMYZKX666tj8arbBaYVjpMnNTXrn6RWfbv0eXLlw1Vvl7-qTGzl4ayAUknFuIAd2dDnr5U7I/s1600/At+Plymouth+Church+%288+of+44%29.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4mH34cgMY3bNCt8-Ptt9HNkSUr2ohT6tpqDk-b79jQ_ZVquc1QxXZASdTvMuV238W4tMMYZKX666tj8arbBaYVjpMnNTXrn6RWfbv0eXLlw1Vvl7-qTGzl4ayAUknFuIAd2dDnr5U7I/s320/At+Plymouth+Church+%288+of+44%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457887244165781922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is the inside of the church, and the banners hanging in front. Hopefully now the banners will do their work, reminding people of the sacred nature of our local creation, and the story of transformation and metamorphosis that the butterfly teaches us.<br /><br /><br />The butterflies that inspired these designs are all local to our Northwest area. Here are their names in the order from top to bottom of the banners:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Banner 1</span><br />Western Tiger Swallowtail<br />Viceroy<br />California Sister<br />Western Swallowtail (again)<br />West Coast Lady<br />Buckeye<br />Melissa's Blue<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Banner 2</span><br />California Sister<br />Painted Lady<br />Anise Swallowtail<br />American Lady<br />Lorquin's Admiral<br />Great Spangled FritillaryKristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-34332878012655435992010-04-07T17:00:00.000-07:002010-04-08T14:46:10.522-07:00Plymouth Design: Making Some Changes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiN3PLfL679m4PY1ADDLS_B_dZe9UBR-V_jB9CXALzcYgt-6seYDw25CYeDvQBx5n1Xp10EjZULcg0PXxeBEv3AIMifzI_u3gsTjCLnfjISBegIT23uODaXnEUI-hSHrzf1pb11nbpFnc/s1600/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%287+of+28%29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiN3PLfL679m4PY1ADDLS_B_dZe9UBR-V_jB9CXALzcYgt-6seYDw25CYeDvQBx5n1Xp10EjZULcg0PXxeBEv3AIMifzI_u3gsTjCLnfjISBegIT23uODaXnEUI-hSHrzf1pb11nbpFnc/s400/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%287+of+28%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457879996493344418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIs2Jobuipn9NsXgNaGD2TTWFuKPPgV-JKvKppkNwNVYfDK6lBkaL3dS3Z-uaOaPwXWcGxPz4XTV3hD5_uUXy6YZSTXfPwZ5uF7tF3tEL_hn48Jf2RuBUVsjLaY_W1Z4B0cZ20NQjVAE/s1600/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%287+of+28%29.jpg"><br /></a>When I was done painting the second 30-foot piece of silk I took both long banners to the Ferry Terminal to see how they looked together. Again, I could only see two-thirds of them at a time, so had to imagine them fully in view. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjs96iDWr4n9qGYyjiARxx7wW2DzQOnFaz8r_evkA125xHZB94JaLy1yaB8kQNXzPxqnCvinVn5vLAZYvELBtuMOhadLhZBj5UMWv7D3jyyzRtF73tjVE8W1ZpR8zqZkkEUrsNlsh3CZ8/s1600/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%2813+of+28%29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjs96iDWr4n9qGYyjiARxx7wW2DzQOnFaz8r_evkA125xHZB94JaLy1yaB8kQNXzPxqnCvinVn5vLAZYvELBtuMOhadLhZBj5UMWv7D3jyyzRtF73tjVE8W1ZpR8zqZkkEUrsNlsh3CZ8/s400/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%2813+of+28%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457879990554613442" border="0" /></a>After seeing the second banner from a distance I decided to follow my instincts and add some darker values in the background.