Looking forward to...
Posted by cassandra , 9.19.2008 Friday, September 19, 2008
Over the next few months, I have a few techniques I'd like to improve. I'd like to improve my jewelry making skills--most importantly, I'd like to branch into resin. I see so many great projects that look to be totally my style but I've just never tried the method.
I'd also like to try journalmaking. The supply investment is small. An awl, some linen string, paper. I think I could make some fantastic journals.
I would like to improve upon/expand my stenciling. I'm just starting to get back into it after a 2 or 3 year(!) hiatus. It's a great feeling to come up with an idea and follow it from inception to completion. Reading a great book, bonding with a quote whilst you stencil it out with painstaking love and care, applying those coats of acrylic paint. . .it's a good creative process. It's like body art in a way--the creative outlet and physical manifestation of a feeling inside you. But less permanent.
When I'm asked what I don't appreciate, craft-wise, my stock answer is "old lady stuff." No hens, no bears holding hearts, nothing "country". I'm sorry. To me, that's not art or creativity. It's boring and straight-laced and there's nothing personal about it. Hens don't speak to me, creatively.
Hopefully the next few weeks will yield a lot of image-heavy posts--chock full of the delectable crafting I am wont to create.
If not, I've def got some photos on the compy from old projects. . .
