tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post882609586045099303..comments2024-03-28T02:59:47.444-05:00Comments on Art In Stitches: Trio of work for Decision Portraits SeriesSusan Lenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828597703914908801noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-85004752468038817712010-06-30T08:15:28.762-05:002010-06-30T08:15:28.762-05:00Hi!
Thank you all for such wonderful comments. Wh...Hi!<br />Thank you all for such wonderful comments. When this series started I knew I wanted "a lot" of portraits but had no idea how many would add up to this idea. I just started with the pieces I could get by asking people I knew. The first was my sister Wanda....and in the early pieces there was my insurance agent, my UPS driver, friends, and my self portrait. As I worked, the idea of a "wish list" on the Internet took form and I got some blogging cyber friends which meant I needed to share the finished work with them before posting it on the Internet. This also created the need for "model's releases" and a process of sharing a "rough draft" of the intended blog post to each participant. A real "system" evolved. Right now.....I've got two portraits ready to post and I'm waiting to hear from three other participants before posting their pieces. I'm also waiting on a few digital images from potential participants and have a stack of about fourteen works waiting for stitch....plus one to photograph before writing to that "model". Somewhere in all this, the idea for a book has surfaced....because a lot of the writing is already done! So...yes...there will be some sort of physically bound pages....which I'm starting TODAY! It might only be a three-ring binder with an image and "statement" about each piece that will sit on a nice, white pedestal in the exhibition space....available for viewers who might want to know more about the portraits in the location.....because exhibition viewers will not be SEEING the words beside each piece. They will only be coming face-to-face with the images of real people who have made real decisions. I'll have to see how the "three ring binder" idea works out....how a "book" might really take form from this before committing to looking for a publisher. Yesterday and the day before I checked my "list of completed pieces". I accidentally forgot two of them! They've now been added....all this is important because I must have a full list for City Gallery....for the exhibition labels...and in order to determine placement of all the works within the space before I arrive for the installation! Thanks so much for your interest and support!<br />SusanSusan Lenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13828597703914908801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-28306893759459532422010-06-29T22:05:52.565-05:002010-06-29T22:05:52.565-05:00These are wonderful Susan. I visit my grandson we...These are wonderful Susan. I visit my grandson weekly in the local jail over a monitor and write him as well. Until you have a family member incarcerated most rarely think about it. I just hope it makes a difference in his life!lindacreateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649177865914580565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-27070220260176979922010-06-29T17:37:25.563-05:002010-06-29T17:37:25.563-05:00Simply amazing and stunning indeed! I so hope tha...Simply amazing and stunning indeed! I so hope that you will be able to publish a book of all of these when you are done - I know I would buy it and I'm sure there are a LOT of others out there that would feel the same way. What you are doing is SO powerful that it needs to be spread throughout the world.Magpie's Mumblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852241848575954128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-73943235825210891692010-06-29T14:02:57.789-05:002010-06-29T14:02:57.789-05:00These three quilts are inspired and very emotive. ...These three quilts are inspired and very emotive. We could all so easily make a bad decision and take the wrong road in life. This body of work is a tribute to your insights and to the people who have shared their lives with everyone through the exhibition. Stunning!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-3488550102390698912010-06-29T09:40:50.816-05:002010-06-29T09:40:50.816-05:00Wow...this is simply amazing. You are hitting so m...Wow...this is simply amazing. You are hitting so many areas of concern in our world. How many peoples lives will be displayed in the final show? Are you continuing to make more and more? This is simply amazing. Yes, I said that already. Well...it just IS!Lynn Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094038275377357886noreply@blogger.com