Comments on: The Intersection of Science, Art, and Taxes (by Eileen Doughty) http://raggedclothcafe.com/2007/09/02/the-intersection-of-science-art-and-taxes-by-eileen-doughty/ Discussions and ideas about art and textile art Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: clairan http://raggedclothcafe.com/2007/09/02/the-intersection-of-science-art-and-taxes-by-eileen-doughty/#comment-1038 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:08:27 +0000 http://junomain.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/the-intersection-of-science-art-and-taxes-by-eileen-doughty/#comment-1038 Thank you, Eileen, for bringing these beautiful images to our attention. And thank you June for your ever thoughtful comments.

I have come to believe that working in a series helps me understand why I do what I do. I have been working on the Windows series since 2004. It has certainly changed over the years. But at every stage I write and rewrite artist statements for myself. “What does this mean to me? Why? Oh, I see the connection now.. . .etc.” I took a wonderful workshop from Ruth Hadlow in Australia in 2006, one of the most lasting things I took from it was writing. She had us follow these steps: observe closely, draw in a detailed way and take copious notes, make an installation (an abstraction using objects) based on our observations and drawings, draw and photograph and write about our installation, write for one hour without stopping about the process. Then and only then did we work on fiber pieces. And each day built upon the last.

These processes deepen our understanding and, hopefully, better our art. But the mystery remains at the true heart, I think. . . .

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