So it’s October. The days are getting shorter and the nights have a certain chill in the breeze that wasn’t noticeable a month ago.
For me this time of year means it’s almost show season…the season of crazy and high gear! 15 hour days. 7 days a week. All the way through December.
I thought you might like a peek into how I get show ready and how crazy it can be. Let’s start with the state of my studio…
So. I feel the need to explain. When one tries to be show ready several things seem to explode. The most common occurrence happens all over the flat surfaces. Things seem to multiply. Procreate. This area is actually 2 feet wide and 8 feet long. Guess how much of it I can work on right now? Um. Yeah. None of it. Moving on…
This is my main work area. Yes. I still have a 12″ square to work in. Really! I do. A square foot. Yeah.
My resin area. You get the idea. Show ready means every surface is covered in something that needs to be beaded, wired, coated, sanded, tagged, cured, colored, painted, glued, left alone, cast, patinaed, ground, sawed, polished, sealed…and or finished in some way. Otherwise show ready would just be a myth.
Today i want to introduce everyone here to my new project and maybe you’ll learn a little bit about me along the way.
This project started as an idea to try to keep creativity flowing and gather the like minded to help do so. An opportunity to spread that creative spirit through out busy lives make new connections, online and off. A way to use the power of many to gain a better foothold over all the tasks it takes to be a self employed artist. I mulled this over for a year or more before spilling it all to my online friend, Lori Leissner of Leissnerart. After several chats we approached another online art gal friend, Ursula Smith of Easy Scraps. That brought us to today and a like minded group of 20+ self employed women artists from three continents.
I invite you to visit our fledgling blog at the Cre8ive Klatch.
Today i’m up! My bio and the questioning are all mine today! Please go take a peek…you may find out something about me that you didn’t know before.
Graffiti Susan
I’m so excited about this collaboration i could scream…loudly!!
Continuing over the next weeks we will be introducing the crew members of the Klatch. Each was asked a set of fun, insightful questions so you can get to know them better. Mixed with that will be great artsy projects, a re-affirming gratitude component, and some creative surprises. Our goal is to connect to you through creativity and give you a spot to come when you need a pause from your busy life.
On the ever present train ride that is the artistic journey one tries to do things that are different…intriquing…maybe with a twist…?
Forgetting that the universe includes something called the K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) principle i seem to forge ahead most days achieving close intimacy with the complicated. Seems i needed to come up with a class proposal. A new idea, a fun idea. To say i labored over this would be a gross understatement. I pulled out all the supplies, drew a bunch of templates, created a couple dozen pieces of God knows what, resin’d, shrunk, journaled, sculpted, painted, trimmed, and cut. For about three weeks. Everyday. The pictures are the result of my efforts.
Lets see if i can explain what these would be in a class situation. First, what i hope would be, a group would learn how to do some doodling to come up with a template which would then be cut out of shrink plastic. One side we color the other we journal on…random words. While these are in the oven we pull out the pictures or, my original idea, was to have the group take selfies (the black and white photos are me, i was about six), which we would cut to fit the shrink frames. Then we glue, then we resin…then we play with polymer clay for bases, bake again, paint them in funky patterns, insert bunny eared and crowned semi sculptures of shrink with selfies…and admire. Maybe not quite that fast but….
So…once finished i submitted the class proposal and thought, “ah, good work done!” About two days later i got a “thanks but no thanks” note. (Not really that abrupt but they let me know it wasn’t an idea their clients would enjoy) At first i was upset…all that work and an end product i thought was quite fun. Ahhhh….back to the drawing board.
And another 24 hours, i re-arranged the class practicing the K.I.S.S. principle and the second one they liked. All was not lost.
The moral of the story…stop overthinking, obsessing, hyper-focusing about your artwork. Let it flow…go with it…allow it to run freely from you. Stop doubting your ability and over doing your work. Everything you do is worthy and wonderful.
And always apply the K.I.S.S. Principle…
(Anybody want to take a crazy class? I have some ideas…)
My daily infusion of swamp greens! Energy plus…a concoction of mango, pineapple, hemp seed, coconut water, orange juice, red maca powder, and a huge wad of kale. Blend until smooth and slushy.
A bit about me…Welcome to the land of wearable toys! I make the weird and wonderful thematic jewelry that is Charming Trinkets. Beyond the creative I have a fabulous family that spends a lot of time together, eats an awful lot, and plays a lot of cards! We have two furry family members that act like children and we wouldn't be a home without them.
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Aren’t I cute? I was about 6.
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