"Fun-a-day" art opening by Artclash coming this Friday

I am very excited and pleased to be a part of this year's Artclash's Fun-a-day show 2010!!!

This is the event where artist's create one piece per day for the whole month of Jan. It's such a great way to start off the new year on a creative foot!

I have posted some info/ pics of my projects for this year, the I-Ching feltings, and am very excited to be presenting them to the public for the first time this upcoming Friday!

If you can make it out, it's going to be a great show! Over a 100 artists! Very creative, unique things! Its Friday 12th 7pm-11pm, and Sat Jan 13th 7pm- 11pm. For more details check out:

http://www.studio34yoga.com/2010/01/art-fun-a-day-212-213/

"Putting it all together" Art opening 2010- NYC

Here are some pictures from the opening, there were 156 artists involved internationally, and over 100 people who attended the opening. Great show, lots of amazing work!

Ihad 3 pieces in the show- "ambivalence" "perched" and "chemistry"

Biggest snow storm EVER!

So the morning of my art show in NYC, (Saturday) We have a record breaking storm of the century- like 26 inches of snow, we're advised not to leave our houses, major declares Philadelphia in a state of emergency- due to the insane amount of snow! But I am determined- I have to get to the opening, I have been looking forward to it for weeks now! I can't believe out of all days, why this has to happen?!

We waited, watched the new reports on what the conditions of the roads were. I called the gallery and apparently for the first time in history despite the fact that Philadelphia got 2 feet, NYC has like nothing ( a few inches) so they are definitely still having the show.

I get dressed, ready to go and decide I'm going to check on the condition of the car, how badly it's buried in snow. I am already wearing my outfit for the show ( a dress and stockings) as I dig out the car. I'm sure all the neighbors thought I was crazy being out there shoveling snow in stockings!

Finally we get on the road, the hardest part was getting out of the drive way and onto the main roads. But once we reached the highway, it was pretty smooth sailing, the farther away from Philly we got the better the conditions. Once we arrived in NYC, I had almost completely forgotten how insane it was when we left, it seemed like a different day altogether that we had been in that crazy storm. I'm just glad we made it, I was very determined and I was glad that I had a dedicated man (my biggest number one fan) by my side to help me get there safely! I hate driving at night and especially in the snow, so he drove the whole way and the whole way back!

Upcoming art show in NYC

Count down begins, I have my very first opening in NYC this upcoming Sat night!!! Its a big deal for me because NY is like the mecca of art, or at least it has been in my mind even from the time when I was a little kid. If you can make it as an artist in NYC, well, then you've made it!

I am driving there from Philadelphia this Saturday, 3 of my new collage pieces got into a group show of all Collage, Assemblage art. I'm excited to see what else other artists did!! I'm sure there's going to be lots of good stuff. I'll be sure to post some pics of the opening on here afterwards.

I'm nervous, excited, not sure what to expect, how many people will show, if I will sell any of my pieces. [fingers crossed]. I dont know what to wear!!! [butterflies in belly] :)

I -Ching Feltings

For those of you who have seen my etsy shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/creationsbykathryn?section_id=6721545 have a bunch of feltings that I am doing as part of a series (also see previous entry feltings-a-day) for an upcoming show the artclash is putting on fun-a-day.

This series is called, I-Ching feltings, because I used the anicent Chinese "Book of Change" I-Ching oracle to inspire my artwork for that particular day.

So each day for the entire month of Jan, I asked a question, any questions -whatever was on my mind that particular day, " What does today have in store for me?" or "What should I be focusing on? What's the best way to handle...." etc. I asked the question (recorded it in a small notebook) then tossed 3 coins, recorded the pattern with a line, either broken or solid- the broken lines represent yin energy, the solid yang energy, the coins get tossed 6 times giving you a pattern that includes 6 lines, which correspond to a symbol represented in the I-Ching, a description can then be read of what the "answer" to your question is. I have found that the answer or descriptions tend to give general advice or things to consider, not totally a clear cut answer. Occasionally the wording used was very relevant and surprisingly helpful for the question that was being asked.

If you'd like to try it yourself, asking a question, I've found this online version:

http://www.ichingonline.net/

After receiving my answer , the symbol, reading the description, I created a felting inspired by the reading.

Once the felting was complete, I cut out colored felt in the pattern of the symbol and hand sow it onto the felting.

my cat has a death wish!

Like a month ago, I was getting something out from the storage space, which is located behind the couch in my living room. I get what I need and go to move the couch back to its normal position. As I'm pushing the couch back against the wall, its like not moving, theres still live 6 inches between the wall and the couch. So I push harder, not uderstanding, why its not going any closer to the wall. Then I hear a little squeak and realize its my cat!!! She's being crushed , her little body is in the way! OMG!!! I am horrified and feel like a god-awful pet owner/mom because I was unaware of her and directly responsible for causing her harm. I immediately move the couch and she runs out, all out of breath and tramatized. I feel so bad, I craddle her, pet her, ask her if she's ok and tell her how sorry I am.

So then today I'm moving the couch again, and my cat, who has to be in the middle of everything, is looking. This time I keep a good eye on her, making sure I dont repeat what happened before. She is not anywhere near it when I go to push it up against the wall, my boyfriend is helping me move the couch. Then at the last min, he yells for me to stop! I'm like "what, whats the matter?" And he tells me, its the cat, she's behind the couch again! I can't believe it because I was totally watching for her this time. She was across the room, she waited until we were almost completely done, then darted back behind it like as if she WANTS to be crushed!! Now, I'm like, "what the hell?! Does she like have a death wish?" Do I have a suicial kitty?? LOL!

What a crazy little animal she is, this time I didnt feel as bad, because she did it to herself!

We affectionately call her "little baby fuck face" because she's always getting into trouble and she looks like a wild alley cat!

Janurary coming to a close...

Jan is over---- which means I'm done with my Feltings!!! YAY!!

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed making them, I did, but they were very time consuming. I will probably still do them from time to time, but not every day it was starting to get to be TOO MUCH!

Heres a pic of them hanging on wall, if I do say so myself, they look nice all hanging together! kinda impressive :) .... not to tute my own horn, but ya know, sometimes you got to!
To see some of these individually - check them out on my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/creationsbykathryn?section_id=6721545