14 professions ... but now that I have stitched them and am ready for framing, I am wondering whether I should not make a 15th etching. My initial idea was to do 14 etchings only and frame them in one looooooooong (horizontal) frame, intended for a specific narrow horizontal space in my home. Unfortunately the 14 etchings in one looooooooong frame will be too long for the intended location. If I have 15 etchings, my options for arranging and framing them are more varied.
So I have been pondering a few ponders: First of all, I wonder how often practical considerations (such as the one above) influence what and how artists create? And secondly, if I decide to do a 15th etching, what profession do you think I should add? And thirdly, should I perhaps have 16 etchings, which have even more possibilities for combining? Oh dear, this is becoming rather complicated ...
4 comments:
Hooker- the OLDEST profession, of course!
They look wonderful all lined up- ready to do what they do!
Linda Sue always has the best ideas.
As for practical considerations influencing how artists create; I would think this happens much more than most artists would admit. Create What Sells so often trumps Create what You Love. But how about two lines of seven? Then you would be finished etching and would have to get on with the chore of framing. (one job I procrastinate as long as possible)
I think I do do things for practical reasons at times and at others for no apparent reason at all! It is a shame these are too long for one frame as that would look really good. Can't you choose a few for somewhere else and still have the long frame? I don't think you should do a hooker but a teacher! (I don't think you have done one of those but I may be wrong. Or a needle felter-do Linda Sue!
Hooker's rule!
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