I’ve had a project I have not been working on for 2 years now. I started it and it sat, primarily due to inertia. I originally wanted to do it for a particular spot in my house, over the entertainment center where the huge void of space looked anything but entertaining. I thought the light shining through the fins would look somewhat surreal. I was so inspired until I was told I could not put my fish up top of the entertainment center. Well, the inertia has moved out, like ex-lax for the mind, and now these fish that have been sitting in my studio being moved every time I want to use the space, are at the top of my “to do” list. They are in the “Buttugly” stage- a phase where only I can see where it is going. I normally don’t share work in progress but am trying to get out of my comfort zones these days. I started with taxidermy fish forms, they are HUGE! I put them on lucite poles and made little sand and tidepool platforms for them. I put the fins wherever I felt like they needed to be with no regard to what nature might have intended. I have forgotten what kind of fish they are supposed to be. And, of course, they all have arms and legs. There are 5 all together.
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Bravo for you! Can’t wait to see how they look over your entertainment center. Hope you’ll share that with us.
Thank you so much Gina, I will share the with glee the light shining through the fins! I have no plan, seldom do as to how they will look, just want to finish them.
So cool! CAn’t wait to see the finish!
Thank you elena, knowing people are waiting to see the finish will help inspire me to get them finished.
Oooooooohhh….I’m liking this!!!!
Thank you suzanne, it is good to get encouragement in the buttugly stage, I appreciate it very much!
lol!
I LOVE them!
Awe, thank you, you can see the potential!
“I’ve had a project I have not been working on for 2 years now. ” I love this statement, may I use it as well..?? I like what I see and certainly want to see how they end up… ” buttugly” now that’s a word to add to my spell check.. I love it… Imagine saying to someone that has upset you “you are buttugly” I recon they will get the message…
I am laughing, thanks. In all honesty I could not say I had been working on them for 2 years, I’ve been staring them down for 2 years, stuck. Now that they have lips I’m on a roll. Buttugly is descriptive.
A works in process that holds huge promise. Thanks for sharing – not everybody would.
Thanks alessandro, I am trying to make myself uncomfortable
I am looking forward to seeing the end result, art. I think its going to be fab!
Thank you for your optimism, I’m looking forward to whatever it will be too!
sounds and seems so exciting…. This is so beautiful dear Christina, Angels, muses and the Sun be with you always, Thanks and Love, nia
Thank you nia, I will need them! Love to you, xoxo
This already looks great. Nobody should listen to anybody saying this isn’t possible. Keep at it – and I certainly look forward to see the result. And bravo for pushing yourself out of comfort zone.
Thank you Otto, you are my inspiration, your writings about the comfort zone, struck a chord with me, I thought “why not?’