Creative Process: A way of being in the world
In this digital 21st Century of machine-made imagery, the Artist continues to utilize
traditional tools of the trade
ANCIENT TECHNIQUES IN MODERN TIMES
maintaining artisan traditions in a technological world: Passing On SKILLS, TOOLS & WISDOM To Younger Generations has never been more important
The first images the AI birthed were dreadful looking, 6-fingered ghouls staring out with dead eyes.
The Artist will not be fooled by the latest "improvements" of AI imagery, knowing that at it's core, there is a lack of Soul.
Better to look at a child's crayon drawing and marvel at the preciousness of the imagination than to have one's attention manipulated by a heartless machine.
Tools of the Trade
- *Beeswax (removed in final stage)
- *Tjanting Tool
- *Natural Fabrics (cotton, bamboo, silk, linen, hemp)
- *Small batch dye (procion fiber-reactive)
- *Soda ash (fixes dye to fabric)
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Traveling Artist
Probing the Edge since 1997
