I am, bit by bit, getting used to getting back to the computer and not associating it with classwork. Granted that I did do some reading today, for class: I just stopped at the end when it was starting to get into a giant infodump, as these books tend to do. I wasn’t in theContinue reading “Doing what I want to do”
Category Archives: tools
Making French Hook earwires…
I did go back to the Craft table today, made it a bit more habitable (i.e. wiped off the dust and put some things away), and started on a French Hook earwire model. It doesn’t seem like this should be a big deal. Thing is, even minor wirework requires getting out the tools, which seemsContinue reading “Making French Hook earwires…”
Working with wire: cup-bur escapades
Just very recently, I’ve gotten back to my earring designs (there are two of them, now, though the second probably won’t go live for a little while) — and that in itself has necessitated my getting back into wirework. What I can say about wirework is that what it takes to work with metal wasContinue reading “Working with wire: cup-bur escapades”
Engagement, experimentation, and happy accidents
These three routes seem to be key to unlocking variation in design possibilities. Around the time I started this site (that is, very recently), there was a very big question in my mind: how do people come up with original designs? How do you graduate from being someone who follows patterns other people write, toContinue reading “Engagement, experimentation, and happy accidents”
Getting back into micromacrame
I had forgotten that when I initially dreamed about starting this up, I had intended to work primarily in beaded micro-macramé. Last night I made my first bracelet since…well, since I made one for a new friend, over Christmas. There’s just something about building up the toughness and resilience in my hands that I like…inContinue reading “Getting back into micromacrame”
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