Libzoid Blog

I haven’t done any work in the studio for quite awhile. Essentially I stopped just before my surgery and I haven’t gotten back into the creative flow again. Writing about my creativity has forced me to look at my studio habits and realize that creativity is just that: a habit. If […]

Sometimes every day life is just at odds with the artistic process.  I am caught up in a maelstrom of parenting issues and mundane every day tasks.  Actually I find the mundane tasks of life to be the perfect pass time when I am stressed out, but I hate having to ignore that tiny voice […]

I’ve been driving around a fair amount already today (two trips to the middles school before 10:30 a.m.!), thinking about artistic “choices”.  There’s the choice to be an artist.  Okay, some would argue that really isn’t a choice, more of a drive or passion, but I do think somewhere along the line there was a […]

Today I experienced an unanticipated hazard of wearing this pendant:

to an outdoor mass in the bright sun of mid-day. I wore it mounted on a necklace cable and it leaves a distinctive sunburn shape:

I am hoping it will fade quickly. Either that, or this will be the only necklace I wear for awhile! […]

I am coming down to the wire on items for the Bead Bazaar this weekend. Today I finished riveting 3 pendants I had made a couple of weeks ago. What sets these three apart is that they are shiny, really shiny.

I used Colores resin from Rio Grande to coat them with a thick coating […]

My sister drove up for a visit today, so I finally added the beaded strands to the pendant I made for her couple of weeks ago. I’m calling this one “Purple Falls” for lack of a better idea.

This was a birthday present, and since her birthday was in July, it was time for me […]

Just a quick post to say that the surgery went well and I am on the mend.  Thanks very much for all the well wishes.  The whole thing was much easier than I expected.  I’m still sore, but it’s quite manageable.  I am the instant gratification kid, so I am impatient to get back to […]

 I have been listening to a lot of show tunes in my studio lately and the title of this post keeps echoing in my head like a melody from “A Chorus Line”.  Anyway, I am having my gallbladder removed on Thursday. Hopefully that will take care of much of what has been bothering […]

Sorry, I just couldn’t resist the title.  I have a love/hate relationship with rivets.  I love how they function and I love the look, but I struggle with getting them so they look right.  I suspect some of the challenge I am experiencing comes from the fact that I am often riveting directly into polymer […]