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7 questions round again
Feb. 26th, 2012 12:47 am1-Why do you enjoy embroidery so much?
Because I do truly enjoy sewing, maybe not quilting quite so much yet, but I find sewing to be something that calms me down, while ALSO being a form of sculptural art that I can afford to do on a shoestring budget. It's a form of repetitive work that doesn't actively make me grind my teeth, which kitchen prep coming a close second. There's also the cultural aspect of it, and I honestly can say that I got back into embroidery because of my fascination with Japanese Culture before America whacked it's kneecaps. Sashiko(Sachiko), tiny stab embroidery done to make rags and scraps into functional kimonos absolutely fascinates me.
2-Walk me through your creative process from getting an idea to finishing something.
...oh. That really varies from medium to medium and subject matter. For the sake of simplicity, and repetition, I'll go with the two different processes for embroidery, formal and informal. The formal process starts with a general wide-ranging concept for a shape, and generally takes much longer to complete as I try to do as much research about it as I can. For a shrine/altar/prayer cloth to Lakshimi, I'd research both the goddess and the plants represented, and do loose sketches to find the best layout and shape for the cloth, before picking colors and deciding upon the patterns. I'm never as fond of formal pieces though. Informal pieces are bloody difficult to describe the process of, because each one happens a little differently, as they have no plan. I pick one thing to start on, a frame, a new stitch I want to master, a shape, and just go, and often it all really depends upon how much thread I have ready of a certain color. Usually it's just a simple shape, a circle or a doodle loop, and then I start moving outwards and inwards, repeating other stitches or patterns.
3-What's your favorite thing about where you live?
There is no easy answer for this. I actually don't like where I live right now much at all. The town is sports centered, and a farming/rural community, a small town. I've grown up nearly paranoid of going out and interacting with my neighbors because quite fucking frankly many of them are utter empty gossips, and some of them outright lie. If you asked me privately about this I'd tell you why I feel this way.
You do deserve a nice thing so I'll tell you my favorite thing about my state. We do two things really well and that is utter weirdness and cheese. Camwyn once said that Wisconsin has more boogabooga weird per square mile and she's not wrong in that. In a fifteen mile radius I could tell you of at least four places with confirmed ghosts, and that's pretty standard. ...and I find cheese and pickles to be the perfect bedtime snack so shush.
4-What new piece of media have you encountered lately that you've loved?
Hrmm. I tend to binge all my media at once if I find something I really like... Stephen Fry in America is my most recent binge though and I do rather like it, because it's a very wonderful non-loud look at America by an Englishman. Lately I've been a real sucker for documentaries as they are the easiest for me to do sewing to.
5-You can visit any place, real or fictional for a week, where do you go and why?
Ooooh. That actually comes up fairly quickly as it's fictional.. Bordertown, yes I know, no modern amenities and you have no guarantee ANYTHING will work right, chemistry, magic, physics, mechanics, even the water might run funny. I might even be there a week, but I'd want to move there. Not for the elves, they'd be pretty yes, but not the feature for my senses. I'd want to be there because I could quite possibly make a living there as a seamstress and a weirdo-patchworker for spells. And if it turned out I was there seven years while a week passed in the World? I'd be game for that.
6-What's something you'd like to learn but haven't had a chance to yet?
Metal smithing, it's a fascinating topic but not one I'm likely to get the scratch to make an honest stab at. Not like black smithing, but silver or copper smithing is really a fascinating little process. And some of the more odd natural forms of smithing can form really neat shapes. I'd like to try making copper or bronze buttons that look like natual liquid formations, like how wax drips look.
7-Tea or coffee?
TEA DAMNIT. I rarely drink coffee as it makes my stomach do some weird twitches. Tea is a much safer bet and I adore the wider range of flavors that don't need sweetener or cream. (Though I'll rarely say no to a milky earl grey)
Because I do truly enjoy sewing, maybe not quilting quite so much yet, but I find sewing to be something that calms me down, while ALSO being a form of sculptural art that I can afford to do on a shoestring budget. It's a form of repetitive work that doesn't actively make me grind my teeth, which kitchen prep coming a close second. There's also the cultural aspect of it, and I honestly can say that I got back into embroidery because of my fascination with Japanese Culture before America whacked it's kneecaps. Sashiko(Sachiko), tiny stab embroidery done to make rags and scraps into functional kimonos absolutely fascinates me.
2-Walk me through your creative process from getting an idea to finishing something.
...oh. That really varies from medium to medium and subject matter. For the sake of simplicity, and repetition, I'll go with the two different processes for embroidery, formal and informal. The formal process starts with a general wide-ranging concept for a shape, and generally takes much longer to complete as I try to do as much research about it as I can. For a shrine/altar/prayer cloth to Lakshimi, I'd research both the goddess and the plants represented, and do loose sketches to find the best layout and shape for the cloth, before picking colors and deciding upon the patterns. I'm never as fond of formal pieces though. Informal pieces are bloody difficult to describe the process of, because each one happens a little differently, as they have no plan. I pick one thing to start on, a frame, a new stitch I want to master, a shape, and just go, and often it all really depends upon how much thread I have ready of a certain color. Usually it's just a simple shape, a circle or a doodle loop, and then I start moving outwards and inwards, repeating other stitches or patterns.
3-What's your favorite thing about where you live?
There is no easy answer for this. I actually don't like where I live right now much at all. The town is sports centered, and a farming/rural community, a small town. I've grown up nearly paranoid of going out and interacting with my neighbors because quite fucking frankly many of them are utter empty gossips, and some of them outright lie. If you asked me privately about this I'd tell you why I feel this way.
You do deserve a nice thing so I'll tell you my favorite thing about my state. We do two things really well and that is utter weirdness and cheese. Camwyn once said that Wisconsin has more boogabooga weird per square mile and she's not wrong in that. In a fifteen mile radius I could tell you of at least four places with confirmed ghosts, and that's pretty standard. ...and I find cheese and pickles to be the perfect bedtime snack so shush.
4-What new piece of media have you encountered lately that you've loved?
Hrmm. I tend to binge all my media at once if I find something I really like... Stephen Fry in America is my most recent binge though and I do rather like it, because it's a very wonderful non-loud look at America by an Englishman. Lately I've been a real sucker for documentaries as they are the easiest for me to do sewing to.
5-You can visit any place, real or fictional for a week, where do you go and why?
Ooooh. That actually comes up fairly quickly as it's fictional.. Bordertown, yes I know, no modern amenities and you have no guarantee ANYTHING will work right, chemistry, magic, physics, mechanics, even the water might run funny. I might even be there a week, but I'd want to move there. Not for the elves, they'd be pretty yes, but not the feature for my senses. I'd want to be there because I could quite possibly make a living there as a seamstress and a weirdo-patchworker for spells. And if it turned out I was there seven years while a week passed in the World? I'd be game for that.
6-What's something you'd like to learn but haven't had a chance to yet?
Metal smithing, it's a fascinating topic but not one I'm likely to get the scratch to make an honest stab at. Not like black smithing, but silver or copper smithing is really a fascinating little process. And some of the more odd natural forms of smithing can form really neat shapes. I'd like to try making copper or bronze buttons that look like natual liquid formations, like how wax drips look.
7-Tea or coffee?
TEA DAMNIT. I rarely drink coffee as it makes my stomach do some weird twitches. Tea is a much safer bet and I adore the wider range of flavors that don't need sweetener or cream. (Though I'll rarely say no to a milky earl grey)