<br /><br />I added some purples on top of the greens in the background behind the top two butterflies ("California Sister" and "Painted Lady")<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPlCxCh0JAFSwWZJ2XPUidaoOc9SPhBV20oI2PpUbQoAsKc2sjzu8q-Rx4pYGOqo_nYTS4enoukaW0wpKbSt0UMXAtT0PrW2hX2K3b2xfBlA1vJl_CTLxvNLe8ZixXKqcnWnYsmT4GRM/s1600/Second+Banner+%2873+of+73%29.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPlCxCh0JAFSwWZJ2XPUidaoOc9SPhBV20oI2PpUbQoAsKc2sjzu8q-Rx4pYGOqo_nYTS4enoukaW0wpKbSt0UMXAtT0PrW2hX2K3b2xfBlA1vJl_CTLxvNLe8ZixXKqcnWnYsmT4GRM/s320/Second+Banner+%2873+of+73%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457880713461696930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclrjyefjSZwf7v1jLroN3wZscllZ7LqXYd7dbTa3QQdugsKE4fucfs2Qx8xzy1BFY_fLALJBrrlM6qR1IQNJE_p0ZUSQtRKfgP5KIr29X5mHMn2jtOdL6ojByuHHhOFuMCzYWXpWwyHg/s1600/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%2827+of+28%29.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclrjyefjSZwf7v1jLroN3wZscllZ7LqXYd7dbTa3QQdugsKE4fucfs2Qx8xzy1BFY_fLALJBrrlM6qR1IQNJE_p0ZUSQtRKfgP5KIr29X5mHMn2jtOdL6ojByuHHhOFuMCzYWXpWwyHg/s320/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%2827+of+28%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457879532330873970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And at the bottom I put a dark red on top of the greens. I like the earthy background for the chrysalis. Looks like the ground from which it all arises.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR7Q2OSkWN4B7Fejy2svJ2VwZqhGwI7mka6jM8eNROcDelQBmeoasg2iDU1ktIxcS3i9i8CZwcd4YRdajHtMxg8zSz6TAJBuWy1S6gpOj3uyHtSiky1Bwwx6sGdX5fXCTCIYticAvS9o/s1600/Second+Banner+%2841+of+73%29.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR7Q2OSkWN4B7Fejy2svJ2VwZqhGwI7mka6jM8eNROcDelQBmeoasg2iDU1ktIxcS3i9i8CZwcd4YRdajHtMxg8zSz6TAJBuWy1S6gpOj3uyHtSiky1Bwwx6sGdX5fXCTCIYticAvS9o/s320/Second+Banner+%2841+of+73%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457879260323419314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gpgUYPvYABL3NrJ7jK_iJrLHdEoEFFzjnM_TbbU71owi8O40qUJwKuUo294hehqIJl0WPYXzkJ-zgYzUjQzb1hMbwJo0MFQy8uSHiFhh0RIUDidz-Fn5PR3JrP05wiWoXcQ_g6wsRZk/s1600/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%282+of+28%29.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gpgUYPvYABL3NrJ7jK_iJrLHdEoEFFzjnM_TbbU71owi8O40qUJwKuUo294hehqIJl0WPYXzkJ-zgYzUjQzb1hMbwJo0MFQy8uSHiFhh0RIUDidz-Fn5PR3JrP05wiWoXcQ_g6wsRZk/s320/Two+banners+At+Terminal+%282+of+28%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457879249728323554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I had wanted to make these changes before I had seen it all from a distance, but leaving it with the same colors as the first banner was the "safest" route. Once I got it back on the frame it felt great to follow my instincts instead. And I am much more pleased with the whole piece because of it.Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-47168670539561458852010-04-07T15:28:00.001-07:002010-04-07T15:54:40.723-07:00Plymouth Design: Second Banner in Progress<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fjnl2ZngCGdzsecqHwvhRA9JirK1y0eR18fHGtiRd1wS5XbSEXKLsUT6MELfsjDTiVR4gkGbmZcfq6Jro0rhLsUKkvDMrx0PG5njt5QNmLLcFsKugf41imJHqJf3tN3GgSesS9nsdhk/s1600/Second+Banner+%2871+of+73%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fjnl2ZngCGdzsecqHwvhRA9JirK1y0eR18fHGtiRd1wS5XbSEXKLsUT6MELfsjDTiVR4gkGbmZcfq6Jro0rhLsUKkvDMrx0PG5njt5QNmLLcFsKugf41imJHqJf3tN3GgSesS9nsdhk/s400/Second+Banner+%2871+of+73%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457532145964683522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now the second long piece of silk is being painted. This one goes a bit faster since I know how the first one went and which colors worked well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8YZezNNFmf0Aomg3trnYz0m8DSJc_b5VNsqZ5yXVMvI54DryCl2XJBnv7n9lA_0Z4AceTobZpm3mxHrtxB9q9E2RCQSxiINA5KQ0i9DlJgiiqzUfMbiSEFJRc7vC36KhGiaTXPiYiDg/s1600/Second+Banner+in+process+%281+of+14%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8YZezNNFmf0Aomg3trnYz0m8DSJc_b5VNsqZ5yXVMvI54DryCl2XJBnv7n9lA_0Z4AceTobZpm3mxHrtxB9q9E2RCQSxiINA5KQ0i9DlJgiiqzUfMbiSEFJRc7vC36KhGiaTXPiYiDg/s400/Second+Banner+in+process+%281+of+14%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457531902120639458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxc5NrVXmRZ9J8r_fHrQ5xl0wTYGQUKkVkGRtFdKRZP_yLGMu8UA_RhdspoiZSsLMB4ZfHN0LUJzrg8zIhmMdv6338oCn3CDp0gnUMJcucFn1OWsnz0VWt9EeG9tHIceWVe_APO86CFw/s1600/Second+Banner+%2862+of+73%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxc5NrVXmRZ9J8r_fHrQ5xl0wTYGQUKkVkGRtFdKRZP_yLGMu8UA_RhdspoiZSsLMB4ZfHN0LUJzrg8zIhmMdv6338oCn3CDp0gnUMJcucFn1OWsnz0VWt9EeG9tHIceWVe_APO86CFw/s400/Second+Banner+%2862+of+73%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457531897912787490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnhII3vLu1K2w3nzYA3JCTN_XUGHtIHyNM312eSB69fuJ44Z_d25BEaoQ95yJq0qbgttxNoTjU2gqtB0kpdegG3zd4Ni299LIw_s9p299asPSxWxB5bWwbj_xbBaETwDL31OLCK0AwJQ/s1600/Second+Banner+%2826+of+73%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnhII3vLu1K2w3nzYA3JCTN_XUGHtIHyNM312eSB69fuJ44Z_d25BEaoQ95yJq0qbgttxNoTjU2gqtB0kpdegG3zd4Ni299LIw_s9p299asPSxWxB5bWwbj_xbBaETwDL31OLCK0AwJQ/s400/Second+Banner+%2826+of+73%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457531888188770450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlPFAi80drzXM7mwMdFdNnL_xmZEKrr_gRgilUbqY9W87YWsNYqk6POQLulhag3ycZekK6bCIIPrF6-OJLpGybj-LwD7B_tJqgD5qDrNpo-OGSJuCpZdm2IQNgaUIayjWwn-VtfkUpjM/s1600/Second+Banner+in+process+%2812+of+14%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlPFAi80drzXM7mwMdFdNnL_xmZEKrr_gRgilUbqY9W87YWsNYqk6POQLulhag3ycZekK6bCIIPrF6-OJLpGybj-LwD7B_tJqgD5qDrNpo-OGSJuCpZdm2IQNgaUIayjWwn-VtfkUpjM/s400/Second+Banner+in+process+%2812+of+14%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457531886614392178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEoxM38zItJIEFXqMVkb8ZoMMXJ5dUSAVVS_ww2w2IhYsFtYPqGpAN-JSgLcCgLHroXz4BPq4bJBpXzPJRX2ylslSSyf3lkj8p5hIt3Ewx0R_l4r-pIvmSW-5pAAo-bXLfOjcKn9mED8/s1600/Second+Banner+%2841+of+73%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEoxM38zItJIEFXqMVkb8ZoMMXJ5dUSAVVS_ww2w2IhYsFtYPqGpAN-JSgLcCgLHroXz4BPq4bJBpXzPJRX2ylslSSyf3lkj8p5hIt3Ewx0R_l4r-pIvmSW-5pAAo-bXLfOjcKn9mED8/s400/Second+Banner+%2841+of+73%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457531877609885554" border="0" /></a>Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-42071868909876336282010-03-17T13:03:00.000-07:002010-03-17T13:23:53.138-07:00Plymouth Design: The Unfurling at Ferry Terminal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEkgrCB86hEFWISHrODq2-0wCHEpAYVM0zqYgXMnU4B0EYyBdQxbxMiG5R8R12ra9urqeXxXfoFqXai21K0-Hlo_dYLFA7oZ87fCvXWPpWKhNTuqsp7GTF8BJJpeNCRoAigciz47Ynlg/s1600-h/First+banner+at+Terminal+%2820+of+23%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEkgrCB86hEFWISHrODq2-0wCHEpAYVM0zqYgXMnU4B0EYyBdQxbxMiG5R8R12ra9urqeXxXfoFqXai21K0-Hlo_dYLFA7oZ87fCvXWPpWKhNTuqsp7GTF8BJJpeNCRoAigciz47Ynlg/s400/First+banner+at+Terminal+%2820+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449696633985929746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The first banner is done!!! I unfurled it, all thirty feet, and brought it a couple blocks away to the Bellingham Ferry Terminal, where the Alaska Ferry docks every Friday. It's the tallest spot I could think of. I hung the banner over the balcony and still could only see 2/3rds of it at a time. But it looks good. The colors seem to work well together and it has the unity I desire. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnsmpu8TWwY_azDcoDpbXtLIXWwdOirDCUqMTQQ1-miY-b7XfyFluIMr-bZJpJ4tUSwQSOl-cDZuKJJMPjsFZP6w2Hek9z_VWiexupE_JJk1yqPBf_Vt2z_qdS78MgH9TCW-nxdhNIK8/s1600-h/First+banner+at+Terminal+%2818+of+23%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnsmpu8TWwY_azDcoDpbXtLIXWwdOirDCUqMTQQ1-miY-b7XfyFluIMr-bZJpJ4tUSwQSOl-cDZuKJJMPjsFZP6w2Hek9z_VWiexupE_JJk1yqPBf_Vt2z_qdS78MgH9TCW-nxdhNIK8/s400/First+banner+at+Terminal+%2818+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449696618351403154" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_b5E8JyaDaXnGotzuroTXny-H0qUNwTV-1vIOYlL5s3opMHGRV0sQa3rbd00VJdNdIPD6IDWrpdNmoJ5z0lZ_8BS-BmhLO-vc6C1W6pdoMQM_VWvOgweRCoLSYYFlv6y9BKS1wgUKew/s1600-h/First+banner+at+Terminal+%2817+of+23%29.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_b5E8JyaDaXnGotzuroTXny-H0qUNwTV-1vIOYlL5s3opMHGRV0sQa3rbd00VJdNdIPD6IDWrpdNmoJ5z0lZ_8BS-BmhLO-vc6C1W6pdoMQM_VWvOgweRCoLSYYFlv6y9BKS1wgUKew/s400/First+banner+at+Terminal+%2817+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449696627286624322" border="0" /></a><br />It's interesting working on a piece when you can't see the whole thing at one time until it's done. Takes some faith, and maybe a bit of magic and mystery.Mostly faith I guess. The magic and mystery happen because of the faith.