Recycling Slides or Tossing Them? That is the Question.

Before June ends I want to add further explorations for recycling slides.

Much of this months was filled with many friends and relatives 

visiting DC for Clark's 90th birthday surprise party. 

This party day was organized, orchestrated, and produced 

by our daughter, Vicky, who along with her family

 gave Clark the biggest surprise of his life.

Now, back to the studio......

A month or so ago I started taking my old slides apart. 

I wanted to see if I could do something with 

the thousands I had besides throw them away.

 At about the same time it was discovered that I had a detached retina.

Discovering that it was hard to draw, at least with color, 

I spent most creative time varying ways to work with the slides.

 Painting or using markers......

 Removing the film and filling with small abstract drawings.....

 Embroidering symbols to fill the frames....

 Stitching the actual film on the sewing machine...

 Stitching film with colored thread or black so it wouldn't show...

 Filling painted frames with fabrics.....

And, just painting the frames with stripes.

I will continue working out ideas with the slide frames and film 

until I find a way to produce a finished object 

that I am happy with or till I've decided they should just be tossed.

Drawings in the New Year

Having received a Harry and David package for Christmas, I couldn't let the fruit disappear before drawing a few apples. The skin of these apples have such varied colors that it was fun working out the markings in colored pencil. However, after reviewing the work as a photograph, I see it doesn't have enough shadow to hold the apples to the table top. I wanted them to reflect the light but not float above the table. Next I will gather the threads for embroidery to replicate these three or maybe just one apple.