There is much talk among creatives about the concept of the muse, how, if, and when she visits, what to do when she doesn’t, and how to be creative on demand anyway…because it’s our job. Anyone who ever went to art school or has worked in a creative job for someone else knows that waiting around for the muse to…
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Every wondered how I juggle so many different art and fine craft mediums in one small space? After the success of my World-wide Open Studio on Zoom at the beginning of COVID-19, I thought it might be fun to show you how I functionally cram so much equipment around a ‘command central’ style workbench for jewelry and metalsmithing. Enjoy this…
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After I emailed to set up a Zoom call with a friend, we both got the theme to the PBS Kid’s show stuck in our heads (the one from the 70’s not the reboot). That theme is a helluva earworm* as songs go. With it going round and round in my brain off and on for the last two weeks,…
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Last week I was on a Zoom social hour with members of SNAG. When E.D. Gwynne Ruckenbrod-Smith asked how I was doing amidst this current situation of low artwork sales and canceled workshops, I fessed up that I was just as fried as everyone else. I briefly shared about my ongoing projects on which I should be making progress with…
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I could never turn the doorknobs in my grandmother’s house when I was a child. My great-grandmother, who had lived through two World Wars and The Great Depression saved every single rubber band that came into the house. That single rubber band that held together the daily newspaper for a few years…you do the math. Grandma Anne would carefully take…
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