Swing Jacket 9-11-2011 "JOYFUL"
Featured above is a very special custom Swing Jacket. I am doing my best to accent a mother of the brides dress. Custom work can be quite challenging as we do not live in someone else's head...(actually thank goodness)...so one must truly listen and yet try not to form pre-conceived ideas...it is still so important to go with the flow of the silk, remembering to let the silk become what it wants to become.
Not everyone will purchase a custom work...and that is ok with me...I simply do my best the way I always do...following the good energy of the moment releasing all fear and questions and just 'be in the moment'.
Everyone sees color differently, each client has a very personal concept of how they want to look or feel on that special occasion . It is important to remember that is what custom work is really all about ... how the client feels and what they see when they put on your silk creation. Your client may fall in love or not...so one must ask does the silk creation have good energy?? The very best workmanship and quality I can give? Does it feel delightful when I look at it..mind you..I said 'I look at it'....not someone else... If I answer is yes to all those questions and a client 'rejects' a piece..then I know for a fact that the owner of that piece has not seen it yet...my silk creation is just waiting for it's rightful owner to arrive...I need simply be very Zen and wait..not questioning the work as that is self defeating..but knowing the owner will come along one day...and be delighted that this or that piece is just what they have been looking for...
When I was working on this piece the fear crept in...would the color be right..would the border come out right...if I added another layer of dye would it be ruined...LOL....I mindfully pushed aside those thoughts.....connecting again with the Zen of painting and followed my instinct ....how fun the process was and how delighted I am with the results...This is why I paint on silk...it is the unknown...and taking chances that make this art so delightful...the wonder of dancing with the silk..being fearless and at times intering into the unknown...I wonder what 'this or that' will result in....
Sooooo....Along the way I made a wonderful discovery.....quite by chance....as the client and I had discussed a brown border..but she also told me she loved all shades of blue...I kept thinking of a Sapphire blue...but was still tied to the pre-conceived idea of the brown.....so I wondered if I added a touch of brown to the very bottom border ...how would that look???? hummmm
I could not use my usual golden brown as I would create to much green...but since I use primary colors for the most part...I thought...well..deep turquoise is green..sort of ...and blue...so if I added primary red/magenta...hummm....my thought was it would go black or deep chocolate brown or to the purple side ..thinking of the red and blue...and the funniest thing happened..the dye mixture turned Sapphire blue...yep...just the color that had kept slipping into my mind...sooo000... another edge was added after this photo was taken... using the new Sapphire blue..this silk chose what color it wanted to be...and it is so pretty...even if I say so myself...... If in the end it does not go with My Lady's dress or simply is not what she is thinking of......I will experience the joy of seeing it in the studio..and as with so many of my pieces..it has a magic story to tell...it was a journey and I learned along the way...what could be more perfect than that?? Even as I sit and type this I feel the joy of yesterdays work...and it comes to me...I shall call this piece JOYFUL...
love and light....blessings
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