I feel a bit like I’m making bad textiles 101 projects. I find myself asking is this a failure or a success? And I spend a great deal of time asking myself what makes an object a failure or success. And what can be gleaned from it’s making. The puff ball made me think about lashing, so I went out in the yard. I gathered some sticks for a lashing project too, and I’ll get to that in the next couple days. I wondered what would keep a wreath-like object from turning into a Christmas decoration? Clean lines? Geometry? Is it even possible to wrap twigs up in a wreath and have it ever not look like a decoration? What if you took it out of context? What if this is too much thought over a wreath?
In any case, these are meant to be quick decisions and executions. Done. Move on to the next thing. Amassing a collection of manipulated objects made from every day materials, that’s the goal here. Nothing else should get in the way of that. Just keep swimming.
Basketlike thing made from yard clippings of a butterfly bush.