No, I'm not bragging about my blog entry.
A friend of mine has a great article on her glass work and some of her inspirations and journey through the beadmaking landscape that I think is a great illustration of how each of us find ourselves in the glass and where our different inspirations take us.
Check out her article HERE.
It's late and I need to get some sleep. Big weekend coming up.
Have a great night!
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Friday, December 7, 2007
Holiday Crunch Time - Finding Inspiration
December is a busy month for us all, but for an artist who is also working two jobs (not including my glass business), it's especially problematic.
I haven't had any torch time in the last few weeks which is why I haven't been able to add anything new shop lately since I'm working a full-time day job and a retail job in the evenings and weekends. While I've been re-listing items, I really want to create some new beads and get back onto the torch.
How did this drought occur? Well, I had a couple of shows in November where I was able to sell some of the jewelry stock I have made over the past few months which is great. Getting ready for and doing the shows ate up my torch time for most of that month. Now that December is here, it is time to switch gears a bit and start getting ready for spring since jewelry designers need to make their items now in order to get their stock ready for the upcoming art and craft fairs.
Invariably, when I know a show is coming my inspiration disappears as the pressure rises. Likewise when the seasonal change for lampworking comes before the actual season itself. However, now that I've had my break from lampworking, I'm looking forward to getting back onto my torch tomorrow morning!
I've got a couple of custom orders that I will extend into bead sets for my shop, and I should have more hollow bead sets in bright spring colors also in the next week or so. I haven't made hollow beads since early October, so now it's time for new spring colors.
Anyway, send me happy thoughts tomorrow and hopefully there will be lots of new beads in the coming week!
If you have any questions or would like to suggest topics, I can be reached through this blog or through my web site or shop at:
http://LampOfLuxury.com/
http://burningscentsations.etsy.com/
Have great Day!
I haven't had any torch time in the last few weeks which is why I haven't been able to add anything new shop lately since I'm working a full-time day job and a retail job in the evenings and weekends. While I've been re-listing items, I really want to create some new beads and get back onto the torch.
How did this drought occur? Well, I had a couple of shows in November where I was able to sell some of the jewelry stock I have made over the past few months which is great. Getting ready for and doing the shows ate up my torch time for most of that month. Now that December is here, it is time to switch gears a bit and start getting ready for spring since jewelry designers need to make their items now in order to get their stock ready for the upcoming art and craft fairs.
Invariably, when I know a show is coming my inspiration disappears as the pressure rises. Likewise when the seasonal change for lampworking comes before the actual season itself. However, now that I've had my break from lampworking, I'm looking forward to getting back onto my torch tomorrow morning!
I've got a couple of custom orders that I will extend into bead sets for my shop, and I should have more hollow bead sets in bright spring colors also in the next week or so. I haven't made hollow beads since early October, so now it's time for new spring colors.
Anyway, send me happy thoughts tomorrow and hopefully there will be lots of new beads in the coming week!
If you have any questions or would like to suggest topics, I can be reached through this blog or through my web site or shop at:
http://LampOfLuxury.com/
http://burningscentsations.etsy.com/
Have great Day!
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