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht27ZcRx9dLHxqXM4mIuE966hRZ0PpCoeW6nzEw44etUwvxPxXP710Whk0CvocvIUq9EyI3RKUg4dBnXAy83rNnuVBD0OdA57SZ3imxgnNlHOuMdkmo3LUCZjrhuIWPqFvmhizZKQopGQ/s1600-h/First+banner+at+Terminal+%2813+of+23%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht27ZcRx9dLHxqXM4mIuE966hRZ0PpCoeW6nzEw44etUwvxPxXP710Whk0CvocvIUq9EyI3RKUg4dBnXAy83rNnuVBD0OdA57SZ3imxgnNlHOuMdkmo3LUCZjrhuIWPqFvmhizZKQopGQ/s400/First+banner+at+Terminal+%2813+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449696614076342706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPLFmSgFhI-BH7iFggp9Cay9lspEj3Bb7eWgewnYhI_a6Mt5nCsLmJSnhR9RnmZiNf4rvn4psj2iZnivYZrMJVf5Eg_N-TRJoeScKq4_OfpyFG9qvJj1P3lif0WeLNObYHqUC3_7_-RU/s1600-h/First+banner+at+Terminal+%285+of+23%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPLFmSgFhI-BH7iFggp9Cay9lspEj3Bb7eWgewnYhI_a6Mt5nCsLmJSnhR9RnmZiNf4rvn4psj2iZnivYZrMJVf5Eg_N-TRJoeScKq4_OfpyFG9qvJj1P3lif0WeLNObYHqUC3_7_-RU/s400/First+banner+at+Terminal+%285+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449696605263335138" border="0" /></a>Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-76612036904674635532010-03-11T09:26:00.000-08:002010-03-11T09:46:02.214-08:00Plymouth Design: First Panel Progress<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIw7YhwsMrU-hvyr2frGKPVtILi7ou2KZ0H341C6W5Wbo5GU8LzdB0m1nTFWK-_jaPWhRiT6QkGnJ16lOr5U1JFKeto8Jmxduv_Rg7noDhAlU-jGLo3a-UMKp2Rpu6xR5ncalYGBt9la0/s1600-h/First+bannerin+progress+%2818+of+23%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIw7YhwsMrU-hvyr2frGKPVtILi7ou2KZ0H341C6W5Wbo5GU8LzdB0m1nTFWK-_jaPWhRiT6QkGnJ16lOr5U1JFKeto8Jmxduv_Rg7noDhAlU-jGLo3a-UMKp2Rpu6xR5ncalYGBt9la0/s400/First+bannerin+progress+%2818+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447431563867585298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Things are going well. Takes some time to feel out where the piece wants to go, so the first couple days of painting felt exploratory. Now I know where it wants to go, and where I want it to go, so we can work out some compromises together, the piece and I.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy_hIijqxCsVQBuKzGnOHfo8GPh5eIxKjhkUez9PWZPZzbMpWvry7ygrGbH1XvQxOTCX6bmK9eD1Xh7DgKMUX50eitTVHH9muOiIwj5v_Ikzlrk_yNrw8iII0mprEuNeJogWxsFcVNnQ/s1600-h/First+bannerin+progress+%284+of+23%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy_hIijqxCsVQBuKzGnOHfo8GPh5eIxKjhkUez9PWZPZzbMpWvry7ygrGbH1XvQxOTCX6bmK9eD1Xh7DgKMUX50eitTVHH9muOiIwj5v_Ikzlrk_yNrw8iII0mprEuNeJogWxsFcVNnQ/s400/First+bannerin+progress+%284+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447431562644372786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm134RWGuMsf5FU2aWW3uyGJ1g-nXwci11EnB34CbBJiSeAVsetxiVc95VynUOHnwoA9eD6Mclchd-yPMf9nHBRbtc5zuXck8Wv_zKTtFgGfsR886-KUakSa-btYpLf_us-JTar2zTWOA/s1600-h/First+bannerin+progress+%2821+of+23%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm134RWGuMsf5FU2aWW3uyGJ1g-nXwci11EnB34CbBJiSeAVsetxiVc95VynUOHnwoA9eD6Mclchd-yPMf9nHBRbtc5zuXck8Wv_zKTtFgGfsR886-KUakSa-btYpLf_us-JTar2zTWOA/s400/First+bannerin+progress+%2821+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447431542604906914" border="0" /></a><br />Tomorrow I will have to post you some pictures of the caterpillar and crysalis at the beginning of the piece. That part's all rolled up right now, stored under the frame.