By Thomas Thorspecken
Stella P. Arbelaez Tascon and I both had art accepted into to Fusion Fest in Downtown Orlando. The theme for the art was Freedom, so I submitted Freedom from Want. My friend had 3 painting she needed to frame for Fusion Fest.
She worked framing several of her art pieces at a large art table she had repurposed herself. Repurposing, keeping things out of landfills is imperative to her. She works to prevent waste of ecological and human resources. It used to be an island in her kitchen but she put casters on it and reworked all the cabinetry so it became a solid artist work station. She painted it a deep blood red. T squares, rulers and a slot for assorted mats and boards were on the side. Framing and mating work is one of that hardest aspects of getting work ready for exhibition. I often have to rework the framing of a piece several times since something always goes wrong.
I volunteered to drop all of our art work since I live closer to downtown Orlando. My friend was in the final weeks of her masters program and had a long thesis to finish writing.