Nancy Josephson Artwork https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com The Artwork of Nancy Josephson Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:26:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Flow Through-The Time Markers https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/time-markers/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:20:06 +0000 https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/?p=761

Flow Through-The Time Markers

The series of 9 sculptures were created over the last year: a year of tremendous upheaval, isolation, solitude, grief, reckoning and, to those who were fortunate enough to get there, grace.

In March, as the shutdown was announced, I decided to use this peculiar luxury of time to work on techniques I hadn’t done before. My metier, and what I have been known for, is my sculptural beadwork. Painting seemed daunting, but here I was with time on my hands and no excuse.

Each piece made was an individual sculpture noting where my emotional landscape was at the particular time. I never looked at the work as a series, but once the last piece was close to finished, I understood that the pieces formed a narrative that not only pointed to my personal place, but to where many were over the course of the year.

Here is my story of the Time Markers.

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Flow Through-The Time Markers

The series of 9 sculptures were created over the last year: a year of tremendous upheaval, isolation, solitude, grief, reckoning and, to those who were fortunate enough to get there, grace.

In March, as the shutdown was announced, I decided to use this peculiar luxury of time to work on techniques I hadn’t done before. My metier, and what I have been known for, is my sculptural beadwork. Painting seemed daunting, but here I was with time on my hands and no excuse.

Each piece made was an individual sculpture noting where my emotional landscape was at the particular time. I never looked at the work as a series, but once the last piece was close to finished, I understood that the pieces formed a narrative that not only pointed to my personal place, but to where many were over the course of the year.

Here is my story of the Time Markers.

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What I Carry
The calm: assessing (Still)

What I Carry
The calm: assessing (Still)

In her snood, she carries clear resin snakes…reference to Damballah, a cool, water, life-filled spirit in the Vodou pantheon. She is pensive, quiet, serene. She is naive.

My mantra during the first 4 months of lockdown was, “Two weeks. Two weeks.” As information shifted it was unclear what would happen when. The mantra gave me a sense of order as well a feeling of hope that this terror would have an end and that there would be a plan to contain and eradicate the mysterious plague.

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What I Carry
The calm: assessing (Still)

What I Carry
The calm: assessing (Still)

In her snood, she carries clear resin snakes…reference to Damballah, a cool, water, life-filled spirit in the Vodou pantheon. She is pensive, quiet, serene. She is naive.

My mantra during the first 4 months of lockdown was, “Two weeks. Two weeks.” As information shifted it was unclear what would happen when. The mantra gave me a sense of order as well a feeling of hope that this terror would have an end and that there would be a plan to contain and eradicate the mysterious plague.

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Preparing-Tincture:
gathering ingredients

Both shell shocked and innocent, she has leaned into nature, making and storing plant medicine to stave off the unknown. She is doing the best she can to keep both calm and aware.

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Preparing-Tincture:
gathering ingredients

Both shell shocked and innocent, she has leaned into nature, making and storing plant medicine to stave off the unknown. She is doing the best she can to keep both calm and aware.

…]]> Whose Water I’m Willing to CarryDivesting: creating boundaries to secure the homestead. https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/whose-water-im-willing-to-carry/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:31:21 +0000 https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/?p=780

Whose Water I’m Willing to Carry
Divesting: creating boundaries to secure the homestead

At this time of internal and external struggle who do we give our energy to and why? Clear boundaries create the push/pull with those who want more than you have to offer. They are also necessary to protect you and those around you who you chose to care for with heart, body and mind.
Decisions about who you need to focus on takes center stage. How do we take care of ourselves? At this time of internal and external struggle who do we give our energy to and why? Clear boundaries create the push/pull with those who want more than you have to offer. They are also necessary to protect you and those around you who you chose to care for with heart, body and mind.

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Whose Water I’m Willing to Carry
Divesting: creating boundaries to secure the homestead

At this time of internal and external struggle who do we give our energy to and why? Clear boundaries create the push/pull with those who want more than you have to offer. They are also necessary to protect you and those around you who you chose to care for with heart, body and mind.
Decisions about who you need to focus on takes center stage. How do we take care of ourselves? At this time of internal and external struggle who do we give our energy to and why? Clear boundaries create the push/pull with those who want more than you have to offer. They are also necessary to protect you and those around you who you chose to care for with heart, body and mind.

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Fire Starter
Anger/Fear: letting go of trying to control and manage

In the depths of day-to-day assaults on our communal national and global psyche, I reached a point of overload. Flashes of anger brought on by mismanagement, lies and disgust for how our leaders would trade power for humanity made many frazzled and fed up, contemplating the idea that everything may need to just go up in flames.

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Fire Starter
Anger/Fear: letting go of trying to control and manage

In the depths of day-to-day assaults on our communal national and global psyche, I reached a point of overload. Flashes of anger brought on by mismanagement, lies and disgust for how our leaders would trade power for humanity made many frazzled and fed up, contemplating the idea that everything may need to just go up in flames.

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Plate Spinner

Re calibrating: allowing more in than necessary. Needing to Adjust boundaries

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Plate Spinner

Re calibrating: allowing more in than necessary. Needing to Adjust boundaries

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Precarious Perch

Balance: the precarious, momentary moments of coming to terms

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Precarious Perch

Balance: the precarious, momentary moments of coming to terms

…]]> French BraidWhen You’re a Nail Everything Looks Like a Hammer.When You’re A Hammer Everything Looks Like a Nail. https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/french-braid/ Sun, 30 May 2021 20:29:25 +0000 https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/?p=775

French Braid

When You’re a Nail Everything Looks Like a Hammer
When You’re A Hammer Everything Looks Like a Nail.

Power Play: hierarchy of power balance: who’s in charge?
Is this hierarchy necessary?

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French Braid

When You’re a Nail Everything Looks Like a Hammer
When You’re A Hammer Everything Looks Like a Nail.

Power Play: hierarchy of power balance: who’s in charge?
Is this hierarchy necessary?

…]]> Precious Little Holding Me Back https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/precious-little-holding-me-back/ Sun, 16 May 2021 20:32:51 +0000 https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/?p=785

Precious Little Holding Me Back

Standing Your Ground: securing and cleaning the nest. Declaring unwaveringly what you stand for, what you’ll put up with.

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Precious Little Holding Me Back

Standing Your Ground: securing and cleaning the nest. Declaring unwaveringly what you stand for, what you’ll put up with.

…]]> Caul https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/caul/ Sat, 01 May 2021 23:05:39 +0000 https://www.nancyjosephsonart.com/?p=656

Caul

Coming into new light; humbled, transformed and reconfigured.

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Caul

Coming into new light; humbled, transformed and reconfigured.

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