January 12, 2024
Cut Out for Cutting
She began cutting
and we stopped talking,
both of us listening,
I think,
to the sound of the scissors.
For those of us
enamored of the world of textiles,
this sound
is a little symphony.
—Elizabeth Berg, The Art of Mending
I keep a small bare-bones sewing kit upstairs for simple mending jobs. It’s a tin box with lid, given to me by my friend Pat probably 35 years ago. I just emptied it of its contents to retrieve from the bottom a particular pair of long-dormant, usually-out-of-sight-out-of-mind 4″ stainless steel Singer embroidery scissors that will allow me to cut paper shapes with greater precision and delicacy.
Henri, I’m hooked!
~2 x 2″; paper cut-outs and ink on art journal page
collage
2024
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12 responses to “Cut Out for Cutting”
Sylvia, fun to know this one is a favorite! Thanks! I think, in the evolution of this series, it was the first one where I saw shapes in front of my face at my desk and translated them into a mini-Matisse. It fell into place quickly and easily. I used a wallpaper sample found in my paper stash for two of the cut-outs.
Being OK with being ‘wrong’ is such a huge vital part of the gift of creative ventures, don’t you think? Much as I might (and do) grumble in the moment or get a sinking feeling in my body when things don’t go as I wish, that back and forth between stumbling and dusting myself off to stay in motion is a key part of what keeps me playing.
Sheila! Oh my gosh—what fun to get this feedback. Never ever would I have thought to create this LARGE to hang over a ‘fabulous burnt orange sofa in a mid century ranch home’!!! THANK YOU!
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