I’ve moved on, I’m now playing with knives
My friend Maggie introduced me to Hitty. Hitty is a sweet little doll and main character in the book Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. I haven’t gotten hold of the book yet, but from what I picked up Hitty starts out as a bit of mountain ash and is carved by a family friend in [...]
Early craft fair results
Disappointing for vendors, awesome for buyers. I’m going to embrace the whole “If you can’t say something nice about a craft fair coordinator don’t say anything at all.” but I will say its not a good sign when you visit with friends from bazaars past and the first thing out of their mouths is “This [...]
very literal
I found a copy of quotes from my friends. The history behind this is that I started writing down the best bits of advice they gave me about art and creative work before I moved to Portland from Salem, Oregon in 1992 or 93 (it was in the winter that I moved, I just can’t [...]
Translucent effects
Translucent polymer clay rocks, the problem was that I didn’t know how to use it. It was one of those situations where I knew what the potential was, but just didn’t know how to achieve it. Carolyn to the rescue, she suggested that I try slicing my canes thinner and buffing them to increase the [...]
New stuff; wire and clay
This is where my lathe used to sit. I’m not ready to give up my little lathe just yet, although I really like polymer clay, I’m going to wait it out and see if perhaps I might be able to do some occasional well protected wood turning without my immune system freaking out and making [...]
Hmm wax..
Wax, I have wax! I spent most of Saturday cleaning and laying out protective layers of things (like Seran wrap and newspaper) onto surfaces that needed protection, then cleaned jars while my fresh wax melted. Most of the candles are the baby-food jar kind. I like them for two reasons; they ship well, and there [...]
I share my craft fair wisdom with you
Reasons why you have to mentally prepare for a craft fair; small children with muddy hands, large adults with muddy hands, people looking to ‘ghost’ projects, people looking to barter/haggle/trade/or sell you something, thumbnail marks on candles (yes, it’s really wax people, why do you have to test it?), people that smoosh stuff in hope [...]
Cool yarn/knitting link
Yarn? I am so impressed, you must go there now.