Beginner's - ArtTrader Magazine
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Art TRADER m a g a z i n e week! Who know what I will be experimenting with tomorrow? One thing is for sure in my method to create, is that time is not ever taken into consideration to achieve a piece. I take time to make things nice and detailed. No matter how many days it takes. I like the watcher to come very very close to my work to discover how many details he can find, and stay a long, long time to enjoy all the tangled elements. I make it impossible to see everything in one glance! As for the Shisha, this is an Indian traditional embroidery. A little bit of history first: Most of the Banjaras tribes living in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pardesh provinces (North of India) were using mica or glass cut into different shapes in their embroideries. The slightly convex silver glass used in the past for this process was thought to frighten away evil spirits who were terrified by the sight of their own image! Today again, the Shisha embroidery with small mirrors is very popular, and it is still in use to embellish the garments of the Indian ladies. However, in the more commercial items such as cushion covers, wall hangings or purses, the ladies now use a big silver plastic sequin instead of the mirror, and the effect is quite amazing too! I give a contemporary interpretation of the Shisha embroidery in my Shisha pieces. I mix silk fibers, which I spread on a raw silk background, free machine stitch over it, and then embellish with lots of beads, Shisha mirror embroidery and traditional stitches. Please tell us a little about your materials: What is your favorite thing to work with? What types of fabrics, beads and threads do you use? Karen: Natural Fibers! No synthetics! My favorite fabric is raw silk. I have tons of it! I especially like its fantastic sheen, and double color thread is the best of all, because as you pass by in front of it, it changes of color! Once again, it adds some alive feeling to the material and interaction with the viewer! I have one stunning pieceof raw silk, that shifts from violet to orange, and another exquisite one that changes from sunflower yellow to shocking pink! Really amazing material. And I also like the unevenness of the fabric, with sometimes big extras from the cocoon that makes you remember it comes from a worm! I also like t batiks, and I try to avoid any synthetic fibers as much as I can. Same thought process for the beads: I prefer glass beads, clay beads or terracotta beads instead of plastic beads. I guess this is a side effect of the deep respect I pay to our planet, and it can show in my choice of material, preferring natural non-pollutant materials instead of an “all plastic way of life!” -22- -26
Art TRADER m a g a z i n e Do you find the work of any other artists inspiring? Karen: I see thousands of creations from Flickr’s artist galleries and there are a lot of very skilled, impassioned, impressive, creative artists, but if you want one name, I guess it will be Arlee Barr! She fascinates me! I don’t think her art influences me, but I really admire her creativity, the significance she gives to her art, her sense of humor, and most of all, I am really amazed by the amount of work she has sustained for so long! Never a lack of inspiration, and very skillful! Absolutely original! As for creation, I draw inspiration from every single thing I see in my daily life! It could be a fallen leaf, a bizarre tree, the association of colors on somebody’s clothes, a printed fabric, a left-over on a plate after dinner, but most of the time, it comes from colors. How did you learn about ATCs? Karen: Surfing on the web! I saw these cards were traded from one artist to another, and I found it funny! It is a good way to get a nice artwork from someone who has mastered a technique that you ignore, and the idea of exchanging suits me very well! I wanted to try this tiny format, to see how it feels, and I must admit that I had fun at the beginning, but I felt very quickly short in space on a 2.5 x 3.5 inch surface! So, I sometimes do some 4x4 art squares or postcards, and it is only for trading. I prefer a bigger space to express myself! Karen Cattoire on the Web! Email: cattoire@vanuatu.com.vu Flickr online galery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14552556@N06/ -27-
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Art TRADER<br />
m a g a z i n e<br />
Do you find the work of any other artists<br />
inspiring?<br />
Karen: I see thousands of creations from Flickr’s<br />
artist galleries and there are a lot of very skilled,<br />
impassioned, impressive, creative artists, but<br />
if you want one name, I guess it will be Arlee<br />
Barr! She fascinates me! I don’t think her art<br />
influences me, but I really admire her creativity,<br />
the significance she gives to her art, her sense<br />
of humor, and most of all, I am really amazed<br />
by the amount of work she has sustained for<br />
so long! Never a lack of inspiration, and very<br />
skillful! Absolutely original! As for creation, I draw<br />
inspiration from every single thing I see in my<br />
daily life! It could be a fallen leaf, a bizarre tree,<br />
the association of colors on somebody’s clothes,<br />
a printed fabric, a left-over on a plate after dinner,<br />
but most of the time, it comes from colors.<br />
How did you learn about ATCs?<br />
Karen: Surfing on the web! I saw these cards were<br />
traded from one artist to another, and I found it<br />
funny! It is a good way to get a nice artwork from<br />
someone who has mastered a technique that you<br />
ignore, and the idea of exchanging suits me very<br />
well! I wanted to try this tiny format, to see how<br />
it feels, and I must admit that I had fun at the<br />
beginning, but I felt very quickly short in space<br />
on a 2.5 x 3.5 inch surface! So, I sometimes do<br />
some 4x4 art squares or postcards, and it is only<br />
for trading. I prefer a bigger space to express<br />
myself!<br />
Karen Cattoire on the Web!<br />
Email: cattoire@vanuatu.com.vu<br />
Flickr online galery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14552556@N06/<br />
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