I’m going to address both Creative Every Day’s December prompt, “Air,” and Reverb10’s prompt (Gretchen Rubin): Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it? At the same time. Which led me to title it Two Birds….you know the one stone bit? Well, that gives me the willies. So I’ll leave my two birds in the bush singing. And digress to tell you that my birdfeeder attracted a red-brested nuthatch this week – a treat. They come sporadically. Also a white-brested nuthatch, our regular Hairy, Flicker and Downy woodpeckers, the usual chous of titmouses (titmice?), and chickadees. The squirrels have not found it yet this year.
Back to my post.
CED December 2010
This piece is called “Air.” And it part of a suite of Earth, Air, Fire Water. Water sold. Earth never got made. And Fire is hanging in my studio.
It seemed fitting for Air to be out in the Air, so it resides outside. I may bring it in for the winter because I can’t remember whether or not I used outdoor Goop on the u-rings on the back, and I really like this piece and don’t want it to fall down and break.
Here it is so that you can see it in its environs.
Reverb 10. Day 6. Make
Yesterday was a making day. A quiet day all to myself after running around and being social the day before. I’m an introvert. This wears me completely out. So having a day to myself (Hubby off with son and grandson at Universal Studios) was just what my soul called for. And I listened.
Technically, the last things I made were the 4 small sea nettles, since I left a large batch handing at Leonardtown Galleria and sold several at Maker’s Mart on Saturday. This week is First night at Sea Scapes in North Beach (MD) on Friday and then Art Walk Prince Frederick on Saturday. I will be in front of the Bead Boutique so I wanted to make sure I had plenty of make-your-own pieces to offer, as the Beat Boutique attracts DIY (do-it-yourself) folks.
So I also made 72 small sea nettle caps, 6 large sea nettle caps (including one wild one made of all my leftover clay that I will probably keep for myself because it excites me to think about it and how I’m going to finish it), 44 ceramic focals, including 18 or
so pieces which I will use to finish one of my Wylde Women who finally told me how she wants to be decorated. Took her almost 2 months! I also made 6 Taliswomen, one large Wylde Woman, and 2 faces for Spirit Dolls.
The material is clay. The sea nettles include wire and beads and charms. And no, thanks to Art Every Day Month in November, there is nothing that I need to make right now that hasn’t been made. Except maybe that book I’m writing (2011 project – have you sent in your art yet?), and the actual plans for next year’s retreat (although an outline and a survey are out. Taken my survey yet?)
While I was doing all this, my mind was clicking along thinking of my next workshop which will be either sea nettles or, more likely, a workshop making Spirit Dolls while working on clarity. Or maybe Vision Masks.
Never heard of Vision Masks? Me neither. Which goes to show what writing and putting my hands in clay does for my head – opens it up to possibilities. For an artist this is Nirvana. You have heard of vision boards, or dream boards (or Vision Journals as the case may be), right? Well, Vision Masks are a riff on that. But I don’t have it fully developed yet, so that’s all I’m going to say.
Oh yeah. I woke up with this one this morning: no word for next year. Not even a word a month (or week or day). Instead, it’s going to be a question. If you had a question for the year (or the month or the week or the day – no rules), what might it be? Why? (that’s a great question all by itself – and could be both word and question!) Because a word is final where a question is open ended and subject to endless modifications, eventualities and permutations (unless is it a yes or no question, which, as interviewers know, isn’t a good question anyways).
I wish you flow in this river I am currently running the rapids in (and rapids there are, with pointy, pokey and sometimes submerged rocks – but that’s part of the
adventure).
Wylde Womens Wisdom
We’re bored. We’re overwhelmed by messages, but unsatisfied by the ones we do have. We’re doing too much, but are not fascinated by the things we are doing. All those messages and experiences aren’t getting the job done. Only 40 percent of us found our lives fascinating in the past year. Sally Hogshead Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation
Are you one of the 40%? Tammy Vitale
(Whoops – that a yes or no question! Yay me – go imperfection!)
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