Tools. They come in handy. They can change how work is done. In my work, tools can be physical objects that help me bend metal, form it different ways, polish and sand it faster than I could with files and sandpaper. Last year, my big tool purchase was a flexshaft, which is used in so […]
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I look forward to summer a little more each year, I think. Today it’s raining here in the Portland, OR area, and I kinda like it. Soon the rains will stop for a few months and things will heat up, and while summer is a wonderful time to enjoy the sun while surrounded by the […]
I am much in need of some art therapy this week. The unexpected death of my deranged yet beloved cat has left me reeling, and I fled to the coast for healing. It’s not a story I want to hash out in my art blog, but it is a huge event in my life and […]
Hi everyone! I really hope that this spring has been a time of joy for you. The world, at least here in America, is pretty tumultuous right now, and I am finding solace and calm in my immediate surroundings of friends, family, my pets, the flowers and trees coming into bloom, sunshine on my face. […]
Gathering of the Guilds is done for another year. Phew. It was fun! But it did have challenges for me this year. Moving my booth to CMAG, the Creative Metal Arts Guild, was going to cause some steps backwards in my business, as far as the show was concerned. I had new people to […]
I’ve done something this week that I haven’t in a long time, and something else that I had been talking/thinking about for a few years now. The two things coincided nicely in the second half of this week. One: Having a solo adventure. It’s been awhile since I did any sort of small trip […]
It’s about a week now until I will be ready, or not, hee hee, for this year’s Gathering of the Guilds at the convention center in Portland on April 21-23. Show info. I’m feverishly working to finish my pieces, and hopefully will get started with final pricing and making sure I have things like sales […]
It’s different this year, isn’t it? Last year I was giggling at Deadpool’s take on the holiday, and today it has become something bigger. In some ways, something more serious, and dark-seeming, but to me, it’s more full of light, because it’s full of activism and awareness and awakening. There’s good news for women who […]
Oh my goodness, friends. I’m adrift. I’m all over the map. I’m not sure what I am doing. That means I am onto something. I took this free marketing class for a week about a month ago. It was one of those things where you get a little bit of information, free, and then […]
It’s a rainy late morning. There is much to be done today, and once again, none of it at the bench. But I’m ok with this. It’s hard, but so much is shifting at juiceglass, the work of the brain and the pen are what is flowing right now. It’s good work and it’s hard […]