Needles and Pins

My fingers are sore after this past week, but contrary to what you might think, I am quite enjoying the itty bit of pain on account of all the productivity it represents. I completed sewing two large paper quilts of sorts on which I will be drawing all of next week (hence the sore fingers...handsewing is brutal!). If I were to tally the hours, I'd say it would be at least 10 spent sewing. Yeah. Who's the smart one who thought hand-sewn paper would be a good idea? Oh wait, that's me.

But enough complaining, I quite like the effect. I'm interested to see how some drawing will work on/with/against the sewing, and to see whether I prefer the more organic, unplanned piece or the more map-like, gridded, though still somewhat loose piece. Or maybe both will be in order. It's hard to say at this point.

I also spent a couple of hours working on the following drawing, here are some snapshots of the progress:

But once again, the upcoming week will be busy, busy, busy. Much time will be dedicated to drawing, in addition to preparations for Midterm Consultations. I'm thinking it will be a powerpoint making, outline memorizing, speech practicing bonanza. Talk about a party.