figures versus hangings
Over the years I have constantly worked with both figures-(3 dimensional form) and hangings. I prefer to work 3dimensionally and naturally drawn to express myself in that way but commercially it is pictures and hangings that sell most.
I struggle with the desciptions of my figures - are they dolls? or not ? I dislike the term 'doll' but am unsure why - it is just a name but the time, design element and work that goes into my figures is way above that that I dedicate to pictures and hangings. I am always striving for a new figure - always experimenting, always searching for new materials and methods.
This dilema rears again now with the prospect of the 'open studio' period - I find myself working with figures but feeling guilty that I should be producing hangings to sell.
I struggle with the desciptions of my figures - are they dolls? or not ? I dislike the term 'doll' but am unsure why - it is just a name but the time, design element and work that goes into my figures is way above that that I dedicate to pictures and hangings. I am always striving for a new figure - always experimenting, always searching for new materials and methods.
This dilema rears again now with the prospect of the 'open studio' period - I find myself working with figures but feeling guilty that I should be producing hangings to sell.
Currently I am working with wood and papier mache - a new idea and technique although both media I have worked with before but separately. These figures will be painted . stitched and finished ready for open studio - and the development into further models will continue.
The big question for me is......................do I work with hangings or continue unashamedly with my figures?
Zaz;0)
posted by Zaz at 1:05 AM
3 Comments:
When in doubt, do both! at least that's my philosophy. I agree on the term doll. It doesn't convey that these are artworks. I created and dressed a set of character dolls who appear on my Field and Fen blog, and I don't like it when people say, as someone just commented today, oh my kids are way beyond dolls! they're not playthings, but the name doll was misleading. Mine have a political as well as a social agenda, as readers sometimes grasp and sometimes don't.
Maybe we should invent a new term? yours are art figures, but we need a nice new word.
Absolutell right! It would be an advantage to describe them something other than dolls - not even sure about the term 'art dolls' but in the absence of anything better ?? ;0) I still refer to them as textile figures as this is the nearest I can muster ! I remember a very similar discussion many moons ago regarding the term 'embroidery' and textile art'- it ius such a shame that these labels create confusion.
Sara
Follow your heart! I have seen "dolls" mounted in frames and these seem to tick the box for artwork.
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