So I looked at last year's post of Epiphany and saw I had used chess pieces. Chess imagery remained a focus for me during '08. In this October post I reviewed how the images have shown up in recent work, as well as past stuff. I recognize that I have a portfolio of favorite shapes that turn up in my art - like this new fave which I don't have a name for yet. (I think of it as a Byzantine tower, but need a catchier title.) I think being obsessed with certain shapes is a good thing. There is alot to learn by studying a shape, and reinventing how to use it.
I just posted the new Crusade - Shape Up! where I challenge you to take on a new shape this month. Investigate it in both positive and negative, and in several sizes. Make your own tools with the shape - like cutting stamps and stencils. It's a great excuse to get some pages done in your journal. And I promise you, you will learn something. AND you'll have fun seeing how others interpret the challenge. It's a new year, why not Shape Up? Come play along on the team.
Congrats to recent winners Julie Thornton (Crusade No. 26 - Scent of the Season) and Kim Mailhot (Crusade No. 25 - Properties of Gesso). It's really fun to take on a creativity prompt with a community of artists who are all working on the same thing. We learn so much from each other, and widen the circle of friends.
