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studio video february 16 2010
February 16, 2010
Drawing: concentric circles
Listening to: Dresden Dolls No, Virginia. . .
I love the way the scraping sound comes through on the video when I wipe the gloppy ink buildup off the pen into the notebook. The post-it note stuck on the drawing is for counting and keeping track of how many lines are drawn. In the background you can see my handy if not very pretty circular knitting needle storage system: gathered by their cables in a hair elastic, hung on the drapery cleat in the window trim.
The drawing goal for this week is to get a first layer of ballpoint pen drawing down on 22 half-sheets of Rives BFK brought home for the purpose (half sheets because they need to fit in a suitcase to be taken back up North where they’ll be finished). I wanted to add some colour to them but the watercolour paints were left behind in North Bay, so that gratification will be delayed. Of course these will all eventually have woodblock prints on top of them as well. Because horror vacui is my middle name, y’all.
The week’s other big task: cleaning up the Chandler & Price guillotine trimmer with a wire brush to prep it for painting. The base needs to be painted before the top can be bolted back on, and the whole thing needs to be reassembled before we can get down to the very important business of Chopping Books. Once this puppy is back on its feet I may make a summer project of chopping up whatever books are on hand, just for fun.
Posted by jodi on February 16, 2010 at 1.31pm
Categories: in the studio
Comments on "studio video february 16 2010"
I’ve been listening to a lot of AFP & Dresden Dolls lately as well. I really like your studio videos.. great idea.
Posted by Mouse on February 16, 2010 at 2.51pm :: link