Janey Crook

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Prostitute Judge Janey Crook Salmon Arm BC Canada

Ifind that I resonate with the Dilettante archetype quite strongly in my day-today life. I have many varied interests and hobbies, and often find it very difficult to settle into any one direction for any length of time. There always seem to be side bars popping up in the periphery – ‘what if I do this this’ and ‘what if that’?

This somewhat fractured way of exploring, planning and executing creative work which includes creating garden designs, cooking a recipe, working on a quilt or other art/craft endeavors does have its plus points but there are also quite obvious and sometimes negative side issues. I am trying, and have been trying for quite a while, to train my brain to do one thing at a time. It is a work in progress. In my piece My Butterfly Brain I used many different techniques, the piece seemed to grow by itself and then all miraculously fit together. The central image is a Gelli plate print of a Ligularia leaf which I have growing in my garden. I was amazed at how well the print came out; the vein structure of the leaf is very detailed. The butterflies are a commercial fabric which I fussy cut and appliquéd onto the hand dyed background which started life as a 100% white cotton sheeting, I found at the local thrift store and then ice-dyed with Procion MX cold water dyes. As a finish, I couched the silver thread over the main veins of the leaf. This connects the butterflies with my thought process.

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My Butterfly Brain 2021 22" x 18" Art Quilt NSF