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A creative person getting back in touch with her creative side.
Mission statement - to create, laugh, play and be intoxicated with life.
Current Residence: Canberra Australia
Favourite style of art: Modernist
Mission statement - to create, laugh, play and be intoxicated with life.
Current Residence: Canberra Australia
Favourite style of art: Modernist
Favourite Visual Artist
John Olsen
Favourite Movies
Amelie
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
The Clash
Favourite Writers
Pablo Neruda
Other Interests
visual arts, modernist design, yoga, people-watching, friends and family, travelling and outdoors
Intensity and creativity
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Just a quick note today.
Intense times equal intense creativity. Even the destructive forces of death and grief have the potential to be rent into something beautiful. That's what I'd like to do - make something beautiful in the midst of a horrible situation.
Do fellow deviants find this to be the case?
I'll be putting up more deviations later this week.
Sonnie.
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Paper Obsession
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OK, so here's the thing - I have a paper obsession. How do I know this? Well read on and see if you agree...
I love creating art out of paper. I've been card making, collaging and folding most of my life. I can't remember exactly when I started, but it was way back in childhood. I used to cut out interesting pictures, colours and patterns from magazines and assemble them into collages to cover my school books. In high school I studied Japanese and fell in love with the Japanese aesthetic. I visited Japan at the age of 13, a life-changing experience. I had 9(!) Japanese penpals, with whom I exchanged paper cranes and beautifully folded letter
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Back from Neverland
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It feels good to be back. I've been on a DA hiatus (2? yrs), mostly due to my concentrating on the mighty task of raising babies. My daughter is now old enough to paint and draw and my recent artistic forays have been with her. This has been amazingly satisfying and exciting but I do miss doing solo work. Recent events in my life have inspired me to create more of my own art again.
I've set myself an initial goal of creating 1 new deviation a week, for the next 4 weeks. This will give me the impetus to create rather than angst or procrastinate. Watch this space!
Yours in all things deviant,
Sonnie-Darko
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yes I had something in common I think!
more strangely attractive pictures.....keep playing
Hi Sonn,
Lovely thing to say about the paper neg.
Yes you're obsessed but it appears to me more as an artist than a craftperson.......this is a good thing!
Your creativity must breath.
There was a shop in Sydney called Tameresque,the owner supplied paper to all the great artists who were doing whatever....lithographs,etchings etc anyway I wish you could've seen it because if you're obsessed now you would've been shamelessly rabid once seeing the wonderful collection of textures and weights and indeed different recipe'd papers.I had always wanted to study bookbinding and use to feed this fantasy bt visiting Tameresque.
So is that obsessive
Al
Lovely thing to say about the paper neg.
Yes you're obsessed but it appears to me more as an artist than a craftperson.......this is a good thing!
Your creativity must breath.
There was a shop in Sydney called Tameresque,the owner supplied paper to all the great artists who were doing whatever....lithographs,etchings etc anyway I wish you could've seen it because if you're obsessed now you would've been shamelessly rabid once seeing the wonderful collection of textures and weights and indeed different recipe'd papers.I had always wanted to study bookbinding and use to feed this fantasy bt visiting Tameresque.
So is that obsessive
Al
Thanks Al, I'm glad you enjoyed reading it.
Tamerisque sounds wonderful, the sort of shop I could spend hours in. I would love to check it out when I'm next in Sydney. I searched for it on the web and, while there's no website, there are a couple of sites listing it's name and location - it seems that it still exists (assuming it's the one in Surry Hills, on Albion St). Bookbinding huh? I would love to hear more.
Regarding the artist vs craftperson...I think of myself as an artist, so it's reassuring to have a trusted friend and fellow artist confirm this. Thanks god!
I cringe at the word 'craft'. I associate it with images of nanna crocheted toilet roll holders and the like. <laugh> I haven't thought carefully about my own definition of art vs craft...something to ponder on. I'll get back to you on that.
Finally, in answer to your question, yes, you're obsessed too! It's a great way to be...
Sonnie.
Tamerisque sounds wonderful, the sort of shop I could spend hours in. I would love to check it out when I'm next in Sydney. I searched for it on the web and, while there's no website, there are a couple of sites listing it's name and location - it seems that it still exists (assuming it's the one in Surry Hills, on Albion St). Bookbinding huh? I would love to hear more.
Regarding the artist vs craftperson...I think of myself as an artist, so it's reassuring to have a trusted friend and fellow artist confirm this. Thanks god!
I cringe at the word 'craft'. I associate it with images of nanna crocheted toilet roll holders and the like. <laugh> I haven't thought carefully about my own definition of art vs craft...something to ponder on. I'll get back to you on that.
Finally, in answer to your question, yes, you're obsessed too! It's a great way to be...
Sonnie.
I think craft gets a bad rap in the sexy stakes and therefore seems a bit fait.Craft does infer a repetition of technique so maybe it's more fundamentalist.I think though thats it's the starting point for every artist.
Al
Al