Dear Liza,
I am working on a new kind of art with Ruthie Inman. It involves a background field of fabric, bits of fabric, and a glue medium. I am totally learning as we go along.
I decided to use the silk strips I got from a garage sale, and chose colors for a landscape at sunset. But how they were going to be applied was a mystery.
As I chatted with Ruthie and Vimi, I started guessing what to do next, laying down strips (with no glue yet!) in a landscape sort of arrangement.
But as we talked, it became clear that we should be starting with the background… so my landscape bits got pulled up and I started on the sky. I layered blues, lavenders and purples, with a few sparkly strips leftover from my jellyfish hat. I liked it, so I started gluing them down. It was goopy, but had promise.
I love that this is a collage, and so there will be lots of layers, with the overlapping bits being the most interesting. I kept working even when our group time was over.
I worked my sky down to where my ground will start, and then stopped to get guidance from Ruthie. I sent her photos and she said, “keep going!” So I did.
I’ll keep you posted on what happens next!
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 