Curated

 

The current exhibit of art from generous friends

Making use of a narrow space

As you might guess, I have lots of arty friends. They have given me many small art works and handmade cards over time, and it has bothered me that I’ve simply stashed them in a box. They should be displayed and rotated regularly so that I can appreciate them and think about their makers’ love and generosity.

I finally found a solution I like: It’s similar to a cork board in execution, but the material is a modular set of felt-covered boards. I have several more square modules and a little more wall space in my studio, but I don’t want to invite visual clutter. I might leave it like this for now (top of post) and see how I like it.

In a small, narrow space between a studio window and the closet that was otherwise being wasted, I put up a couple of the felt modules vertically (at left). Although the vast majority of my work is in bound sketchbooks where they will stay, clearing out and moving my studio last year turned up a surprising number of sketches on loose paper. I’ll put some of them into rotation in this space. Currently on exhibit is the Gage Drawing Jam promo poster from a couple of years ago that features my life drawing. I also found the original drawing I used to print a Valentine card for the spouse guy way back in 2014.