Sunday, July 11, 2010

Crawling out from under a rock...

Ooops- I haven't posted here for a bit!  I'm currently spending time on my "rockpile" making lots of BeachStones to have on hand to make bracelets and necklaces for a couple of outdoor markets and to keep up to date supplying shops and galleries carrying my work. Making BeachStones is fun but it gives me time to do a lot of thinking...

I'm enjoying resin work - especially earrings- but it's stop and go as I make items and then have to wait for materials not available in Canada to cross the border. I am considering ways to combine resin and polymer clay without any metal components. I also saw a cool concept in Chile that I plan to put together with resin and crackled clay... stay tuned!

I've been wrestling a lot with the time and co$t of making large pieces that move slowly in galleries/shops--this recession is not over yet!  The idea of a focus on elaborate OOAK wearable art- art jewelery or whatever it's called is appealing to me these days! What is a good name for polymer clay wearable art? It's not jewelery- what IS IT? Artwear? Comments?

A peek at my Reading List for 2010 reveals that I'm spending time buried in books too! Currently I'm reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo...

4 comments:

  1. Last week our book club discussed that book. How timely if you saw the Charlie Rose interview. And for categorizing the work, I agree. Art To Wear is what I laughingly call my stuff. It's one of those all-encompassing terms. Like stuff, but with more chutzpah.

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  2. I took

    The Girl Who Played with Fire with me to the hospital yesterday to read while waiting for a prodedure. A nurse laughed and told me I was the 3rd person she had seen that day reading a Larsson book. It is no 3 for me, and I am so sorry there will be no more. I haven't been so captivated by a writer in many years.

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  3. Its a FANTASTIC book- I agree- it's hearbreaking that there will be no more....

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  4. I love your rocks Gera!

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