Alas .... winter. For me it's always been an agony to endure, but this year I'm filling my world with lot's of color in my studio. One way to survive these gray days is to begin to work on the gorgeous colors awaiting me on my work bench. I've begun preparing early for spring and summer crafts festivals, mostly because we've really been snowed in so much this winter in Maryland. When you're not a "winter person" you need to focus elsewhere and to keep something WARM and nurturing to look forward to. I love my work. I love making jewelry, the whole creative process. Finding inspiring stones or materials and then dreaming and imagining how to celebrate their uniqueness and have them fit into my artistic vision is a perfect occupation for me. I'm already applying to local regional shows. When I first started, they were a bit overwhelming, but now "Shows" are becoming an exciting prospect. A chance to share my work with others, and talk about my design process is really a great feeling. I really love interacting with customers, whether they're "just looking "or seriously buying. The feed back is really important and it's really a great to feel the positive energy they give freely. Makes me understand, on a very small level, that buoyance that a performing artist receives from the audience. So this creative window is what I am trying to focus on, while we await the oncoming 2 feet of snow the DC region has been promised for the second time since December. These storms are supposed to occur only about once every 10 years.
Maybe we won't have any snow now for 20 years!
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