Time for Creative Play

Early in the summer, I told Bill that after he got through all of his medical issues, I wanted to go do a short workshop.  I signed up for 3 workshops at the CREATE2010 (ClothPaperScissors Retreat) in Chicago.  Things worked out and I was able to go this past Thursday and Friday.  Here's a little photo sampler of the creative play. 
Fiber and Mixed media let me play with color and texture spontaneously, in a way that I can't do in metal. 

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1. dreads approx 4 months, 2. Painted Face Canvas, 3. Stitch and Paint, 4. Stitch and Paint, 5. machine embroidery samples, 6. machine embroidery samples (3), 7. machine embroidery samples (2), 8. painted, 9. painted oak leaf, 10. painted and stitched Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Yes yes, that first photo is me at home, looking at my most recent issue of ClothPaperScissors magazine.  I needed a filler photo to get an even number of photos for the photo mosaic.
I took

1. Paint and Stitch with Jeannie Palmer  Moore
2. Painted Face Canvas with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
3. Thread Painting with Elin Waterston

Go take a look at all of their websites/blogs- three very different women who all make vibrant heartfelt art.
And back to metal- before the conference I listed my Ginkgo Cascades Necklace on Etsy. It's all copper, very lightweight, with an ammonia blue patina on the leaves.  It's about 20 inches long, with the leaves dropping another 3 or so inches.  It's just gorgeous.  
You can see the handcrafted S clasp at the end of the chain in this 2nd photo.  Get it while you can.  I don't make elaborate necklaces very often.
Coming up- all the leafy work that customers have been requesting, that I need to get done soon!