Studio Updates

 I never knew it would be this tough to stay on a blogging schedule.  I've been busy.  The kids have classes, their last official classes of the summer.  I'm preparing to go teach a workshop at Touchstone Center for Crafts in Pennsylvania.

I'm working on a small commission, not pictured in this entry. 

I listed 2 new bronze ivy pendants on my Etsy shop.  I also updated my banner and avatar. 

 
 I'm working on gazillions of chasing tools for the workshop and resisting the urge to list them all on Etsy immediately.
   
 
I'll be listing tools after I return in mid August. 

I'm working on more pendants in varying price ranges.  Here they are on the welding table, waiting ...
 

I've been playing with a little copper vessel form that I started sooooooo many years ago as a raising sample.  It will be a sweet little bud vase when it's done.
 

These big acanthus leaves are calling my name, but I absolutely must finish some other things first.  So I keep looking at them.  I've got some even bigger blanks waiting for me up in the storage area, sigh.

I do not lack for creativity or motivation.  I have piles of things waiting for my attention - bamboo, bas-relief panels, flower blanks, and more. 
I don't think many of us lack for creativity.  I think most of us are just afraid to start on an idea that isn't good enough or isn't fully formed.  If you can't think of something, just start, even with your most vague of ideas.  Work it out in progress and the ideas will keep coming.  Don't wait for the right tools or supplies.  Use what you've got.  Save all of your samples.  They are great for trinkets and collage pieces.