Pale Challenge my piece that I did for the Toronto Bead Society 2009 bag of bead challenge. This photo is also the front cover of the 2010 charity calender. I will post pic of my other vessels soon. I like doing the vessels because I am not so limited as I am with jewelry. With jewelry i have to worry about wear and tare
Everyone that sees my Pale Challenge that is on the front cover of the 2010 Toronto Bead Society asks how long it took to make so this year I am going to document the process with my iPhone. So here is the test pieces and my tools and beads laid out to start. I am going to go with the triangle piece. Stay tuned to see how my mind works and come join me with my obsession/insanity.
Why do people decide to make a gift for Xmas when it 3 days to go and they have never made anything before. But for some reason they think how hard could it be? Well there is a reason there are classes and schools!!! And they never want to make something easy and get mad at the person that tells them that they may need to rethink it! Everyone wants it right now and never think that you need to practice and learn skills to achieve something of quality and that may take more then 5 minutes! And that is why it cost more then a couple of bucks at a craft show, which is where they saw it and think how hard could it be I could do it. Well you can but it will take more then a minute or two and you may have to start a bit simpler project. But no these people are geniuses and they are above everyone else that have worked hard and long for on mastering their craft.
Thanks for listening to my rant
I am working on revamping the blog!!
So am going to focus on writing the blog more (well I will actually write something) A lot of things have happened that have giving me a lot to think about. I am thinking of teaching so I am looking in to it. I am thinking of doing photography for other artists. I think I am not as threatening to some people as I have no desire to do more than that. I would never do more than that I want to make things not do photography. Rachel Nelson-Smith made a big impact on me when she came to the store in February. I realized that I can be someone that has my work in books, magazines and others would like to learn from me. The other thing that happened to me was I went to a lecture at the Galdstone put on by the Metal Arts Guild of Canada with Emmanuel Lopez - Motivatorman that got me to realize that I can be an artist even tough I am not “deep, significant, meaningful and or serious” What I learned that I shouldn’t care what box I fit in I should just make my own box and even if I never fit in with the “big time” fine art craft people than it doesn’t matter. What and who I am is fine. My goofy silly self is fine and what I create though it is not earth shattering it’s my passion and it can stand next to anyone. I don’t need to apologize for being me and creating what I want to. What I would like to do is get others like me to believe that that can be themselves and create something that is good just because they think it good and that is what matters.
I have been doing cross stitch to make my Christmas gifts this year. I did some of of Subversive Cross Stitch patterns, I did a Star wars pattern for my cousin Sarah.
But I really liked doing the Mini Pop cross stitch for Sherone. I would love to do a seres of the mini pop but they are not my designs they are Craig Robinson’s of Flip Flop Flying. I my start drawing with pixels to see what I come up with.
I am not a writer like I said but I will try to keep up the blog. What I have been doing is making gifts and wondering where all me sales are. Everyone says how much they like the work but no one buys. I have only had one sale all the time I have been on etsy. I am in a local store here in Toronto Made You Look but I don’t know how sales are there yet. I wonder what I am doing wrong? Stay turned and if you have any ideas I am want to hear them (i need to hear).
I am a bit time procrastinator and I have been working on making rings bur didn’t get around to shooting photo’s of them till I had over 40 rings!! I have been working on the photos since last Friday and they are on flickr and my etsy shop, From now on I will shoot as I go. I also have emailed a gallery and will be calling tomorrow or Friday. Keep your fingers crossed
I have a image of my brooches in the online magazine. It’s the DC issue of DIY Magazine. I did tell them when they asked that I was a Canadian but they didn’t care. But I am glad that I am on a page with Obama stuff I think my Mother and Terry would have a problem if I was on with McCain. But today is the day to be a Canadian and I am going to vote. I am just hopping that Harper doesn’t get a majority it bad now let’s not make it worse.
I would write more but I am so self conscious about it because I have dyslexia. I don’t feel the freedom that I have with creativing visuals. I also have people that don’t understand that if I can’t spell or write proplerly that doesn’t make me stupid. I second quess my self which I don’t do when I am working visualy. I wish it was differant but that is the way it is. I just will work around it I guess
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