Dear Art Lover,
Every
cast should be signed or decorated, yes?
Share the love for faster healing and all that jazz! I was fortunate enough to have two Italian
children that I sometimes get to have fun with visit [they live in a different
village from me] and show me the colors! They came over with their parents and my
landlord to pick some of the latter’s cherries.
The next
day I woke with an idea for a new sculpture and got started on the 5th
of June. I only share the date since
people often ask me how long it takes to make one of my artworks. I usually do not know since I rarely work
consistently on one piece at a time.
Anyway, my handwriting with my left hand is legible, but not always
pretty or controlled. I think painting
and drawing are out for a while.
Sculpture tools are too dangerous, even if just dropping them. Plastilina is an oil-based clay that never
dries out. 3-dimensions is quite
complicated to do [building the armature], so that left bas-relief.
I pulled
out one of my larger drawing boards and the sand bags I made for my stone
carving. I used wood and a wooden
palette to trace shapes on my board for the outer edge size of my future
composition. And applied the clay with
my left hand. It may never be great, but
at least it is progress on a foundation.
We did the cast signing on Nori’s tractor. There was nowhere else for the kids to sit or
me rest my forearm for them to draw on. After that and cherry-picking, I had to
show them the proper ways to enjoy passion flowers, such as enhancing one’s
eyelashes. You have done this, too, no?
Peace,
Kelly Borsheim, artist
