number four before and after

I’ve got all thirteen of the Blades series ready to go on to the next step now. I was able to put them up all together for the first time two weeks ago. Seeing them together made me realize that I still needed to do some adjustments on the shapes. Right around number eight the shapes shifted in a way I liked. I needed to make some changes on the first seven to have them all work together. Some of the changes were pretty subtle, like number four here that just needed to have some more organic curves added to it’s edges. Number five needed the most work, here’s a before and after shot.

before

after

Now that they are all fixed up in paper, it’s time to move on to surface and color. First stop is my stash to see what I’ve already got. I expect to spend the next couple weeks in the dye studio developing new fabric for the series. I’ve yet to really develop a color theme, I’d like to add some purples along with the reds, browns, and ochers I’ve been working with in the last year or so.

I’ve planned to work on the series in two parts in order to have some variation in what I do each day and also to get some pieces completely finished early for photography. We’ll have to see how that works, I already feel a little nervous about it. When I start feeling anxious about the work I have to remember that this happens with every project. I have to just keep putting one foot in front of the other and not get overwhelmed by the whole project. Yeah, right.