There was an article I read not too long ago talking about art and failure. They had examples of art that the artist thought was a failure but turned out to be very popular to this day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Failure is a part of art and life. It happens. What one does with the information garnered from that failure is probably more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are people who come out of the womb with a pencil and the ability to sketch beautiful artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then there are the regular people who have to work very hard to become a great artist. They draw all the time and work on learning how to draw realistically or classically. They work hard to get what is in their heads out on paper or canvas or whatever medium they are working in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I look at the puppets I made even a couple of years ago and I can see how much I have learned. There are puppets I can make now that I could not even figure out how to make twenty years ago. The one exception is a frock coat. I apparently was born knowing how to pattern a frock coat for a puppet. However the coats have gotten better and more complicated over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There have been epic fails in my artwork. There have also been minor failures and many that only I can see the flaws. To the untrained eye, they look perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But through this I have learned all kinds of things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like puppets don\u2019t care if their seams are not finished inside their clothing, they don\u2019t feel the rubbing of the raw edge of the cloth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silk is a pain to work with but can be so worth the trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the advent of 3-D printing, it is easier to get the proper looking buttons but expensive and a lot of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3-D printing doesn\u2019t solve every problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Always double check what you are sewing to what and make sure you are not going to be pulling out your seam ripper to get it right\u2026.again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What adhesive you use is very important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each of these came out of failure and each failure taught me something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you need it, I give you permission to fail. To fall down and get up again and try to make your inner vision come into this dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am grateful for those failures that have lead to great successes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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