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The Benefits of Art Practices
A key element in the evolution of my voice and skills since I switched to full time art has become the use of practices. Tory brought up several ideas for practices when I worked with her last year, most of which I was less than disciplined about trying at the time, alas. In pulling together my Voice class, though, I had the chance to review a lot of different sources on creativity, developing your artistic vision, being a full time artist, and various stories of people who have managed to make respectable livings through their arts. One of the patterns that definitely emerged was the use of practices or regular…
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What I’ve been working on in the Studio: Earrings galore
I began this summer with an exploration of dome shapes in all different sizes, colors, textures, orientations and materials. One of the directions that proved really interesting to me involved the use of different wire shapes, and that has spread to new ideas for various designs that use all sorts of different wirework. The pair above is also part of my move to incorporate gold-filled wire in to my usual repertoire of sterling silver, copper, and brass wires. I’ve always been a fan of silver and copper because they look good with my coloring and, honestly, they are a lot cheaper to explore new ideas with. Now that I am…
