{"id":2999,"date":"2017-04-27T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2017-04-27T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T17:00:32","slug":"reframing-what-goes-on-in-the-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/reframing-what-goes-on-in-the-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Reframing What Goes On In The Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

In general, I don’t think there’s enough discussion by artists about the nuts and bolts of what we\u00a0do\u00a0that doesn’t<\/em> involve creating art. Alyson Stanfield of Art Biz Coach<\/a> has and continues to make tremendous headway in helping us\u00a0understand and gain ground\u00a0on\u00a0the non-making side of our\u00a0careers, but I do wish more artists would draw back the curtain on\u00a0their individual approaches to the business end of their practices. Not only would\u00a0sharing those details give viewers and collectors\u00a0a better understanding that making “a go” of things isn’t only\u00a0about materializing ideas and inspiration into a finished work, but fellow artists would also profit greatly from a wider discussion of the different systems\u00a0that occur within our\u00a0workspaces.<\/p>\n

\"It

It Isn’t That Simple<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a92016 Elizabeth Fram \u00a012×12″ \u00a0Stitched-resist dye and embroidery on silk<\/p><\/div>\n

This week I’ve been\u00a0largely caught up in\u00a0administrative tasks. Practice-wise, I was only able to accomplish my daily sketches and the beginning stages of two\u00a0new textile pieces. For the most part it’s been a week of support work: framing the cup and saucer pieces and tending to various computer chores —\u00a0including, but not exclusive to, preparing submissions for\u00a0two exhibitions, crafting specific artist statements, photography, research, email, and of course writing this post.<\/p>\n

\"Morning

Morning Musing<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a92017 Elizabeth Fram, \u00a012×12″ \u00a0 Stitched-resist dye and embroidery on silk<\/p><\/div>\n

During weeks\u00a0when I have my fingers in a lot of different pies\u00a0and find myself jumping from task to task, (when I’d really rather\u00a0be stitching for hours at a time), I’ve found two things to rely upon for a sense of balance. First, I do\u00a0my best to make at least one daily drawing. A half hour minimum is\u00a0doable most days and not only lends\u00a0a sense of grounding in its regularity, (no different from any other type of exercise), but each\u00a0page filled in a sketchbook gives me\u00a0a concrete sense of productivity in a way computer work\u00a0can’t. That in itself\u00a0makes the day seem more successful, even if\u00a0the drawing is less than stellar.<\/p>\n

\"Respite\"

Respite<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a92017 Elizabeth Fram \u00a0 11×14″ \u00a0 Stitched-resist dye and embroidery on silk<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve also found\u00a0it’s helpful to have a good, long book in the works that I can\u00a0retreat to in the evening because it offers a feeling of continuity that\u00a0carries from one day to the next — a quality that is often missing from\u00a0the\u00a0rest of a week that is all about\u00a0checking off a string of to-do’s.<\/p>\n

\"Quiet

Quiet Moment<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a92017 Elizabeth Fram \u00a0 11×14″ \u00a0 Stitched-resist dye and embroidery on silk<\/p><\/div>\n

Now that they are in place, I am very happy with these maple floating frames. I particularly like that\u00a0they complete\u00a0the cup and saucer pieces by providing subtle visual support without grabbing too much attention. For the fun of it, and a completely opposite\u00a0approach, check out the work of Holly Lane<\/a> whose fabulously carved frames merge with her paintings in a 2-D\/3-D amalgam that suggests, as she says in her statement, “contingency, time, potentiality, future, past, or cause and effect.”<\/p>\n

\"Pick-Me-Up\"

Pick-Me-Up<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a92017 Elizabeth Fram \u00a0 12×16″ \u00a0 Stitched-resist dye and embroidery on silk<\/p><\/div>\n

And if you’re looking for something meaty to think about while making your way through your own list of office\u00a0chores, consider the editorial “Why You Should Read Books You Hate”<\/a> that appeared in the NY Times last Sunday. I guarantee it will get your\u00a0wheels turning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In general, I don’t think there’s enough discussion by artists about the nuts and bolts of what we\u00a0do\u00a0that doesn’t involve creating art. Alyson Stanfield of Art Biz Coach has and continues to make tremendous headway in helping us\u00a0understand and gain ground\u00a0on\u00a0the non-making side of our\u00a0careers, but I do wish more artists would draw back the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21],"tags":[503,144,505,448,504,506],"class_list":["post-2999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion","tag-administrative-tasks","tag-alyson-stanfield","tag-art-biz-coach","tag-framing","tag-holly-lane","tag-systems"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5kO5z-Mn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2999"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2999\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}