Embroidered Collage

The one thing that I took away from the January issue of Somerset Studio was a decision to purchase and use one of the Japanese accordian fold moleskines.  I'd seen other artists' work with them, but this article tipped me over the edge, especially when the idea of stitching through to the back was mentioned.  I just like the idea of small controlled bits of art and a collage that you can either see as one unified piece or many smaller spreads.

I've been thinking a lot about the size of art in general.  I loved artist trading cards because they could contain one small thought or a compilation of thoughts and be intriguing either way.  Sometimes I want to get back into that.  The foot square size is good for me for my layerings, but on the piece I'm currently working with and on Kite-Flying I find myself sometimes wishing it was larger, so I could add in more elements or stretch things out further, yet I have no real desire to actually work larger at the moment.  Twelve inches square feels so different depending on the format and location and style of art I've been viewing.  The relative nature of it is frustrating.

I am considering deliberately making small pieces and just compiling them to create a larger work, but am not sure yet about what direction to take.  It might be a good way to use the Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge pieces.  I could do it alongside my One Hundred Footsteps.  I am only doing one of those at a time to deliberately push for completions, but that leaves chunks of times that I could flit around a bit as well as study principles.  I'll think about it some more.