fledgling artist's notebook

back home

Julie Ayaz

late February 2025. this was super fun...will do better more of these little dwellings

2. 26. 25

2. 25. 2025

2.23.25 running out of white paper, of any kind, was a good thing. Good old card stock in melon.. a bit tricky to photograph ..but i loved the play of color...so nice to find ways to use color where you didn't see them.

Will continue to work on unity/continuity of color saturation, precision of form, whether organic, abstract, geometric... I love the way the white pulled off the blue in this first one.

I've been using forms cut from linens and foil.

I was shy to use this really lovely old black paper that I have had forever.

The first one I made reminded me of a naturalist's arrangement plate..so delicate and peaceful.

I first tried forms in crushed chalk...these are acrylic and pastel dust. I'm so excited to find ways to get the effect of the light colors picking up fine lines on dark but also delicate paper.

2.21.25

2.20.25

ghosts or ghosts of ghosts that have some nice forms ..especially the one on the left, in which I turned the paper three times, playing, not knowing it would create something interesting,

It's February 2025. I've been away traveling and recently reentered my affair with the print process. In case anyone is reading, these images are play and work in progress. I am in school, in my home.

I have not shown work, framed or sold work. I am not there.

And it's not necessarily my agenda.

This page is a record - keeping, discrete sharing and inspiration- forward endeavor. And gosh, some of my earlier attempts below., not so good ... However, I feel I made progress with this recent reentry, in terms of form and methods.

Even little breakthroughs are exciting. And hey, spring is on it's merry way. Just ask the wind.

I'm updating the print images below with more text soon

chronological thumbnails in reverse order ...latest proofs and little prints are at the bottom of page...

I will be adding process descriptions soon, as per a proper recording

9/20/24 - well I'm really not crazy about all these shades of gray...altho there is a hint and warmth of color thereabouts...I'll have to do something about that with the content I dare put forth... but love my thumbnail proofs..This has been really fun and consuming since I finally found a basic print process that is right for the bajillion images and sketches in my being to bring to life..whether they surprise me or not with their result. It turns out wire and metal, though, are things I gravitated to when I started printing and sculpting years ago...

we all should be as forgiving, receptive, bendy ...

a winner, a peach, a beauty from October

playing with wire, winter 2023/24 - a return to old ideas and sketches and searching for new process...settled into ball bearings and guitar strings mainly, to create formative pieces for vignettes but also for the designs and forms themselves