April 5 and 6

The park down the street from us, that we have been going to for 5 years is falling into disrepair, and so instead of fixing it the Park District just ripped down some of the structures. hhmm. There is also a vacant lot next to the park and the neighbors have been plotting, and politic-ing to get the land made into a communal garden space, or just expand the park.

Last week we found out that the land has been put up for sale. Here come the neighbors rallying together to stop the sale! I was asked to do some sort of logo for "the cause". Here are some rough sketches. I need some feedback.

I've kept the images simple and child-like as the parks are for our children. I've anchored the image around "neighborhood", and the fact that the park is next to the river.

this one is collaged using crayon scribbles on paper.

This one is inspired by Scandinavian drawings using pattern within the elements of the drawing. I have a lot more like this, but haven't taken any photos of them yet.

Let me know what you think.

April 4

So on the 4th I did make some work. Kind of odd and ugly but everything I'm making is in that same vein. I feel like it's working towards something that's on the tip of my brain / tongue.

The first drawing was so cluttered and so I uncluttered it (below) and I ended up prefering the first layered, chaotic, strange, and awkward one.

I didnt make this but I wish I had

This is a collage made by Hollie Chastain called 'Adalyn's Party Trick'. I do think it should be more aptly titled 'multi-tasking mother'. I do love how she has magic coming from her finger-tips.

April 3

11:30pm. So extremely tired. Could only manage some prep work for a future collage. Here it is next to my palette. Falling asleep as I write.

April 2

I stayed up way too late making these while listening to an interesting podcast called "Things you didn't learn in history class". You can find it at howstuffworks.com. Each 20 minute episode is on a different event or person. I think I listened to twelve of them!

April 1

My making is rusty. My brain feels slow. My decisions are clunky. My ideas are all stuck together.

It's not what I want it to be. I don't know where it's going. I have reservations about all my choices.

Hopefully there will be changes.

Judgement

I had two hours of time in the studio yesterday listening to Arcade Fire and cranking out two small collages. I now have to work on not judging them as down-right ugly and just move on to the next ones. This month is for getting my hands back in the process and not for being critical of every move. I think I prefer the piles of paper to the finished collages.