tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post6448552468144525712..comments2023-11-02T08:23:06.850-04:00Comments on studio 78 notes: voicesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-41471497926618826862009-10-31T00:50:18.257-04:002009-10-31T00:50:18.257-04:00Finding Your Voice happens when you do your *authe...Finding Your Voice happens when you do your *authentic* work, tell your own truths. It may come naturally, it may take years to plow through the detrius to reach where you need to be, It doesn't have anything to do with experimenting or exploring with technique or materials, because that never has to stop, but it does have to do with being confident to dig into your Self to reach those stories that make your existence so different from anyone else's. Yea Rayna!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04286461271083389001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-11057695371168657282009-10-29T23:10:08.219-04:002009-10-29T23:10:08.219-04:00I am amazed when someone says they knew a certain ...I am amazed when someone says they knew a certain piece is mine, before they know who made it. I don't think I have a style (or a voice) and I am not trying to have either. Because I look at a lot of art quilts I can identify many artist's work, but I can't actually describe what it is that tells me who made it. Maybe instead of having a "voice" I have an "ear"! Can't be an "eye", that doesn't go with "voice". DelDelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433487427679233617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-11188057808553467912009-10-29T20:47:10.659-04:002009-10-29T20:47:10.659-04:00Would not "voice" be able to be defined ...Would not "voice" be able to be defined somewhat more simplistically as "style?"imquilternityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960121584050010339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-68048339222967502642009-10-29T17:18:46.218-04:002009-10-29T17:18:46.218-04:00P.S. I love the Pink Polish Piece, :-) It is mo...P.S. I love the Pink Polish Piece, :-) It is most assuredly identifiable as you in the simple telling of how you came to create it.Aleedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760581184513977394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-26703556392032329092009-10-29T17:15:16.546-04:002009-10-29T17:15:16.546-04:00I agree with Kathy. What makes it your voice is a...I agree with Kathy. What makes it your voice is all that you bring to the piece. Hand dyeing is an excellent example, but I've sat in other classes, and just by the choices I've made in fabric, color or layout, or something makes mine definitively....MINE. It's why I never hesitate to share a technique with someone. Of course your voice is changing, because YOU are changing. To quote Octavia Butler: "All you touch, you change. All you change, changes you." I hope my voice continues to evolve, refine and redefine itself.Aleedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760581184513977394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-63736662697239955552009-10-29T16:22:50.059-04:002009-10-29T16:22:50.059-04:00Oh, I forgot. My idea of finding my voice has to d...Oh, I forgot. My idea of finding my voice has to do with forgetting about originality altogether. Because when I try to be unique, I lose contact with this voice, and end up in mainstream.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005517826999307074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-48962161195266785132009-10-29T11:03:24.192-04:002009-10-29T11:03:24.192-04:00It was comforting to know others are sometimes at ...It was comforting to know others are sometimes at the same crossroads, with finding their art voice. I love all techniques, and my art with gourds, fiber & mixed media, jewelry & photography. I have looked a long time for a connecting thread.. That is what galleries demand of us.. this is one of my frustrations.I enjoy reading and seeing what you are working on.. I have a tub full of goodies that I am collecting to paint/stamp with over the fabric I have hand dyed. I love the variety.Vivian Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15760364319705013669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-20174214621357716582009-10-29T10:12:34.935-04:002009-10-29T10:12:34.935-04:00As a hand dyer of cloth, I notice that everyone...As a hand dyer of cloth, I notice that everyone's hand dyed cloth even looks different! It seems amazing that one basic "technique" can still look different when different people employ it. I guess that's the "you" factor. Same with art.kathyhttp://www.katherinesands.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-70778427884250360612009-10-29T09:31:29.924-04:002009-10-29T09:31:29.924-04:00I'm still trying to find my artistic voice, bu...I'm still trying to find my artistic voice, but I can tell you what I think it means. Personally, I think YOU have a strong artistic voice. It's in the cadence of your work, the combination of artistic phrases, that makes your work uniquely yours and identifiable as such. No one combines technique and color in the same way that you do, in the same way that no one will compose a paragraph the same way you do. For lack of a better word -- it's style. I don't think any two people can pull things together in the same way .. it's "just" a matter of finding our own authentic way to do so. <br /><br />Whew, that's a lot of words ... but did I make any sense or say anything substantive? I dont' know. All I can say is that I'm trying to convey what's in my gut and I think that's true for artistic voices, too.Vivien Zepfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110439402332926588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-24028371228371513532009-10-29T07:35:53.638-04:002009-10-29T07:35:53.638-04:00Voices..voices that inspire me, help me express my...Voices..voices that inspire me, help me express myself, guide me....Sujathanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-69596920185622220002009-10-29T07:18:49.471-04:002009-10-29T07:18:49.471-04:00I think we have a voice when we work even if our ...I think we have a voice when we work even if our work changes. You can show someone exactly how to do something and yet theirs will look different from yours. I think it is sometimes about colour choices...Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083924435653058457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-89639138921291950462009-10-29T06:21:14.181-04:002009-10-29T06:21:14.181-04:00A posting that makes me think! Yes, I do believe t...A posting that makes me think! Yes, I do believe that we are most individual when we experiment. These are moments when nobody else can tell us if it is right or wrong what we do; only the artist who looks at his product will have a feeling of success or failure in the process of expressing oneself.<br />You're alone on this peak. The more experienced ones who could guide us climbed other mountains, not this one.<br />That's why we do it.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005517826999307074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-41992680019199066932009-10-29T05:48:15.435-04:002009-10-29T05:48:15.435-04:00Ah, that's a very good question Rayna.I belie...Ah, that's a very good question Rayna.I believe I am still trying to FIND my voice!Diane Cransachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09163924503318866393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-90971498944691318272009-10-29T05:31:35.632-04:002009-10-29T05:31:35.632-04:00I think our voices are recognizable by the questio...I think our voices are recognizable by the questions we ask, the filters we apply, and of course they change over time as we do.quiltcontemplation blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073675331096590657noreply@blogger.com