i gave up caffeine about 12 years ago when i began having heart palpatations and svt....today i had a screaming migraine that would not leave no matter how many other ways i try to give it the boot....so i added some caffeine to my system and in about an hour or two i was starting to feel like i was not going to heave up my intestines while my head exploded. three hours later i got a round of palpations and some svt and the beast (vertigo) kicked back in to full swing...but my head was not hurting.
so, i have been a busy girl. i have been adding scarves to the etsy shop. i have about 9 more to add on tomorrow. i about drove myself nuts photo editing, not a good thing to do when one has an uber case of peri-menopause enhanced pms....and while editing i discovered that i pretty much need to re-flipping-photograph most of the blues and greens.....the lighting was a bit off by that time in the evening when i shot those photos.
so......that will have to wait until monday.....would it be totally undignified if i threw myself on the ground and had a temper tantrum like a 3 year old?
i have a million projects going, i always swear after i get a round of projects done i will never get myself in the middle of a million projects at once, again.....but do i listen to me? nope, nada, never. i try....i really do. it is impossible to limit myself to just 1 or 2 at a time.
i get to working on one thing, then an idea strikes and i jot it down on a piece of paper to try later. sometimes this works, but mostly, nope. that little voice in my head says...oh, just try it...c'mon...try it now....now now now now now....and i cave.
so i am in the middle of one project that i can not show photos of just yet, but it involves making a wire cage. i have a ton of steel wire that i bought a couple of years ago to make jewelry with after seeing another artist's work. after making a beautiful piece...that i forgot to photograph and i am toooooo comfy to get up and snap one....i wore the piece, with a white shirt, and by the end of the day black stuff had rubbed off just a bit. well, i sure could not make jewelry to sell that left black schtuff on peoples clothing, let alone having to worry that sweating or getting the piece we would cause it to rust, so i put the wire away and figured i would find a use for it some day.
a couple of weeks ago i stumbled upon another artist's site who uses nothing but steel wire. she puts a light coating of this stuff on it to keep the black schtuff and rust in check.
tadaaaaaa....problem solved.
well, last night i pulled the two huges rolls of wire out the storage drawer, only to find there is some rust on it and this arty girl is in need of a tetnus shot. at the moment we are without insurance. hmmmmm...not good. then....ding...the light went off. nitrile gloves. they will keep my hands protected, the black schtuff won't rub off on my hands, and they won't smell like metal for a week after working with the stuff.
some girls get all in the mood for love when their hubby brings them home flowers, chocolate, or diamonds....this arty girl.....nitrile glubs baby...nitrile glubs.
sexy....aren't they?!
i mentioned awhile back that since my beaded jewelry pieces are not really selling right now, maybe it was time to do some found object and curiosity pieces. something i love, something i have not done in a really long time.
not too long ago while looking for critter bones on etsy to include in some assemblage pieces, and jewelry pieces...... i ran across a couple of etsy artist's that made their own bird skulls out of polymer clay. i love playing with polymer, but i thought there is no way i could make something like these.
hello....girl you have spent your life doing this to yourself....get a package of clay and do it...NOW. now, of course i was in the middle of working on two other projects when this inner voice screamed out at me. i am glad i listened.
so this is what i did the first night....
this was my first one....i was pretty darn excited...for about 2 minutes. then i got a case of the giggles and thought this looks like some cartoon version of a dinosaur.....a bit later i added some additional bumps, dents and things to make it look a little more bird like.
this was my third one....i was starting to feel pretty excited about this....maybe i can do this.
after i baked the first three i made, i used embossing powder to give their beaks some beaky color. i used an ecru colored clay, and i will be rubbing on some acrylic paint to give them a 'found on the forest floor' kinda look.
this is my fourth skull.....squeeeeee....isn't it pretty?! it is not completely anatomically correct, but i like it...i like it.
within minutes of posting this on facebook i received a few requests for them.....i know there is no way i can duplicate this skull, so i am hoping that soon i can take a trip to dick blicks and see if they can recommend a method to making a mold.
i have made a mold by pressing something in to a ball of polymer clay and baking it...it works great, however i have never made anything more than a 2d-ish, cabochon type thingys. i need to find a way to make a full on 3d mold.
in the meanwhile i thought i would play some more last night...i wanted to try to do something owl-ish, and here is what i ended up with....squeeeeeee.....i am pretty darn excited.
i then made this guy, and his buddy below....who looks a bit angry, huh?
this afternoon, in the shower, i got the giggles. i am sure there are some of my facebook peeps that are not arty that think i must be some creepy nut. i suddenly felt the need to make a status to explain my new love of sculpting bird skulls.....
again...girl....you have spent your life feeling the need to explain everything you do that is not considered 'the norm' shame on you....it is art, it is my art, and i don't need to make excuses for any of it.
i am, though, a girly girl at heart and i made this ring...one for me....one to sell actually.
it was one of those happy accidents. while giving my brain a breather in my studio i began picking up stuff from my last creating frenzy and putting it away. i came across these itty bitty scraps of some sari silk and even though it was too small to use, it was so purty i just could not throw it away, so i began gathering up these bits and decided to 'store' them on a head pin.
ding...ding...ding....those ring blanks i have just sitting waiting for the most perfect idea. these ring blanks are cups, i did not want to do the predictable thing and wire wrap some beads to the do-hickey on the inside of the cup.
i love, love, love this ring. this one will be added to etsy, actually, and probably tomorrow.
i have worked on a few other projects, and will post pics later. they are not 'done' enough to look like anything.
well, to wrap this up since it is 5 am....we have had a rough couple of weeks around here. the stress of it all is kind of grating on everyone's last nerve, and even this girl, who has tried to remain the positive-faith filled-cheerleader has even hit her limit these days.
it seems that when i get to that point where i just want to run screaming like a mad woman, i get a little nudge to keep going, hang in there. heart shaped things and pennies are usually the form those nudges come in.
i have one story of a heart shaped rock i came across that i will save for the day it all turns around for us.....but i have got these to share for now.....
max found this one in a pile of rocks in the back yard...he just looked down and there it was
just a couple of days ago i was down beyond words. i opened the back door and looked down at the pile of rocks where max had just found the heart rock above. i thought God, i sure could use another heart rock...a little sign...a nudge to keep going....and there it was
somewhere in between the finds above max found this one too.
ok...if the bird skulls did not make you think i am a bit of a nut......i came across this shop on etsy. an artist had put together an assemblagey collage piece that included a bird's nest. i collect bird's nests. i love them.
as i looked closer i realized there was something a bit different about the nest, but i could not quite put my finger on it.
i read the description of the piece and the bird's nest was made of.........hair!
the hubby has a hair phobia thing like you would not believe. hair does not bother me...but i don't think i would want someone elses that was not a family member...that might eek me out a bit.
well....i finally had enough of the nest making material in my hair brush the other day and i made one for my collection.....i think it is super neato....and i can not wait to find the just perfect little eggs to put in it.
i had to enhance the photo a bit, which is the first picture. my hair color it too light and i could not find a place to take a decent photo in the middle of the night.
you can see in the second photo how it blends in to the kitchen table.
ok, i told you i am in to oddities. at least it is not a belly button lint critter, or toe nail critter...almost...but not quite.
as usual once you get me started i don't easily stop, so i will make myself stop for now and join this guy for a few zzzzzzzzz's.
nighty-night...or at 5:19 am i guess it is morning-morn.
smoochies to ya....
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