Comments on: Scraps, Bits and Pieces as Source http://lynbishop.com/blog/2008/06/04/scraps-bits-and-pieces-as-source/ On art, culture and collaboration Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:35:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob Cornelis http://lynbishop.com/blog/2008/06/04/scraps-bits-and-pieces-as-source/#comment-66 Bob Cornelis Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:45:24 +0000 http://lynbishop.com/blog/2008/06/04/scraps-bits-and-pieces-as-source/#comment-66 The computer has become an interesting artistic cauldron, has it not? As we gather images and digitize them, they take on a new potential for combination and creation that didn't exist 50 years ago (or whenever computers weren't around!). It's like the new shoebox that we collect the little pieces of our experience in for future contemplation and combination. One interesting little technique I ran across lately for finding source material is to take an empty 35mm slide mount and move it over pictures in magazines. It's a great way to find abstract compositions and designs in larger images. The computer has become an interesting artistic cauldron, has it not? As we gather images and digitize them, they take on a new potential for combination and creation that didn’t exist 50 years ago (or whenever computers weren’t around!). It’s like the new shoebox that we collect the little pieces of our experience in for future contemplation and combination.

One interesting little technique I ran across lately for finding source material is to take an empty 35mm slide mount and move it over pictures in magazines. It’s a great way to find abstract compositions and designs in larger images.

]]> By: Patricia http://lynbishop.com/blog/2008/06/04/scraps-bits-and-pieces-as-source/#comment-65 Patricia Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:19:56 +0000 http://lynbishop.com/blog/2008/06/04/scraps-bits-and-pieces-as-source/#comment-65 As a painter, I'm drawn to what I call "hidden treasures". Those are the spots right under our noses, beside the highway or right off the path that people seem not to see. Strong contrasts, angles and texture get me going. Many times collectors are quite surprised to find the piece they admire is something they've ignored as they go about their day. It's like sharing secrets. As a painter, I’m drawn to what I call “hidden treasures”. Those are the spots right under our noses, beside the highway or right off the path that people seem not to see. Strong contrasts, angles and texture get me going. Many times collectors are quite surprised to find the piece they admire is something they’ve ignored as they go about their day. It’s like sharing secrets.

]]> By: Susie Monday http://lynbishop.com/blog/2008/06/04/scraps-bits-and-pieces-as-source/#comment-63 Susie Monday Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:09:54 +0000 http://lynbishop.com/blog/2008/06/04/scraps-bits-and-pieces-as-source/#comment-63 FINALLY time to browse around and visit your lovely new blog. I have been too busy vacationing! That scrap of inspiration is too beautiful and so similar to a personal symbol I like to use on my work -- a spoked wheel with a small empty hole. This wheel is my symbol for the Tao verse about "even 30 spokes have an empty hub," a reminder to find the small, still part of me even in the flurry of work and play and family and friends and life. So, that is one inspiration: texts, quotes, song titles. Another is the details of the natural world -- leaves, textures and colors of bark, sunrises, cactus flowers, spine patterns, waves. I am also inspired by ancient and contemporary symbols: Did you know the octopus is a spiral symbol in Minoan art, (its legs shown coiled) and is related to the dragon and spider, depicts thunder or lunar phases. Here's the book I'm perusing each morning: AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRADITIONAL SYMBOLS by J.C. Cooper, 1978, Thames and Hudson, London. FINALLY time to browse around and visit your lovely new blog. I have been too busy vacationing! That scrap of inspiration is too beautiful and so similar to a personal symbol I like to use on my work — a spoked wheel with a small empty hole. This wheel is my symbol for the Tao verse about “even 30 spokes have an empty hub,” a reminder to find the small, still part of me even in the flurry of work and play and family and friends and life.
So, that is one inspiration: texts, quotes, song titles. Another is the details of the natural world — leaves, textures and colors of bark, sunrises, cactus flowers, spine patterns, waves. I am also inspired by ancient and contemporary symbols: Did you know the octopus is a spiral symbol in Minoan art, (its legs shown coiled) and is related to the dragon and spider, depicts thunder or lunar phases. Here’s the book I’m perusing each morning: AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRADITIONAL SYMBOLS by J.C. Cooper, 1978, Thames and Hudson, London.

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