My views on ‘artist statements’ are well known – that\u00a0the best statement on a work imho is a well chosen title, and \u00a0preferably short – although I do admit there have been some very clever rather long titles for creative works in all media,\u00a0but it’s\u00a0not a\u00a0widespread trend.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m sure all writers, composers, painters, sculptors – in fact all creative people at times have trouble naming some or all of their works to their satisfaction, and from personal experience, I know that in some stubborn cases it can take\u00a0ages to get beyond a working title like\u00a0 ‘untitled\/greys’ or \u00a0‘ blue one with silver \/gold patches’ or similar kind of thing.\u00a0 Sometimes I have measured, signed, dated, and priced a work in my master list before it’s very own distinctive title finally emerges; one piece remained as ‘untitled’ for 3 years until someone asked to buy it and I felt forced to give it a name, not a very inspiring one but it was entirely appropriate to the design content.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Naming is an essential\u00a0part of the whole process, and I could no more farm out that part than any other part of the process, like quilting or binding. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Recently I have seen several calls for help in naming\u00a0quilts\u00a0on\u00a0the various quilt art lists I read – there was even one by a PAM (Professional Artist Member) of SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates)\u00a0 which I see as rather amateurish, when considered.\u00a0\u00a0 These calls for assistance are sometimes even matched with a little prize\/give away for the person whose proposal is accepted by the artist.\u00a0 Rather sad imho, that someone is not up to the final little challenge in the overall process of creating a work of art.\u00a0 Today someone was looking for a snappy title for her blog – which is also a creative work, but I’m not sure she sees it quite that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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