Digital Collage © 2005 Cynthia Guajardo

I have started the arduous process of cleaning, packing and sorting my studio yesterday.  At first glance upon entering my studio (see photos of the disaster here) I wanted to run away, grab some comfort food and nest in front of the tube – but time is of the essence so I resisted the temptation with every strand of will power in my possession (I confess I’m very weak) and got to work.  With official lease and deposit check in hand, we have to be out of our house on August 14th so that our tenants can move in August 15th.

My studio is a bit of a time capsule – stray bits and pieces have found their way into the space including the digital collage above, along with other 2d art work from years past.  There are more digital collages – and I happen to like this one and a few others enough to possibly frame and hang in the new house for a bit of abstract eye candy for the walls.  I hope I can find the digital file because I’d like to print it on better quality paper.  This is from a series that I created for a graphic arts class that I took my first semester of landscape architecture – very apropos to find it now that I am about 3 weeks from starting the program again.  I could totally see myself moving more towards 2d art or at the very least envision some of my L/A work  influencing my 3d work.  We’ll see where this goes.

Meanwhile, as I began organizing and packing my pottery tools yesterday I had the urge to make something out of clay.  Funny how that happens – I haven’t felt like being in the studio until now when it’s time to pack up my stuff and  I most likely won’t be making any clay work for at least a month now.  Absence does sometimes make the heart grow fonder….

Cynthia