Max was here yesterday ...

hanging Mud Season. It's work created by Lowell Fiber Studio artists celebrating the arrival of spring. I'll get pictures posted shortly; today it's pouring buckets and a bad day for a photo shoot.

I was showing her what I've been working on, and we got to talking about Pemi I. Which way is the water flowing? What happens when the water hits the rocks? How does it travel around the rocks? What happens to "stuff" floating in the water? Even though you're creating an abstract, you have to study - really study - what it is that you're trying to abstract if you want it to work. I had some stuff backwards; the beading was all wrong. I knew the beading was wrong but wasn't sure how to fix it; it never even dawned on me about stuff being backwards! It will soon be rectified.

I want to create masses of beads, yet always end up with some evenly-spaced design. Ugh! I just have to keep working on it and force myself to resist my usual pattern. This is one of those times that you can't mindlessly wander; I need to seriously think about each bead I place to make sure I follow through on my plan. Once I get the feel for it, then I can zone out again.

Thanks once again Max!