marchi wierson

Drawing individual pathways from a sculpture

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:53:00 +0000

I am using my iPad to document my work for the moment. But even with photoshop tools on the iPad with the camera images I shoot, I find it difficult to get a satisfying photo. I have some winter urges to eat soup and curl under some cozy blankets and read a book. Rather than raise to the occasion and do the job of documenting as well as I can. This will do for now.

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Crochet WIP and exploration

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:13:00 +0000

I am influenced in this work by the sections of a crab claw and the similar sections of a bee body, especially the antennae. I also see in this exploration i am thinking of the techniques and high skills of ulani aka Lana Bragina.

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Bee face drawing

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:46:00 +0000

Drawing inspired by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring photo

My sister looking at my art at the gallery

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:48:00 +0000

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Things I grew up with that influence my art and thought

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:15:00 +0000

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Today at the beach

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:35:00 +0000

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Lana Bragina asked me a question

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:44:00 +0000

Lana Bragina of ulaniulani (flickr) asked me a question. I thought it was a good one and you may like to read it. Lana is an artist who uses crochet. I find her work fresh and authentic. I hope you will follow the link and explore her works.

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object drawing 11513

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:40:00 +0000

drawing; archaeologist in the tide

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:50:00 +0000

pen on paper, 2.5 by 1.5 inches

object drawing 1813

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:15:00 +0000

drawing from one of my fiber art sculptures. drawn part measures 3.75 x 2.75 inches

feathers 1-3-13

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:30:00 +0000

drawing, crab carrying a building

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:24:00 +0000

drawing; sea pen forest, sculpin flying, person looking

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:54:00 +0000

sea anemone and nudibranch with a twist

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:34:00 +0000

elephant barnacle

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:01:00 +0000

This drawing is an invented elephant barnacle based on the folklore around the goose barnacle which told that the barnacle goose is born out of a barnacle on an old dead piece of wood, so my elephant is also born in a barnacle.

barnacle goose / goose barnacle

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:45:00 +0000

there is a folk story from the medieval era about the barnacle goose and the goose barnacle which says that the goose is born out of the barnacle. This drawing is inspired by that idea.

sketching; elegant eolid, puffin, goose barnacles

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:12:00 +0000

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I like the quality of a drawing when it is a sketch. There is some delicacy of uncertainty in it that appeals to me more than assured knowing marks. Its the figuring it out part I like and the deep looking. When I think I know what something looks like, I find my line quality is not as fresh as when I am searching for the story of the object. In the case of these drawings, they come from a book as I can't get a puffin to pose for me or capture a nudibranch long enough to draw it properly. Its challenging to redraw from a photo which is what I am trying to do at my work station. I have a plan but I am not happy with my marks yet because I know too much about the photo now. I will try to sort out this issue.

Crocheted crab

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:34:00 +0000

I dreamed last night that there were 2 spiders sharing a web on the folds of my pillow case. I looked closer with curiosity and saw that they were crocheted! Well I didnt actually crochet spiders but I did crochet this crab. It was going to be a part of a larger project but I like it too much as it is so I am keeping it for myself, and not including it in an art project.

object drawing 1116 or drawing while irritated

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:44:00 +0000

impatient today. irritated. still continuing the practice of drawing. gradually including less and less marks until there is one simple line.

object drawing 1113

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:16:00 +0000

crochet ring

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:04:00 +0000

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my drawing guidelines for my crochet objects

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:26:00 +0000

Pay attention
concentrate.
stop or change something if attention is fading.

Be exact with detail
look.
look right at the object and into the surface. The more I draw from a line of actual individual stitches, the better the outcome. Assuming does not lead to a good outcome. Generalizing does not lead to a good drawing.

Enjoy the object
Be fresh.
I have seen the object too much when I begin to have trouble concentrating and I feel tedium. Combine objects as subjects for the drawing.

Play with the form, study the stitches.

object drawing 1030

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:09:00 +0000

object drawing 1029

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:12:00 +0000

drawing feathers

noreply@blogger.com (marchi wierson) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:47:00 +0000

4 x 6 inches or 10 x 15 cm