I'm someone who loves working with other people, even when it drives me crazy. I love the give and take of collaboration--and even a creative tug of war now and then. Apparently, word has gotten out about this, and I was interviewed on the collaborative process, and most specifically, on how in the world can I create a piece of artwork with my husband and actually stay married at the same time?
Beth Messina, of Artbox, an online art community, asked me some thought-provoking (& laughter-inducing) questions, including this one:
What's
it like to have a deeper personal relationship with your collaborator - like a
spouse? This is rife with risk as art is so personal, too.
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| a pause in the creative process...Photo by Angela Swan |
It helps to ask permission to give
feedback and find out if the other person is ready first. Even with my solo
work, sometimes I tell Joe I’m not ready for that yet. I remember one time I
was 99% done with a large painting and he walked through the room as I put my
brush to the canvas. “Don’t blow it,” was all he said, but I couldn’t work on the
painting for a few days after that—it froze me up. Likewise, on one of his
recent 3-D pieces, I’ve waited for what might be the right time to tell him
that if he wasn’t careful, his work-in-progress was destined to look like a
spice rack.
Beth also asked me to explain more about my thoughts on the creative process, with great questions like:
How does a great creative collaboration come together? What does it feel like?
See the whole interview at: http://blog.artbox.com/