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6wYbhI9lMH5gbp6zsVLNfqXaUOsp73TGyLZ8VSTWgtMf0FuFolTy5kPp91qMr1bZe7JED8n3aNUN7RMN9cSDsWo2fkOVd_VMTrYqdky-rKoTfKHZh-tyIMjbr278NJTYVzlFArHZWNo/s1600-h/First+bannerin+progress+%2823+of+23%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6wYbhI9lMH5gbp6zsVLNfqXaUOsp73TGyLZ8VSTWgtMf0FuFolTy5kPp91qMr1bZe7JED8n3aNUN7RMN9cSDsWo2fkOVd_VMTrYqdky-rKoTfKHZh-tyIMjbr278NJTYVzlFArHZWNo/s400/First+bannerin+progress+%2823+of+23%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447431539323827234" border="0" /></a>Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-77233449292174964102010-03-02T07:23:00.001-08:002010-03-02T07:36:16.394-08:00Plymoth Design: Loading the Silk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuQwaYDxfDE9lWwNNKtU64GvABphiPrB_tSXVSfolLDiqk1YDfPYBIKh8lGyaijdCuKkOEuh2IgaFAhsbh-4abivPtwlKfK31IPzohZb1shV8Za5hnW-3EZUcTSmGIQoC2jZqxHBLKzQ/s1600-h/silk+painting+process+%281+of+10%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuQwaYDxfDE9lWwNNKtU64GvABphiPrB_tSXVSfolLDiqk1YDfPYBIKh8lGyaijdCuKkOEuh2IgaFAhsbh-4abivPtwlKfK31IPzohZb1shV8Za5hnW-3EZUcTSmGIQoC2jZqxHBLKzQ/s400/silk+painting+process+%281+of+10%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444057876591422050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now it's time to reload the large silk pieces onto the 10 foot by 55 inch frame. This frame has rollers on each side, so I can roll the rest of the 30 feet of silk onto it and just work on 10 feet at a time. This way the piece will fit into my small attic studio.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzSRlm0cvy3upBgIaEuyMx6rL9y3W5Nt1xkYQrI3e5vdq6Gdt1bau93GYTCUuWFpBrM7EeEf00tL9kjQnSk8Y8Eu2Z9mr5Z4dX9nejD5xyrQ3pdvBUAVNCXZbfat_tBG0fGdTLTIg87c/s1600-h/silk+painting+process+%284+of+10%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzSRlm0cvy3upBgIaEuyMx6rL9y3W5Nt1xkYQrI3e5vdq6Gdt1bau93GYTCUuWFpBrM7EeEf00tL9kjQnSk8Y8Eu2Z9mr5Z4dX9nejD5xyrQ3pdvBUAVNCXZbfat_tBG0fGdTLTIg87c/s400/silk+painting+process+%284+of+10%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444057871980044594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've already had both pieces of silk on this frame when I transfered the design, which was on large pieces of tracing paper, to the silk. I placed the tracing paper under the silk so could see the dark lines through the silk. I used a resist called gutta to trace the lines onto the silk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_USsVCxDRMYaNGb-um1UBtWHTxI7BJar8ZGhO79NXKnyDAaeDj8A5cRITFX8-VtFziZCqRljZHfy62ztINgAquNO3SIEaHKPZCVxsePMQAjBhkcp0RS4x3we4vd781DHGih687Du3BRM/s1600-h/silk+painting+process+%286+of+10%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_USsVCxDRMYaNGb-um1UBtWHTxI7BJar8ZGhO79NXKnyDAaeDj8A5cRITFX8-VtFziZCqRljZHfy62ztINgAquNO3SIEaHKPZCVxsePMQAjBhkcp0RS4x3we4vd781DHGih687Du3BRM/s400/silk+painting+process+%286+of+10%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444057861952546258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If