Serendipity
I am technologically challenged and it is starting to affect my self esteem. I have always thought of myself as a bright woman. I went to college. I have a master's degree. I taught for 35 years. But I cannot seem to learn the simple things I need to do to effectively use my computer to attain many of my art goals.
My husband used to do the things I could not do as he is not similarly challenged. That isn't working for us so much anymore. I ask and either he barks at me or he is not available, or he tries and has trouble himself and the blue stream comes from his mouth.
So I am on my own with a predicament. If I want to re-size photos to enter shows or have things printed I need to find someone else to either teach me ( once again) or do it for me. I think I have found that person, but the story is a little convoluted.
A couple of months ago I came across a photo online that knocked my socks off. It was a night scene of a beach with a purple sky. Something about this photo screamed quilt to me. I had never made a landscape quilt from a photo although as I mentioned in my last post I take tons of photos with that in mind. I did a little searching around and found the photographer, got in touch with him and received permission to use his photo in a quilt. I then made a quilt using his photo as inspiration.
In reading this photographer's website I find that he is a person who has all the skills I am looking for in a teacher. He lives in Australia and I live in the US., but despite that, I have proposed a barter of my quilt in exchange for his knowledge.
I am not sure how all this will work out or if it will happen at all, but I just love the possibility of the whole thing.
Here is a photo of my quilt of Mike Vlack's photo, " Rock Pool at Bondi Beach".
My husband used to do the things I could not do as he is not similarly challenged. That isn't working for us so much anymore. I ask and either he barks at me or he is not available, or he tries and has trouble himself and the blue stream comes from his mouth.
So I am on my own with a predicament. If I want to re-size photos to enter shows or have things printed I need to find someone else to either teach me ( once again) or do it for me. I think I have found that person, but the story is a little convoluted.
A couple of months ago I came across a photo online that knocked my socks off. It was a night scene of a beach with a purple sky. Something about this photo screamed quilt to me. I had never made a landscape quilt from a photo although as I mentioned in my last post I take tons of photos with that in mind. I did a little searching around and found the photographer, got in touch with him and received permission to use his photo in a quilt. I then made a quilt using his photo as inspiration.
In reading this photographer's website I find that he is a person who has all the skills I am looking for in a teacher. He lives in Australia and I live in the US., but despite that, I have proposed a barter of my quilt in exchange for his knowledge.
I am not sure how all this will work out or if it will happen at all, but I just love the possibility of the whole thing.
Here is a photo of my quilt of Mike Vlack's photo, " Rock Pool at Bondi Beach".
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