So Much Depends: A Little Peep-in-Progress

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Hello, all! I'm so excited by all the activity: The shed renovations, the photos of work-in-progress, the general buzz increasing as the exhibition date draws near. So exciting! I wanted to share a little work-in-progress from my studio in California as I can't be at the meetings, in person. I also just wanted to share a general "Woot, woot" of excitement as this meshing of marvelous things all come together in this show and community; a women's art collective of multidisciplinary artists with a first show in a communal art space (and updated barn/ shed) in the beauty of the Hudson River. I mean really, how incredibly meaningful and just darn lovely.

I am wrestling it out with Photoshop and it's quite an even fight but I think that ultimately, I might just win! Designing, redesigning, configuring, reconfiguring I finally have all the backgrounds done and the layout re-reconfigured. Above is a snidbit of the first page of my handmade book, though now I'm going to print the photograph separate from the red sweater background, then sew the two together with thread. The other 8 pages will look similar, though different images, different lines of the poem, different latitude/ longitude locations, and then all the pages bound together into one cohesive book. Perhaps some deer image-transfers on the back pages. (Little collage deer heads will also be tucked into the edges of the foreground photo.) Phew! Just wanted to share.

xoxo,
k.

Red Sweater & Yellow Porch from Oakland, CA

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Hello all! This is my first post on the One Stone Collective blog. I'm delighted to be involved in the collective and the upcoming compass exhibition. (Thank you, Marcie.) I'll be telecommuting from California and promise to be more regular with my posts after my wedding and honeymoon this April. (Eek!) However, I found these little compasses while cleaning out my studio a few weeks ago. They were too sweet to pass up, especially in the midst of the exhibition focus. So, some little compass images for you.

For my project, I'll be using a set of TTV images and adapting the poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams. I think I'll be making a book w/ text and image and maybe red recycled sweater parts, but it might turn into a photo narrative... we'll see. Regardless, this is the poem I'm working with for now:

so much depends
upon
a red wool
sweater
stitched by one
woman
beside the yellow
porch.

This poem/ photo/ book creation will be part of my exploration of art, craft, poetry and its relevance in the 21st century fine arts world. I'm toying with the idea of navigation (inspired by our dear compass theme) and how we navigate as artists, as women, as crafters through a very modern world. Also, how we find significance in our navigation and meaning in our personal and/or creative work. I'm not sure any of this will end up in the final project--which might just be a series of photographs combined with the above text--but the thinking always shapes the final project, even if it's just woven into the making. Lastly, here's a sample of some of the images I'll be working with:

It's nice to meet you all, virtually! And best of luck w/ your own projects. I'm delighted to be on board. More soon. XoXo, Katrina.

Artist Bio- Katrina Rodabaugh

Katrina Rodabaugh is a writer and artist currently living in Oakland, CA. Her artwork has been shown in such galleries as the San Francisco Center for the Book, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, and The University of Alabama W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library. Her writing has appeared in the press gang, curves, and Stillwater journals and also in letterpress printed broadsides and chapbooks.
She received her MFA in Poetry from Mills College in Oakland, CA where she also worked as a teaching assistant in the Book Arts Studio. She was awarded a writer’s residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2005 and an individual artist grant from the Puffin Foundation in 2009. For information regarding her work and online art shops, visit her blog