Dragonsglass

I swear it seems like all I am doing is moving items from one place to another and am no closer to being able to sit down and clay. I will admit I *did* get a few things in place. Another thing I did manage to get done was to get my shelf of dragons up. I am happy with that

There are dragons from Linda Weeks, Kathy Davis, Eva Eriksen, Pat Osmundsen, Moe Taylorson, Christi Friesen, Fae Moon, and one I made (and kept to remind me why I don’t sculpt)

I emptied three boxes and got magazines, books and some videos up on shelves. Today I put up a table and set aside the items I will be selling and the items I will be getting organized and labeled. I do have a computer working in there but for some reason Bertha does not want to connect with the internet. This was the last straw for me with her. As I am sorting I will also be burning stuff off her HD that I want to keep and then I will wipe her clean, put a new OS on her and offer her to who ever wants her. I will admit she is a good computer, for a PC, and deserves a good home. I am just happier using my MacBook Pro.

So here are pictures from yesterday. Does it even look like I made any progress? Oy.

I keep hoping that it will be done when I wake up but nope….so I guess I need to get off the sofa and get into the room and back to work. I hope everyone has a clayful day!

Is on!. Tomorrow the flooring starts going in. this means today the studio gets totally packed up and moved into either the kitchen, back patio or garage. Then one last room of carpeting to rip out. I also have to move the sectional sofa out and get the last remnant of carpeting from under it. Back? what back? I don’t need no steenkin back!

On a happier note, we had our Relay for Life this weekend (24 hour walk to raise funds for the American Cancer Society) Our Relay, here in Bakersfield, is the second largest in the whole US, the largest in California, and a training site for other relay committees. As of last count we raised over 1.7 million, with money still coming in. The final tally will be at the end of August. I am so very proud of our community and the big companies that match and sponser our event.

I had a table full of creations, many by myself and others donated by my friend Moe, from Hawaii. She sent a box of necklaces and earrings and other things for me to sell to help raise money. I went with a large box of items and came home with a very tiny box. I raised an additional $160 selling these small items.

I promise, dadragon will be back creating within the next couple of weeks. Until then, I will fold wax paper cranes. Happy claying to you all.

Being tagged as a blogger is a bit different than the childhood game of tag, being tagged as a blogger is more of a call out to say, “I read your blog, and I like it.” Much better than being tagged as a kid

The rules:
1. Place the name of the person and URL on your blog.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write seven things about yourself.
4. Name seven of your favorite blogs.
5. Send an email letting those bloggers know they have been tagged.

Favorite Blogs:
1. Judy Dunn. A creative and forward looking artist.
2. Libby Mills. A very creative metalsmith and polymer clay artist.
3. Naama Zamir. An Israel artist who creates amazing Judaica art
4. DrMom aka Toby. A dear friend who focuses her blog on Jewish artist. A polymer clay artist in her own right.
5. Barbara Fajardo. A dear friend who creates the most amazing art.
6. Jenn Dorion. A multi-talented artist I am proud to call friend.
7. Janice Arbarbanel. Janice does amazing things with paint, crackle and clay!

Seven things about me:
1. I worked as a paramedic for 25 years
2. I live with my partner of 11 years and a houseful of wonderful fur, feathered, and finned children
3. I ride a beautiful purple motorcycle, Ame’ (short for Amethyst Wings)
4. I went to high school with Bill Gates and sold my yearbook with his picture in it for $700
5. I was born and raised in the Seattle area, but live in Bakersfield California now.
6.My first art love is stained glass. I learned how to work with glass as a stress reliever from my job as a paramedic.
7. I read from the Torah last May for my Adult B’nai Mitzvah.

and a Shabbat Shalom to my Jewish friends.

Ahhh today the sun is shining and the clay is calling. Yesterday I made 6 polymer clay origami cranes following the you tube tutorials Judy Dunn- The Crane Project posted on her web site. With her permission and blessing, I will be adding Shalom on one wing (Peace in Hebrew) and Peace on the other wing and sell them here in town to help raise funds for her project. Though my first cranes aren’t the best in the world, I am pleased with them so far. I need to make the stencils to screen paint them and drill the holes to make them hanging ones and then They will be good to go. Today I will be back in the studio to make more. Maybe this time with cane pieces on them instead of just plain clay. Anyway, here are the ones I have made so far.

To see them as individual cranes please head over to my flickr site and check them out there.

I hope each and every one of you has a peaceful and creative weekend!

ahhh this weekend I spent a few hours in the glass studio creating a sun catcher which will now grace my window (unless someone begs to take it off my hands) It was an order, but that got canceled so it’s mine now…ALL mine

Besides working in the studio, I was also hard at work getting 10 polymer stone pieces done for a swap with a bunch of crazy Australians. Since the swap isn’t over I can’t post a picture or four of what I made but I can give you a hint. It’s stone, made out of polymer clay

Tomorrow, I head back out to the glass studio to get a souple pieces into the kiln and to start a Jester sun catcher.