Wall paper

Loose ends brings me back to the photos. What can they tell me? My idea was to make a strip of wall paper using photographs. I’d need to learn aspects of Photoshop to do this. The photos needed sizing in terms of shape centimeters and pixels. They had to be placed on the document without gaps. This was difficult. I am not good at retaining new processes. Still I did it. I placed the kitchen clock periodically throughout the length of the wallpaper and carefully chose pictures related to the kitchen area. There was a colour theme too – yellow and green. The heater is perched on a wooden breadboard. It lost its feet somehow. Mum used to dry wet clothes on it regardless of the possibility of fire. This was her domain. An excellent cook.

Wall paper coming off the printer.
The final piece on my bit of studio wall. It works well. I really like the repeated clock. The tyranny of time.
But I am not sure this is quite what I am looking for. It is not tactile. It can’t be stitched in this form. It does not suggest loose ends. I am certainly moving towards sewing again. I have learnt a lot by doing this. It will be useful.
Thinking of Norma Szakowna’s “Diasporas” which I love this image printed on voile or cotton – it might be more tactile with the possibility of sewing. I’ll see where it takes me.

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