3 posts tagged “jewelry”

I haven't been updating much because I've been working in the studio every spare minute to get ready for my turn as the featured artist at the gallery where my work is.  I just finished setting up all my artwork in the window and everybody tells me it looks great.  Hopefully it will sell some jewelry and stuff. 

doing the work was pretty challenging because I was fighting the limitations of my body, particularly at the end when I was trying to steal time anywhere to get the work finished.  I found that I couldn't work the way I used to, where I would sit all day at the table dabbling in clay.  Now I can only sit at the table for a few hours and then I have to lie down or at least move to an easy chair.  If I wasn't using a special back chair (the kind you sort of kneel in) I wouldn't be able to do it at all.  The back chair gives me lots of mobility from my hips up, so I can turn and reach things without getting up or straining my upper body.

As I've been working I've been gradually cleaning out and organizing my studio so it is a better place to work.  I haven't really done much work in the studio in the last couple of years, so it is good to finally start getting use of the room for what we bought it for. (My studio is a FROG that we had to pay extra for...something my hubby reminds me of from time to time.

I got to go to a bead show yesterday and I had some money to re-invest in my business, so I was able to buy some stuff and have a good time looking.  Lots of drama trying to get there, but it all worked out in the end. 

On Saturday I worked in the gallery and spent several hours beading.  It was good to accomplish so much.  I can't work like I used to, but I can work.  I wasn't ready to give up on my dream of creating and selling art jewelry.

This has been a wandery post, but at least I posted something.  It's been a while.

Today was mostly useless as far as work goes.  I had an MRI this afternoon (lumbar spine this time).  it feels like I'm going for a complete set.    Three this year and one last year.  This is the second lumbar study I've had, but the last one was in 2002 so it is about time, I guess.

When I got home I spent some time working on homeschool projects with my son and then I was tired and it was nap time again.  Woke up late with a headache so I really couldn't do what I planned, which was to put glaze on the beads and barettes I've finished.  I'll be stuck at the gallery tomorrow.  Maybe I can take everything I need there and complete the work.

It's odd, but sometimes I find it easier to finish designs when I am limited in the materials I have available.  Like when I just take some stuff with me to a show and that's all I have to work with.  At home, in my studio, I have so much to choose from that it can be overwhelming and sometimes I can't decide what to do.  Another problem is not wanting to finish a piece until I find the "perfect" finding (what a stupid term!) to go with it.  When I'm limited pieces may not perfectly fit my artistic vision, but at least they're done!