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ABSTRACT ON FABRIC

mary gow, indigo art, 2024.

“Indigo Abstract,” indigo dye on fabric, by Mary Gow.

With my love of abstract art that translates so well if applied to fabrics – finally in early 2024 I took a class I’ve been longing to take for a long while.

I discovered Joy Lily’s “Dyeing For Crafters with Shibori” class available through South San Francisco’s Parks and Recreation Department.

It’s a four hour class that runs about 9 weeks per term, offered 3 or 4 times a year. In a cool way, that means it’s possible to make this course almost a weekly routine – with some healthy breaks in between!

See the image above for a sample of an indigo piece I created.

If you’re interested in taking Joy Lily’s dyeing class in South San Francisco, go to
https://secure.rec1.com/CA/south-san-francisco-ca/catalog/index/
and in the filters box, put “Dyeing” and you’ll find out if/when the class is offered and whether registration is open.

Exploring abstract painting on fabric is an adventure! I look forward to doing more!

Observations

"Lamb", digital photo by Mary Gow Pincus
Listening to Mel Robbins’ Podcast I find myself working on this post to take action and get it done rather than to think about it too much. Robbins has a 5-4-3-2-1 technique – a way of “just do it” thinking that means get it going. Start counnting, 5-4-3-2-1, and then do it.

I’ve been working on what to write and how to make this an epic and fantastic blog post.

That put a lot of pressure on my getting something posted here.

Do you ever feel that way?

After being away from my blog for a while I’m back, posting something.

The photo above is one I took from my lap, of my legs crossed. You may be able to see my flannel pjs that have little lamb-looking squiggly lines. There’s an intersection with my light purple robe that brings a few folds. I then used the Paper Artist app to get this effect.

For more info on Mel Robbins’ Five Second Rule, to check out her book of the same title, click here.

Let go of observing and go ahead and make a baby step forward, even if it’s an awkward one.

Little bit forward, make adjustments, rinse and repeat.

There, I’ve broken the spell. Check back for that epic post : – )
-Mary

Light from Below

Following the advice of photographer, Tyler Mitchell, in his MasterClass “Tyler Mitchell Teaches Storytelling Through Portrait Photography” I’ve been taking a series of photographs of the floor.

You can see Day One of my series by clicking HERE.

Applying an app I love called Paper Artist, the image immediately skewed in a new direction.

The exercise is easy.

Who doesn’t have a floor?

Here’s what I captured on Day 2. I was looking at the floor through crossed legs. The Paper Artist filter pushed the image into an abstraction.

Like Tyler says, “Daydream about photography.”

Mary Gow Photo Floor No. 2

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