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I DO!!!

i always feel kind of lacking or something when i read the words Body of Work.  I have no Body of Work.  But just now,  going through

 

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The Drawers,  i found things.  and they DO make up a modest body of work!  

 

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these two would be included but there was no room

 

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they live on  the Big Window Curtain with Jude's Winter Bitch

AND

 

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one of the gourds i used to grow and draw on.

 

There was more

 

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one of the fiber figures i used to make…"dolls"…..

 

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back to this.  Will leave them UP like this for a few days and feel them, look at them,  see what they have in common,  beside the Desert of them all,  except for the blue one over to the right that i made when i first found Jude…just guessing,  trying to figure out how she did what she does.

the desert of them…i wonder how the cloths will change when i live on the Hill of moss and oak?

 

 

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23 responses to “I DO!!!”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    love how you honour the spirits of place but where’s the Diaries Cloth? that’s a major piece!& re the body of work, as Kiki Smith said, the good thing about being an artist is “the work has to go away!” and so much of yours has!

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  2. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    thinking of how i have pieces of your work on several walls..thinking of how many of them are out in far away places…imagining a longish figure.a body of work embracing the length and breadth of the world..
    gentle day grace

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  3. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    I have a few pieces, and you sure DO have a body of work. I love the gourds, ‘specially the butterfly one.

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  4. Martine Bos Avatar
    Martine Bos

    That body of work is going to be fine on the Hill of moss and oak, just like you……..

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  5. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    seen all together I imagine them lending their courage to pack up and move on. . . . .

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  6. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes….the Diaries Cloth. It’s in one of the wooden toy boxes.
    They are next for consideration. It WILL go into this
    bin with the body of work cloths.

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  7. grace Avatar
    grace

    i love it that so many are gone, that so many
    were
    wanted

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  8. grace Avatar
    grace

    it’s all just sides of the same gourd.

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  9. grace Avatar
    grace

    i look forward to finding out

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  10. grace Avatar
    grace

    it had Great Effect.
    finding them in the drawers and putting them that way
    seemed to release Energy…yes…and felt really GOOD.

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  11. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    I love your doll.. such an interesting lady.
    Interesting that we started with Jude so long ago and it continues. I like that.

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  12. grace Avatar
    grace

    i like it too. a long time. and that there is a feeling
    of Comfort that grows. I know you. I like that i can
    say that.
    I like that when i see a comment from you, i nod…
    here’s Linda,
    an Ease to it.
    and if you are gone for a while, there is an Ease to that too.
    I know you are there….
    Love,

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  13. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    That is quite a collection of artistry you have there … interesting how our creations take us on a journey through our past. Looking forward to your future Grace …. I just know it is going to be exciting!

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    thank you Tina…i know it will be Good.

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  15. jude Avatar
    jude

    This was grand.

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    just noticed..one is upsidedown

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  17. grace Avatar
    grace

    remembering what your Dad said…

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  18. jude Avatar
    jude

    ha!

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  19. jude Avatar
    jude

    even better

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  20. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Grace, your Body of Work: cloth, dolls, gourds, speak volumes of your talent and magic. The doll brought tears to my eyes when i realized what she was holding. I have a box of those seed pods on my kitchen table that my mother collected in her yard in NM. She has been gone over 12 years, and my sister is downsizing and found the box just last week. Isn’t it wonderful to downsize and find treasures!!

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  21. KAMFreeman Avatar
    KAMFreeman

    Grace…it is pure delight to see your “body of work” gathered together those pieces still with you and calling out to the pieces resting wonderfully well around the globe. Your doll is, as all others I have seen in photos and books, spectacular, and the gourd so wonderful…but the journey with cloth and stitch you have taken since first stitches with Jude is pure delight for me to see. So many stories have called out to be stitched and they tell of a journey, strong, resilient and beautifully manifested on the land of New Mexico. What delights lie ahead as you bring your energy to the land of moss and oak…oh the stories that will call out to me stitched, expressed. A Delightful moving on and letting go story..thank you for letting me join in the following and sharing.
    Kristin

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  22. ali Avatar
    ali

    Your work is so full of meaning, as well as beautiful, Grace. Many of the images affect me on a level deeper than the conscious mind

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  23. Dakotah Avatar
    Dakotah

    So much depth and meaning in your work…and Beauty. I enjoyed that journey through your pieces.
    Every day I’m trying to figure things out…

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