Libzoid Blog

There’s a general implication I bump into all the time that selling your art somehow legitimizes it. I think artists such as myself, who don’t sell their work are often considered less serious, and even inferior to artists who pursue their art as a commercial enterprise. It’s something I struggle with all the […]

We had a meeting of the Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild this weekend. It had been a couple of months since I had last been to a meeting, due to family obligations and that freak St Patrick’s weekend snowstorm. Last year, while we were living in New Jersey, I couldn’t make meetings in […]

I’m just checking back in here and asking if you link here, please change your link to my new blog at my website: www.libzoid.net/blog Thanks! I’m not sure how much longer I’ll keep this blog open.

Angela of CraftyGoat’s Notes (fun blog, btw) posed a question about release agents for Sculpey Ultralight polymer clay in the comments on a previous post. The release agent that has worked the best for me so far has been cornstarch or cornstarch baby powder. (the baby powder version seems to clump less) If […]

I am back from our whirlwind family tour of several colleges in Ohio. I am hoping I can stir up my creativity again. It’s so hard to stop and attend to other business when you’re in the middle of a creative storm. My family is very understanding when the house is messy […]

Thursday was cold and wet. We were teased with Spring a couple of weeks ago, and since then the weather has been volatile at best. It makes that question I get from my 11 year old daughter every morning, “Is it long sleeve or short sleeve weather?”, hard to answer.  So… I have […]

Anyone who knows me personally, knows that I am a workshop junkie. I love taking classes. Learning the intricacies of a technique fascinates me. Just spending time with artists I admire is a pleasure. Listening to an artist talk about their work, and explain the process over the course of one […]

So, now that I have figured out how to upload photos to the blog, I’ll have to break up all the long-winded writing I have been doing with some pictures. I love making earrings more than anything else. That’s probably because I have short hair and I really like wearing funky earrings. […]

It was supposed to be a lovely morning to sleep. Good Friday, no school, only my husband needed to head off to work and traffic is light on holidays so he could leave later. No one to roust out of bed before 6:00 a.m. (the bus comes at 7:00 and our kids need […]

There’s an excellent article on Bead Photography by Lori Greenburg over on the Art Bead Scene Blog. Be sure to check it out.
Enjoy the weekend! I am trying to balance family time with studio time. And squeeze in some exercise.  I spent a big chunk of time yesterday soldering metal rings, hammering […]