Foods have a special significance during Chinese New Year because of the way the Chinese word for it sounds. The Cantonese word for lettuce sounds like rising fortune, it is common to serve a lettuce wrap filled with other lucky food. Tangerines and oranges are passed out during Chinese New Year as the words for tangerine and orange sound like luck and wealth.
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chinesenewyear/a/symbolicnewyear.htm
Slow Art relates to creating art in a slow way. This practice is about being mindful of detail, valuing the history inherent in re-usable materials, putting time into creating small items. The practice encourages the maker to be naturally meditative as they create. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Movement
Early in the morning I decided to write some thank you notes.
Why not make original drawings of items bought at the Farmer’s Market the day before?
While propping them up on the table to review, the sun came up – gorgeous light!
I ran to get my camera. Here is the result.
A very productive day and it was only 7 o’clock in the morning.
I kept a dozen drawings with the thought of printing notecards.
Maybe they are the beginning of an Artist’s Book.
Where shall I get them printed?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Tags: Book Artists, Cantonese, Chinese New Year, drawins, Holidays, note cards, photograph, Publishing and Printing, San Francisco Chinatown, Slow Movement, Travel
March 4, 2013 at 7:04 am |
Thanks for sharing such a delightful task. I need to slow down. Maybe I should look into Chinese ways. Great art. Rlte
March 13, 2013 at 8:29 am |
You are painting. That is slowing down compared to the camera..
March 4, 2013 at 9:11 am |
One place I know that they do as many as you like is Cafe Press: http://www.cafepress.com/ Check it out! Love your drawings!
March 13, 2013 at 8:29 am |
That’s right! Thank you Marina. I’ll look into that. Carla
March 4, 2013 at 2:30 pm |
Way to go, Carla, that does sound productive! They are lovely in their simplicity and loose lines.
March 13, 2013 at 8:35 am |
Thank you Karen. This type of drawing comes easily to me. Simple relatively quick line drawings.
March 4, 2013 at 9:30 pm |
Artist book, artist book, artist book! Please, please. Then we can look at the drawings, too. Thank you, Carla.
March 13, 2013 at 8:32 am |
I’m slowly working on it. Actually i have a lot of drawings that could be turned into books. . Thank you for your encouragement.
Carla
March 6, 2013 at 8:57 am |
Love your drawings, Carla. What a great, productive morning.
March 8, 2013 at 7:39 am |
Your days have certainly been productive ! You are coming up to a year of street portraits, everyone of them ,I love.
March 6, 2013 at 7:30 pm |
I love the ethos behind slow art, Carla. Prior to reading your blog I’ve not been introduced to the concept. It makes sense to me, and I am a proponent of the Slow Food Movement, so I can appreciate this without being an artist myself. I love your drawings and the symbolism you’ve shared connected to the Chinese New Year. Such a warm sharing…
March 13, 2013 at 8:27 am |
Thank you Debra. We are still exclaiming over the turtle who looked
like our turtle Gus!
March 8, 2013 at 6:50 pm |
Carla, I love your fruit and lettuce drawings. They are inspiring me to draw some myself. Your art and mindfulness is awesome!
Love the slowness of it all.
Hugs,
Lauren
March 13, 2013 at 8:22 am |
Hi Lauren!
When you go to the farmers market look at the food as beautiful works of art then go home and take a few minutes to draw them while the fruits and vegetables are so fresh and new! It’s fun and you really see how beautiful our fresh foods are.
Hi to Lance.
Hugs Carla