What I did today ..... stitched, stitched, stitched ..... stitched some more.
I love the way it looks before I've applied a "proper" back.
Wolf Moon In My Woods
Playing with Color
The way I start, whether it is textile or jewelry, is that I play with color. I gather colors, sometimes stitching a few little pieces to each other, or linking a few stones. It's procrastination, to be sure. But it seems it is also an important part of my process. Tonight, it is about jewelry .... and here are a few of the colorways that have come about as a result of playing at my "work" table.
Key To My Heart Necklace
Nouveau Necklace
Contemporary jewelry artist
has a workshop in France where beautiful jewelry pieces are created by hand using original stampings from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. This necklace came to life as a result of the beautiful centerpiece - one of Popesco's nouveau style brooches. I added whiskey quartz, jade, coin pearls, antiqued brass chain, and more.I'm happy with how it turned out - I listed it at
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:-)
Bye Bye 2009
Welcome to 2010
What can I say about 2009? It wasn't the best year. I lost some weight, that's good. I also, like many, lost some money; not so good. I was happy to reconnect with long lost friends, thanks to Facebook. Also thanks to Facebook, I made many new cyber friends, and they (you know who you are) have been a pleasure to communicate with, about things both silly and serious. In 2009, the depression which has gripped me for so long did finally loosen its hold. What a relief. What a pleasure it's been to rediscover things like reading, sewing, and spending time with friends ... in fact, to reacquaint myself with the simple pleasure of getting out of bed in the morning. It was a year when I may have spent too much time on the computer - but what a wonderful time it was, exploring just a fraction of what the interweb, as Craig Ferguson calls it, has to offer. Between Facebook, Flickr, Etsy, and blogs, I have become cyber-acquainted with such an impressive group of artists, musicians, thinkers and doers; it's deeply inspiring and I appreciate that very much. I discovered a real interest in making jewelry this year. Now I face a delicious daily dilemma: shall I spend the day with metals and jewels or with threads and textiles? And will I someday figure out a way to unite the two interests? I imagine I'll find out the answer to that next year.
Maybe 2009 hasn't been so bad after all. But I think the best thing I can say about it is that it is leading up to 2010. Now there's a year I am looking forward to. Knock wood. :-)
Maybe 2009 hasn't been so bad after all. But I think the best thing I can say about it is that it is leading up to 2010. Now there's a year I am looking forward to. Knock wood. :-)