you look carefully at these two photos you can see the gutta lines on the white silk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBsfWp_YDBRWmudAKxocKVlCYqxMUM6qoj-XUoDLW9itC2z7tixG0LmQ2mi-VthQeoD-V0sUGamIVaHgCHAgja_reA-DsjK4niznjjZYC2xRktLwqXpcvvFtcPrtNXOTRX-PKfJkowro/s1600-h/silk+painting+process+%287+of+10%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBsfWp_YDBRWmudAKxocKVlCYqxMUM6qoj-XUoDLW9itC2z7tixG0LmQ2mi-VthQeoD-V0sUGamIVaHgCHAgja_reA-DsjK4niznjjZYC2xRktLwqXpcvvFtcPrtNXOTRX-PKfJkowro/s400/silk+painting+process+%287+of+10%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444057860840815410" border="0" /></a>Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-3070419169630863892010-03-02T07:17:00.000-08:002010-03-02T07:22:51.348-08:00Plymouth Design: Background Colors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPK90J8AqU0nHgvm9WqU73bLb1BhAedyI-tbi_ziERqNQ1HKELWnIfTo3OCyaY_qNcS5YoxEQnKyUt-ccOLJaGI-4uWDFMy5P6_0xCrrI_wuTLWCOfe5sKQZQDshCqgM8jk25MhbA4_s/s1600-h/Plymouth+Background+color+tests+%284+of+65%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPK90J8AqU0nHgvm9WqU73bLb1BhAedyI-tbi_ziERqNQ1HKELWnIfTo3OCyaY_qNcS5YoxEQnKyUt-ccOLJaGI-4uWDFMy5P6_0xCrrI_wuTLWCOfe5sKQZQDshCqgM8jk25MhbA4_s/s400/Plymouth+Background+color+tests+%284+of+65%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444056225514490178" border="0" /></a>I had been working with the idea that the background color should be a simple solid gold, so that the butterflies would take center stage. But these two paintings will be 30 feet long by 55 inches wide, and a solid color over such a large area seems a waste of a large opportunity for excitement (or conversely a great opportunity for boredom!)<br /><br />I chose a color pallet of gold, yellow-green, blue, purple and brick red and made some quick tests on scarf blanks. I can get a spring green, summer leaf green, olive green and dark values from this pallet. The outcome is that the main anchor color will be green rather than gold, with some areas of jewel-like colors but most colors will be mixed with gold which will dampen down the intensity of the color.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP68HexJbFtL-xI8ekRtJKocPuee0cZEtLsAGSjSBDXdfbF9lYdmNCT3XapouPsAIXlhJeWDd0BbY_z4kOp8pYotSTz2TuM-P7WBkG_kwC6_n5gTEd6y4rmm52sCvD7rtQrnd0Gn1Zc2A/s1600-h/Plymouth+Background+color+tests+%2835+of+65%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP68HexJbFtL-xI8ekRtJKocPuee0cZEtLsAGSjSBDXdfbF9lYdmNCT3XapouPsAIXlhJeWDd0BbY_z4kOp8pYotSTz2TuM-P7WBkG_kwC6_n5gTEd6y4rmm52sCvD7rtQrnd0Gn1Zc2A/s400/Plymouth+Background+color+tests+%2835+of+65%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444056203561181330" border="0" /></a>The challenge will be to keep the background quiet enough to enhance the design, rather than take attention away. One key will be to change colors on a very large scale, every 3-10 