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Daniella Woolf
Summer 40
Encaustic With A Textile Sensibility
Title
Daniella Woolf
So far I’ve had two books on
encaustic published. The first
in 2010, is a self-published
“gallery between pages,” and
the second, just out in April
2012, a how-to with publisher
Interweave.
Encaustic With a Textile Sensibility
came about because I
had received lots of encouragement
to curate shows. In
addition, many friends and
colleagues commented that
my writing was good, and
that I should write more. That
seems funny, since I have no
formal education or training
in writing! I’ve been journaling
(then cutting or shredding my
writing) using The Artist’s Way
method for many years, and
Here’s what happens to most of my
morning pages! Photo by Shmuel
Thaler.
how I write is pretty much stream-of-consciousness.
I usually send my writing to my editor-inchief,
Kim, who makes me sound a lot smarter
than I really am. A good editor is essential.
Here is a work from that show my friends curated,
entitled Beauty at My Feet, 24” x 48” Encaustic and
sewn Eucalyptus Leaves. Photo by RR Jones.
My reluctance to curate was due to witnessing
two of my friends curating a show at a local
gallery in Santa Cruz County. They were not having
such a good time of it. In fact, they were fighting
and I think, to this day, they no
longer speak to each another!
I watched drama, anger and
the herding of cats. I thought
that this was something I never
wanted to do! Still, the encouragement
to curate kept coming.
Then I had a notion to curate a
show in book form. It seemed
easier, the path of least resistance.
It turned out to involve a
fair amount of herding cats in its
own way, getting the artists to
send their submissions to me.
The actual process was much
more fun. I had already selected
a number of the artists. I looked
at a lot of work online, met
people at conferences and
asked colleagues for suggestions
to make the group more inclusive.
In the end, I chose the work I liked best to be represented
in the book.
The design process was also educational. I’d
worked with the award-winning Art Director, Carol
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