Sweetbriar Studio Sewing: August 2010

Friday, August 20, 2010

In the Studio: felting fun

I'm getting ready for the "Come Out and Play" Sculpture and Art Show that starts next Saturday (August 28th). This year, I'll be adding some new pieces including hand-felted bracelets. So the last couple of days have been spent making "coils", and today I started beading them. Here's my very first one:

I was stumped as to how to make these adjustable and not have some dangling end underneath - horrors. I finally came up with this twist, literally, of wire that can be raised and lowered to tighten over the end where it fits the best.

I'm excited!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Discovering an Inspiration

I'm excited! I love it when I come across something and, all of a sudden, my brain starts going bananas with inspiration. What a fun feeling.
I've been going through a book I bought recently: Collage Sourcebook. Many artists are featured including their techniques. But one kept catching my eye. And then I read an essay by her on her creative process. I could identify with so many things she said...or I aspire to become that kind of free artist, an artist whose creations are the outpouring of my heart and my soul through my hands. The artist is Deborah Putnoi. And her website has so many encouraging and inspiring words and works...even for those of us who "can't draw". I especially enjoyed her Journal pages.