Creative Block: Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas. Advice & Projects from 50 Successful Artists
Danielle Krysa
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN: 1452118884
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Creative block presents the most crippling—and unfortunately universal—challenge for artists. No longer! This chunky blockbuster of a book is chock-full of solutions for overcoming all manner of artistic impediment. The blogger behind The Jealous Curator interviews 50 successful international artists working in different mediums and mines their insights on how to conquer self-doubt, stay motivated, and get new ideas to flow. Each artist offers a tried-and-true exercise—from road trips to 30-day challenges to cataloging the medicine cabinet— that will kick-start the creative process. Abundantly visual with more than 300 images showcasing these artists' resulting work, Creative Block is a vital ally to students, artists, and creative professionals.
processes takes you. Create your own tight parameters . . . then give yourself a lot of room to play. Have fun. KRISTI MALAKOFF PAPER-CUTTING/INSTALLATION CANADA KRISTIMALAKOFF.COM Seeing the work of Canadian artist Kristi Malakoff in person is breathtaking. She creates large-scale installations that you have to see up close to truly believe that they are made entirely from cut paper. Kristi graduated with a BFA from the Emily Carr Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia, and also
myself on not getting jealous . . . ever. That being said, I was highly influenced by the work of Uta Barth and Laura Letinsky. Also, I wouldn’t have minded having the career of Slim Aarons, because his photo life seemed really swell. JC—Where do you find inspiration? JG—Everywhere. Outside, inside, in my experiences, oh, and on Pinterest. JC—Do you consider yourself an artist? JG—I’m not an artist. I’ve never felt like one and I have always, always admired people with that true artist
space. KELLY LYNN JONES MULTIDISCIPLINARY USA KELLYLYNNJONES.COM Kelly Lynn Jones has been making art since the moment her mother gave her a crayon. Being an artist is a way of life for Kelly, and so it was natural for her to go to art school. In 2002 she received her BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 2010 she graduated with an MFA from the California College of the Arts. Since her BFA, she has shown her work all over the United States and Europe. After
knew or did not know). All three letters can be the same, or different if you are a really good Samaritan. At the end of the letter ask them to please share a similar helping story with you as you are looking for inspiration to draw, write, or photograph something. 3. Decorate your letter in some way to make it special. Include a recipe or maybe some seeds they can plant. 4. Take a photograph of or scan your letters so you have a record of them. 5. Put each letter in an envelope and include a
made me think, “Who am I kidding? I could never make something like that.” Negative and destructive? Yes. Luckily, at that same moment, someone very close to me gave me a bit of advice. He said, “Jealousy that is kept inside becomes toxic, and it will eat you alive. But if you say it out loud, you can turn it into something positive: admiration. You need to do this.” And so I did. I launched The Jealous Curator in February of 2009, and haven’t looked back. I write a daily post about an artist