let go!

 "Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be." ~ Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City

Pheww! Finished at last. Adding a pattern to the background of a simple graphic proved to be a lot more work than I anticipated. I haven't quite mastered the art of reducing without waste. Let's not use the word impatient — I prefer eager. However, to combat the problem I try to sort the waste into color groups that I can use again. For instance I removed traces of the anchor from anything I had to cut off to eliminate as much distortion as I could. When the "waves" are blended together they make a really pretty blue I can incorporate into another design down the road. To see the total progression  - check out my Facebook page.

after the storm

I'm still plugging away on this anchor cane. The blizzard stole a couple of production days from me but I'm back on track. This cane is gigantic  - never anticipated it would get quite so large. Sure hope there's a lot of sailors out there! I'm very close to finishing the construction. A few more rows of waves and I'll be able to start to reduce it. 

anchor's away!

I refer to these most recent canes as simple/complex canes. This is truly an oxymoron."Simple" because the images are just that, granted — when producing the cane however they are anything but. Maybe graphic/complex cane is more apropos. The graphic nature of the images require more symmetry to be successful than an organic cane might. I just have to keep reminding myself to make calculated decisions and not to take short cuts. Hopefully I'll get to finish this before the storm comes. Sounds like it might shut down the region as the day progresses tomorrow. I'll be curious to see how the waves hold up when reduced - but that will probably have to wait 'til next week.