Wow. I can’t believe I haven’t posted since October. I’ve thought about posting, written a lot of posts in my head, but never really managed to write an actual blog post. It has been a long hard dry spell for me. I’ve been feeling rather rudderless. I also had a project hanging over my head. I was invited to make a piece for the Synergy 2 Exhibit. When I got the invitation, many months ago, I was really jazzed. I had a couple of complex and crazy ideas, and even lined up another artist for a collaboration. Then it got pushed to the back burner. I kept thinking about it and realized I couldn’t really make my original ideas work. (Often my design ideas exceed my technical metalworking skills.) Time passed, my enthusiasm and creativity fled and the project started to scare me. I pushed myself to work (slowly) on some basic bezel forms. Deadlines passed and progress was minimal. Eventually I had to apologize to the other artist and decide to finish the piece alone. More time passed.
I thought about it a lot, but much like my blog writing, thinking did not progress to action. This weekend when I should have been decorating the house for Christmas or at the very least cleaning some of the vast piles of dog hair and debris, I escaped to the studio and finished the necklace. My husband always groans and shakes his head as I plunge into projects at the very last minute.
Anyway… I’m pretty happy with the results. I’m going to write a separate post about the piece itself, but here’s a teaser peek.
It’s amazing how
