slowly she turned

I’ve been thinking a lot about life after leaving my current job and one of the to do items is to begin applying for artist residencies and grants. That’s not something that was covered in my B.A. in studio art so I’m going to be on a learning journey, and I need to get crackin’.

One thing I know is that I will need to get together a professionalish portfolio of work and find a focus for what I would do in a residency. Because I am a mixed media artist, and probably ADD, focus is the tough part.

I may have come up with a solution. Boxes. I love and collect boxes. Boxes can be made with so many techniques and media. Boxes can be books. Can contain books and scrolls. Boxes can contain the treasures that I pick up. I started to make boxes when I was working with ceramics. I was a basketmaker for a time. I made a tapestry bag that was really a box with handles. I dreamed about that bag last night and that’s how it came to me.

It seems so obvious now and I’m excited.