I’ve been browsing quite a few new blogs lately. Basically wasting time, but looking at some beautiful work…hung all over the artist’s studio/home space. I also visited a fellow artist and was totally enchanted by her work which was hanging or sitting everywhere I looked.
I have piles of quilts. And piles of folded quilts. And stacks of mounted work. I have very little that is actually on display in my home or in my studio.
Made me wonder why. Who am I creating it for? Potential customers that may never materialize? Class samples? Lecture material? Yes to all of that, but I do it because I love it. I need to get it out and hanging around my house. Granted, I could change things out weekly for about a year without repeats, but if I haven’t put up rods or hooks or cleared shelves, it’s like I’m hiding what I do.
Will something possibly get dusty? Faded from sun that I never realized passed across that spot? Maybe…but in the meantime, I’m having the pleasure of enjoying what I have done, my house will be filled with color and I won’t feel guilty about just throwing everything I make on to the pile.
And speaking of guilty…I have 3 wonderful hanging racks that my father made tucked away into a closet! Now why haven’t I gotten those up?
When you start really looking, there are display opportunities everywhere!
Goal: find spots and hang everything I can, all over the house.
Why, I have one bedroom that has bare walls! Shame on me!
This very thought occurred to me this morning. I am not nearly to the place where you are, but I see a future with too many quilts. Interesting post and it made me think-thanks!
I’ve adopted the idea that the worst that can happen is that the piece fades and then *I have to make a new one! *NOT awful!
I have paintings from eons ago that my friends painted when we traded art.
When we were moving and building I had that art all wrapped up, when I took it out it was as if my friends had reappeared. I have my friends quilts on the wall… but really none of mine… Have to think about that., mine are on a bed, covered with a sheet. Will look around for a spot for one of mine.
Good place would be over the bed,,, can’ hurt if if falls.
That was a question I asked myself. Why do I have friends art up, but not my own? Thus, looking for spots for mine! It’s my house so it’s about time I claimed it for my art!
I had the same. Now I have quilts hanging all over my house…….loving it…
I’m looking at every space in my house with new eyes now, picking out what project will hang where. It’s lots of fun!
Bare walls – what a luxury! I’ve been a professional art quilter for over 30 years and my work has slowly crept all over the house. So much so, that there are some exercises that I need to do that need a bare wall, so I have to do them against a double closet door. Do look for north facing windows, as they will fade the quilts the least… Go forth and decorate,…the edict has been given!
Thankfully I have lots of wall space that stays out of direct sunlight and I have paintings for anyplace else! Let them fade…but I’m on a mission now and I will have my work all over my house!!!