This is a little calligraphy play done at the Steven Skaggs workshop I attended earlier this month. It's tough to describe what the workshop was like... it was less about calligraphy and more about connecting emotionally with making our own marks... marks that might or might not be beautiful lettering. It was definitely a stretch for me on many levels, and I'm hopeful I'll be able to use what I learned to grow as an artist and a human.
This is cool. I have a hard time letting go.
Posted by: Mary | September 24, 2008 at 01:23 PM
Kathy...i am so drawn to this. It is stunning :)
Posted by: audrey h. | July 08, 2008 at 12:10 AM
Your workshop sounds amazing. Connecting emotionally and making our own marks!? Wow. I have just returned from a trip to France and I now have this chance to make my own marks and to create some new art that can somehow show my experiences and how they have effected me. Intriguing and scary. Thank you for sharing this! Roxanne
Posted by: rivergardenstudio | July 04, 2008 at 11:45 AM
This piece is just wonderful, I love the different shades of the same colour. I´ve been to a calligraphy exhibition during my vacation in Berlin and wished I could have you by my side, discussing the hundreds of lovely pieces there. You would have liked it.
Posted by: Marion | June 28, 2008 at 05:44 AM
Exquisitely amazingly beautiful !!!!!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!!
Posted by: gwen Buchanan | June 27, 2008 at 08:55 AM
Kathy
Don't let Steven Skaggs scare you. I took his workshop many years ago when he first started this type of class.
It was very intimidating and I put all the work away in a closet. As time went by I pulled it out and got it. Don't be so concerned about making good letters with him. It's about the marks and design. Put it aside and look at it later. Even Steven says this kind of work is not for sale just personal growth.
Posted by: toni | June 26, 2008 at 07:27 AM
For me, when it comes to emotion, especially anger or sadness, sometimes the "getting it out" is more important than "what comes out". I am learning that slowly because I don't always love what comes out... but it is better than having it stuck in...
Does that make any sense at all ??? Kind of sharing the funk this week... But I am off to Montreal tomorrow for some family fun and hope that shakes it off.
Here's my mantra when I am blue : "Be gentle with yourself. You deserve it !"
Talk to you soon,
Kim
Posted by: Kimbo | June 25, 2008 at 07:36 AM
Wow! Such energy, emotion, and abandon in this creation. Love the random drips and scratchy lines.
Posted by: Seth | June 24, 2008 at 11:44 PM