An exercise.........

A friend of mine has opened a gallery......and she asked a few of us to make some heart related items for 

Valentine's Day......

Note:  I am NOT a heart person and this was a stretch for me........

Although I must admit....

It feels good to stretch

On making things............

On Friday.........with many other things on my plate......I was compelled to make

these earrings............





They are made of copper, liquid enamel and sterling silver....


and they happened like magic.......as though my fingers were guided by another force........




Creativity is a funny thing........after a long drought.......feeling overwhelmed by life..........not creating much........I am suddenly bursting with creative energy.........this is happening as I contemplate a move which will surely create some more distraction........

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Playing with metal and glass............

It's been the coldest spring I can remember......and staying inside with the heat of the kilns......

I've been playing in the studio............

Adding to my collection........

of these..........










and.....


getting joyfully sidetracked by............

Squiggles...........

A 'Muse' Ment........

Forward progress on these............

Fun!

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Dreaming of Summer.............

I just received the catalogs for Haystack and Penland .......decadent workshops for adults and some young........

Upon gazing at these......... my mind drifted back to last summer..........

Where for two weeks, I studied with  Helen Carnac from Great Britain at Penland.............

.......to wander and ponder......

being influenced by the land ...........

noticing what caught our attention as we strolled........

  

Picking up treasures along the way.........

And from those treasures we made tools to 'mark' with......

and made marks with the tools......

and I used my 'map' as a guide........
















to make more marks with knots..........

 

And rust..............









To eventually end up with.........

This collection..................

of industrial enamel on steel panels............

And these two lovely pins I donated to the auction.........so sad to see them go!












And I will now wake up from my dream............and perhaps dream some more............

To be continued..........

OH, and Punxsutawney Phil did NOT see his shadow yesterday...........predicting an early Spring! And now I'm rushing into summer..........


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My Meditation...............

I'm back to work.........

......making these.............





And counting to 100.............