inspiration needed

I haven't been to great at keeping up with this thing...

I'm in need of inspiration...



I think that perhaps i need to live in a place like this.

its going to be a busy summer

some how i went from having barely one job to working 50 some odd hours a week...i dunno...it just happened all at one time. I went from taking care of a glass shop 4 nights a week to becoming a studio assistant for an artist with a giant retrospective show coming up this summer, a production jeweler for another artist, and a saturday employee at a cute little jewelry gallery/store.

I seem to have taken the seattle jewelry scene by storm...whether they were ready for me or not...i'm cutting back my hours at the baby (glassybaby) so that way i can work 40 h0urs a week like a normal person. although i'll probably still get burnt out real fast. I just need to make some money to save, because i'll be away all of august. I'm taking a class at penland (with lola brooks) for 2 weeks (i'm so excited! i don't even have to do work study, i just get to go enjoy in and make). after penland i head to richmond for a few days to visit and see the people who i have been missing (i.e. my friends and family (especially my dog abbey, and my fish thelonious)). Then Tess and I will embark on an epic adventure to maine, where we will be at haystack for a week taking Marc Petrovic's class. It's only a week long, so i have a feeling we are just going to jump right in to the hotshop and experiment. After that we will return to rva where i will fly back to seattle on what looks like labor day. so much!

speaking of tess she might be visiting me soon i sure do hope so. and we also might be visiting nanda and pilchuk soon too.

seattle has been beautiful these past few days. it's making me miss richmond...which is weird, because i'm pretty sure that richmond won't be this beautiful...it will just be hot and sticky (that's what she said!)

it's time for sleep. however, shari made another video in dedication to me :) it makes me smile as i hope it makes you smile too.

another ridiculous video

More ridiculous video's from shari and my epic adventure

road trip video rap

Day 2

It's a cloudy day in Seattle and I'm stuck inside working.  I've realized that I am incredibly pale...but i guess that comes from spending the past 4 months becoming a hermit, hibernating indoors like everyone else in this city.  I wanted to share this lovely dance with you.  sh-sh-sh-shari made it for me, and promises me one each week now that she has gotten this new computer, a beautiful mac :)

I now have successfully posted my first video :)  I'm so proud of myself!

I've currently got about 3 different projects in the works, and I want to finish 2 and have a large dent in the third by october so I can use them to apply for things.

Project 1 is my q-tip study brooch series, I have about 4 more brooches to make with that...now if only the pratt lady will let me use the enameling kiln/

Project 2 is a glass instillation I am building in my room...I need to to research on LED lights, any suggestions?

Project 3 is 2 series of about 90 belt buckles total...series 1 is the presidential series, and series 2 is the almost but not quites...i need to edit down who actually gets to be memorialized in this series...soooo much to do!

First Post!

Welcome to my BLOG! I sure do hope this works. Hopefully I will be able to post news here that is happening in my life, update you on things I'm making, and fill you in on things I find inspiring.