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New Year. New Table.

 

Happy New Year. Happy New Years week!

This week is the week I get things ready. Ready to return to work, ready to start the new year, ready, fresh, optimistic... I have a tendency to clean and reorganize which I find cathartic. Cleaning the clutter both inside and out allows for creative growth and inspiration. 

Here is the before:

 before collage

Pumpkin spice and polymer skulls...

So I think I havent posted for a week. Sorry. It was a busy week. At times I think fall will settle down, when shows are over for the season and I resume my teaching on Saturdays. Not so. FaerieCon is 2 weeks away. I have workshops and classes going on in addition to the regular Sat kids cermaics class. I am thrilled !!! to be a member of the Art Jewelry Elements blog. Working on the October AJE design team reveal, as well as regular blog posts. All good, but busy.

The goddess and the lunar hare

Faux Bone - just what the name implies, a relatively new material, related to PVA plastic, yet non toxic and high quality. It was launched on the market by Robert Dancik, and I have had it on the workbench for months! Wanting to try shaping, sanding, carving, impressing, staining... this versatile material. So here is the first attempt: 

Faux bone goddess

Wednesday - Work in Progress

Just a quick update - what is actually happening this week? Some people blog a Wordless Wednesday - here is a Work-in-progress Wednesday. I try to be in the ceramics studio on Mondays and Wednesdays. I work at home the other days - on everything from mixed media, glazing, jewelry...

So here is the clay in progress: 

Celtic flora tiles

Bead Table Wednesday...

(I was procrastinating doing a blog entry because I am behind on my A to Z entries. Well, that's silly. I am so far off the original schedule! I will do them, I will, but not today.)

BTW and The Sketchbook Challenge

I was listening to a podcast recently, and I am sorry to not give credit, but I forget which one... ( Craftypod? Craftcast? Art and Soul Radio? ) But the artist was musing on electronic social networking. For an artist working in solitude in the studio, chat groups, discussion boards and the like are a great way to combat the alone-ness.

And now for something completely different...

Sometimes a simple thing means the world. 

Hibernation...

Forgive me blog readers, for it has been 7 days since my last posting...

I was really getting into the swing of my new schedule. Clearly it wasnt routine yet, though. Last week I had  head cold, and after my latte post I pretty much retreated. Hibernated. Withdrew. Holed up. I was foggy, and lethargic, and didnt have a thing to say...

So the A to Z post for "B" is missing. And I will sneak it in there some time in the near future. Look for the first of the 2 "B" entries tomorrow. 

Since I was last here - we have gone from this: 

Fresh start...

Resolutions. To do or not to do... Merriam Webster gives this: 

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