I was gathering bits this morning, laying stuff out to take stock, to make a tentative plan in my head of where to go next. Wouldn't you know, another distraction appeared, something else wormed its way into my head, a plan, an idea. I will have to put it out of my mind though.....I will. It's nearly Christmas. I'm going to London for 5 days on Wednesday. I am visiting the V&A where no doubt there will be more distractions. I need to go and lie down.
It was the top picture that did it. The lace cloth laid on the body bag. Doesn't that look like it has potential? It does to me. They are two completely separate pieces of work but they have morphed into something marvellous in my head.....Be gone!!!! Oh my....what's a girl to do????
The lace cloth is evolving into a worthy piece in its own right. I have worked on it, changed it, added to it. The body bag, well the body bag, (insert a huge sigh of happiness) I am completely and totally in love with the body bag. It has a certain quality to it that I can't quite put my finger on. It's the drape, the weight, the softness of the seams where the silk meets the muslin....enough already there's work to be done.