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Two posts in one day! The Polaroid Manipulation class at Art and Soul Virginia has been cancelled. I was told that the students all were in favor of closing the class knowing the circumstances. What a relief: to have it settled, to know they understand. However, I will still do transfers and possibly offer classes once I know the ins and outs of using the Fuji film.
Boy, did I have a surprise yesterday. A former student alerted me that Polaroid was shutting down it's film production and factories. They are not going out of business, just changing their focus and will be doing more digital. This hit me hard. I've been a long time user of the peel-apart-film and the already extinct Time Zero film. My dilemma revolves around teaching Polaroid Transfers. I'm scheduled to teach this May but am concerned about students being upset and rightly so that a newly learned craft will most likely not be possible in the near future. Fuji does make a film that transfers and was told it needs to be done in the dark, not easy at an art retreat that doesn't have a darkroom. I'm trying to weigh in all the factors. How would you feel if you were a student? I absolutely love doing Polaroid Manipulations and will continue to do so but I do have a darkroom. Today I hope to get more information, find out how to use the Fuji film, if it can be used in the machines I now use, etc. Keep your fingers crossed.
These are the 3 2inch squares I made for the Pink Artists contributing to: www.girl-gone-thread-wild.blogspot.com The fabric based squares will be made into a doll, sent to Art Doll Quarterly and then finally auctioned off to benefit the Susan G Komen for the cure. It is such a satisfying feeling to be taking part in a benefit and look forward to seeing the end product. It's not too late to still join. My squares were done from recycled fabrics on the embellisher with hand stitching. Those small squares are addicting, needed to only make one.
This is the image I'm thinking of using for the February challenge (www.sharonb.wordpress.com/take-further-challenge ). Not sure I'll incorporate the colors but have just started thinking about images of what I remember in my past. Makes for a great conversation and DH and I had a fine time remembering some of the icons from the 50's that are no longer. It cracked me up that this was listed as a cone bra. Thankfully this is out of vogue now.I may use this image with printmaking or some hand quilting. Am also considering Tinkerbell and some others. I signed up for this because I wanted a challenge and I like that it does make me stop and think and plan within a time schedule. I tend to just "do" and let what happens, happen.
