Y A N K E E   L O N D O N  S T U D I O

Musings from a Yankee artist abroad in London...
Journal Excerpt: Back in the Print Studio
(Part of my practice is stream of conscious journaling, combined with sketches and notes.)
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Back in the Print studio. And Ceramics studio. What the hell color for the mind pieces? Initially white – – now?? Not black. Covered in muslin? Belgian linen? Belgian linen color?. Every color? Chips favorite color? Romi‘s violet? Too pop, not doing what I’d want it to do. What do you want it to do? Magic. Revelation. Mystery. If you paint it monochrome, you are referencing all the minimalists. That’s OK. If you paint it “white” then Ryman gets in there and every other “white painter. Not so sure about that. So here we are: back to what color? Not gold, graphite? --> suggests industrial. And what about the washes that are so lovely. What about printing on paper then covering up? Hard edges, soft edge, brushing work.
What about Mokulito? Woodgrain?
Light color --> shadows. 
To scale. 
Do you even need to build it? Yes. 
What do you really want? 
     Oil stick.    
     Washy
     Dispersion. 
Diffuse mass, LOL. 
Bullshit even more.

Flow. 
I want flow. 
Well, the only way to get flow is to make flow --> by doing. 
Stop being so damn cheap about materials. 
Blue black tones. 
Quiet. And the abyss.
"Embracing counterpoints, like moments of stillness found within chaos, I use a range of materials in my work: drawings, paintings, ceramics, printmaking, video, installation and sculpture."

Romi Sloboda was born in the United States and spent her childhood living in both the United States and her mother's native city, Seoul, Korea. She studied printmaking at the Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre in Florence, and received her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and her MFA from London Metropolitan University. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the United States as well as in Europe. She has been awarded residencies from the Cité Internationale des Arts Fondation in Paris, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the Herekeke Arts Center in New Mexico. Romi currently lives and works in London, United Kingdom.