Duhhm , duhm,,,,,,,,,,,,

Well, I’ve got more music stuck on my brain: The Saint-Saens Symphonie avec orgue. A friend suggested I design something as an interpretation of the music and now it’s stuck in my head. Sigh. Good music to have rolling around your brain though! I see/hear 7 motifs in the music, we’ll see what pops out of the shuttle.

progress quieting the noise

I’m not an artist!

Well, Ok, I don’t draw/paint/sketch well!

I can use a mouse and a computer program. This is what I created:

stitch count section of Ovals bookmark

There’s a lot that can be improved, but I’m making progress and not spending so much time trying to get onto the screen something that can be recognized.

So, why am I subjecting myself and the world to these visual gymnastics? Because it’s the best way to quiet the noise in my head: all those ideas for all those tatted pieces based on all those musical pieces. Tatting, and digital files, comes down to skill and creativity. I am compelled to work on both.

Maybe some will consider that worthy if not art.

learning graphics to quiet the clamor

It’s Friday and I’m a little tired. A long rehearsal on Thursday usually does this to me. Add to that, I’ve been working through some tutorials using Inkscape. I’d like to cut down on the test tats of my design ideas and use a graphics program rather than a shuttle to see how things will work. So, yesterday and today are set aside for learning this program. First off: I am not an artist! As such, I am outnumbered in my family. My brother is gifted; my husband kept my children happy while waiting in restaurants by sketching; my children both produce wonderful photos and computer art. I work with fibers….sort of. For my attempts to be successful there has to be some sort of framework: geometric pattern, grid for foundation, limited color variance, you get the idea. That’s why I enjoy tatting so much. And, given the structure of the music I enjoy (think Bach), that’s where my idea to combine organ music and tatting shuttles come from.

I’ve had some folks tell me I do crafts, not art. I tend to agree. But then others tell me my crafting is high enough quality to earn the designation of art. I agree at times. So, I’ve decided I’m a crafty type that occasionally produces art. I’m just hoping that the time spent learning how to create with Inkscape is worth it to quiet some of the clamor in my brain for new ideas to tat.

Take for instance the tune that’s been rolling around since rehearsal: “Blessing and honour, glory, and pow’r, be unto Him, that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.” Great fugue Handel. Gotta be a set of DS with picots that correlates with that……….

Well, I succeeded in getting one tune out of my head. So far, no other tune has dominated my inner ear. Whew!!! I’m having fun looking at the posts on the TIAS blog that Jane has: http://tatitandsee.blogspot.com and thinking…maybe I could come up with a TIAS pattern. It all looks so much fun! No….discipline!!!

I must finish the bookmark and diagram of it first!

There…..that is what I need…direction for all this creativity!

Good afternoon!

I’m back from the dentist (no cavities….whew) and I not only have Wie shon stuck in my head, but now I have visions of the bookmark I’m working on popping into my mind’s eye! I know, I know, could be worse you say. And I agree: having organ music and tatting on the brain is a good problem. But, I tell you. I am going to be sitting down at the keyboard (the OTHER one) and trying to exorcise this tune AND getting the pattern tweaked to my liking real soon!

Sorry, no videos or sound bites of my playing. The organ has…..issues. Pictures when I get the pattern right and finish the bookmark.