feet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-F9IlXwsofBDQeLihz3jFejLKgW2dW_aAuC-LGZPux16Ri_nu6luNrOO71zNvtZHBAq9oUWz5jymAftjg7iAjUN0RtI1udWl5sQwaLMWhEx47lO_akxhZAtws7ZQ1QoDWovSdEThQqU/s1600-h/Plymouth+Background+color+tests+%2842+of+65%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-F9IlXwsofBDQeLihz3jFejLKgW2dW_aAuC-LGZPux16Ri_nu6luNrOO71zNvtZHBAq9oUWz5jymAftjg7iAjUN0RtI1udWl5sQwaLMWhEx47lO_akxhZAtws7ZQ1QoDWovSdEThQqU/s400/Plymouth+Background+color+tests+%2842+of+65%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444056193494529186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xjHMlBPIpRcwbK7GqbsyNoLzxxqCf_lxJp6Lc1QhwwImcn7OPz9LmRBkUmQc3KmvXLWZIwe3S156N5_SuyyOGbEyz9ZaCty4As-dIvX2Oi6dQ4iVZMtqpp0uS02AimYKjgSSuaEL_vo/s1600-h/Plymouth+Background+color+tests+%2857+of+65%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xjHMlBPIpRcwbK7GqbsyNoLzxxqCf_lxJp6Lc1QhwwImcn7OPz9LmRBkUmQc3KmvXLWZIwe3S156N5_SuyyOGbEyz9ZaCty4As-dIvX2Oi6dQ4iVZMtqpp0uS02AimYKjgSSuaEL_vo/s400/Plymouth+Background+color+tests+%2857+of+65%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444056180402003346" border="0" /></a>Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338209830935795017.post-49455924988207872462010-02-23T14:40:00.001-08:002010-02-23T14:52:58.129-08:00Plymouth Design: Color Trials<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1HVQpC7wVDI8YJpqUaR9Gi885YNk-ALLRZlgqRMskWZalxE4T515YAzhqLmOBphuKXWoAl2FVUKeA_edFlYJDVMfDQVSWW6Dxg_AOIm-P8oise9m4keKgKPX5pva6yURhUW8lEkoA4s/s1600-h/Plymouth+Kristen+working+%283+of+14%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1HVQpC7wVDI8YJpqUaR9Gi885YNk-ALLRZlgqRMskWZalxE4T515YAzhqLmOBphuKXWoAl2FVUKeA_edFlYJDVMfDQVSWW6Dxg_AOIm-P8oise9m4keKgKPX5pva6yURhUW8lEkoA4s/s400/Plymouth+Kristen+working+%283+of+14%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441573448414304738" border="0" /></a><br />Now comes the fun part: playing with color and making dye experiments.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rzxRX2yB1cmxRXBnv7OVWS7Fs0rxa5Yr4AWwIoCFDhwXC6cwijaFH-Bv5pL8QUXc_G4sHvEDQAAU5puqQn2GiA0587nNfhyMbuvkPsop7SxQNdBIsir2GEGc0ywpvhuI-P-amAi1jDo/s1600-h/Plymouth+Kristen+working+%2813+of+14%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rzxRX2yB1cmxRXBnv7OVWS7Fs0rxa5Yr4AWwIoCFDhwXC6cwijaFH-Bv5pL8QUXc_G4sHvEDQAAU5puqQn2GiA0587nNfhyMbuvkPsop7SxQNdBIsir2GEGc0ywpvhuI-P-amAi1jDo/s400/Plymouth+Kristen+working+%2813+of+14%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441573332137041842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here they all are in my studio.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ff0Rb-SiuuWSvHR1AMwk_bGgp8RPhX0XDmnKGH06-sCd76rWjndon7jfAw-fwQQqfcq8vtDgIP2Vk0KNmM5Bx9MagiXmSxUpvFmhfthHC_s5pwYBA9KTMzh4Zo7asA1kGfM1_KWvbgg/s1600-h/Plymouth+butterfly+trials+%2811+of+18%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb2MUXJydB9IaKyskFql3lnFgSqCaj0LLnLoIBX7TsWbhKbhxbSqfP8w6iLYrFWQ05ieRljmZbpkEPdtJ2l_HqxziRswK46Ho0rOSnQItv0Op3yu2BS7IB_o39EJ7HYjSDGfL_1Smtqk/s400/Plymouth+butterfly+trials+%2813+of+18%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441573049138813202" border="0" /></a>Kristen Giljehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766042538688826785noreply@blogger.com1