Tuesday, March 18, 2008

When inspiration doesn't come

Well I have been fortunate enough to have a handy husband to help me realize my dream. I now have a lampwork studio with the best ventilation I could ask for. Its not pretty and its in my garage but hey! I've got music and a torch and glass whoo! whoo! excitement! or so I thought. So after a seemingly long and arduous hiatus from torching I finally sat at my new work station feeling anxious to start. Well I sat there waiting for inspiration , far too long I thought, after weeks of bead ideas floating through my head and even dreaming of it and not being ableto find relief, I just sat there and stared at all the glass rods hoping for a color to jump out at me but they all just starred blankly at me. So when that didn't happen I decided that maybe I needed to get warmed up so instead of waiting and starring back I decided I needed to practice and I gave myself a few assignments to complete. Just the basics; dots, encasing, florals and then something clicked, inspiration started seeping back in and I felt like I was getting back into the swing of things.
It amazes me how quickly I got out of the rhythm of making beads, cleaning them, photographing them, posting them. It was a bit effortless. Now I have a bunch of beads that need to be inspected and cleaned and possibly photographed. Well I guess for now I'll just do what inspires me! Eventually I'll clean and photograph my little beauties till then you'll just have to wonder what I'm making...

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