Comments on: Let Us Play http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/ The world of Emma Biggs Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Kim http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Kim Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:15:41 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-346 Me either for both of us! I think the border is never to far from a good artist's peripheral vision. Once in a while we slip over the edge and then the art drags us back and balances the madness. Without the art the chaos is only madness. Me either for both of us! I think the border is never to far from a good artist’s peripheral vision. Once in a while we slip over the edge and then the art drags us back and balances the madness. Without the art the chaos is only madness.

]]> By: Emma Biggs http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Emma Biggs Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:27:03 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-344 It's a balance I think, between the surprises delivered by chance and accident, and a structure imposed by the artist. Too much chaos borders on madness! I think you manage not to go down the mad route though Kim, and I hope I don't either! It’s a balance I think, between the surprises delivered by chance and accident, and a structure imposed by the artist. Too much chaos borders on madness! I think you manage not to go down the mad route though Kim, and I hope I don’t either!

]]> By: George Fishman http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-329 George Fishman Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:18:19 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-329 ok, this is the photo I was looking for yesterday! BTW, this topic sure brought out the crowd. Talk about hitting a nerve. ok, this is the photo I was looking for yesterday! BTW, this topic sure brought out the crowd. Talk about hitting a nerve.

]]> By: Kim http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Kim Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:55:14 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-308 I LOVE IT! I have determined that no good work comes from me when I work in a clean and organised environment. Chaos is integral to my creative process. I moved in to what would be the dream studio space 2 years ago and I can't seem to function well in it. Although my chaotic garage , there it is bliss. The battle of the build is the beauty of the result. From the rumble there is grace. I LOVE IT! I have determined that no good work comes from me when I work in a clean and organised environment. Chaos is integral to my creative process. I moved in to what would be the dream studio space 2 years ago and I can’t seem to function well in it. Although my chaotic garage , there it is bliss. The battle of the build is the beauty of the result. From the rumble there is grace.

]]> By: Jason http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Jason Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:16:42 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-307 Instead of saying 3D I should say 3D and 2D collage... anything that involves sticking lots stuff together. Instead of saying 3D I should say 3D and 2D collage… anything that involves sticking lots stuff together.

]]> By: Jason http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Jason Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:02:13 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-306 Emma, your discussion of making a mess to come up with new possibilities in the work is interesting. I usually make a mess in the actual painting, and then start "cleaning it up" by adjusting forms and painting things out. Like your saying, this is a way to get forms and images you wouldn't have thought up just looking at a blank surface. I can handle a mess in an artwork, but if my space gets too messy I just can't think! But maybe this is because I work in 2D, and having your space be a mess might work be more helpful for 3D. Emma, your discussion of making a mess to come up with new possibilities in the work is interesting. I usually make a mess in the actual painting, and then start “cleaning it up” by adjusting forms and painting things out. Like your saying, this is a way to get forms and images you wouldn’t have thought up just looking at a blank surface.

I can handle a mess in an artwork, but if my space gets too messy I just can’t think! But maybe this is because I work in 2D, and having your space be a mess might work be more helpful for 3D.

]]> By: Emma Biggs http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Emma Biggs Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:35:15 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-301 Thanks -- it was a relief! Hope you found a solution too. Thanks — it was a relief! Hope you found a solution too.

]]> By: Jane Thorniley-Walker http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Jane Thorniley-Walker Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:23:42 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-300 This sounds so familiar - in fact it sounds exactly how I felt last week - right down to the cups of coffee everywhere! It is strange how sometimes you start again the next day and everything drops into place. Well done for coming through the chaos! This sounds so familiar – in fact it sounds exactly how I felt last week – right down to the cups of coffee everywhere! It is strange how sometimes you start again the next day and everything drops into place. Well done for coming through the chaos!

]]> By: Emma Biggs http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Emma Biggs Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:43:15 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-298 Oh if only it were. In fact it is a former wine bottle with a label stuck on it with masking tape, reading 'GLUE WATER'. Don't think the bottle aids inspiration -- well, not mine anyway. Oh if only it were. In fact it is a former wine bottle with a label stuck on it with masking tape, reading ‘GLUE WATER’. Don’t think the bottle aids inspiration — well, not mine anyway.

]]> By: Nancie Mills Pipgras http://www.mosaic-blog.com/2010/03/let-us-play/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Nancie Mills Pipgras Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:45:30 +0000 http://www.mosaic-blog.com/?p=1120#comment-297 I spy a wine bottle amidst the creative rubble. En vino veritas! I spy a wine bottle amidst the creative rubble. En vino veritas!

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