Art of the outside world. Paintings by Mary Lingen. Though sheer coincidence, the art has a cubic, quilty vibe. Or least, it does to me. “People see all sorts of things in my paintings, some of which isn’t intentional on my part. It reminds some of stained glass, mosaic, quilts, maps of city streets, or digital technology. By putting my work out in the public, I let go of some control. People bring their own experiences and intelligence into viewing art.” ML: About. Thank you to Marissa Lingen for the art recommendation.
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Process Notes
I recently ventured back on Instagram. The algorithm showed me lots of quilt blocks, probably from when I was looking at block-of-the-month images. [Books to Blocks, An Exercise In Image Making]
Verdict. I like the overlapping star concept. The rest never came together as more than a sum of the parts. Probably too busy. I used to have that problem with in-house ads. I’d do a mock up. Hand it to the art department dude. He’d take out half the words and most of the fonts. The result would be lovely. [Reconsidering The Public Hug “Dan”]
But I digress.
An interesting design assignment. For next year, I’m thinking about doing the National Quilt Museum Block of the Month Club. No sewing. Strictly as a design project.
Onwards!
Katherine
