After the Copper Art Clay disaster I decided to cheer me up with a couple new designs in Silver Metal Clay while I wait for some more copper clay to come in the mail and continue with my experiments… Read More
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Gemstones Galore…
Just got back from the Gem and Mineral Show in town with a bag full of gemstones. When I look at what I got, it seems that I tend to gravitate to certain gems more than others. Read More
Copper Art Clay Mystery
I think I am on the right track at resolving the Copper Art Clay breaking mystery. From looking at my pieces, I’d say that they weren’t fired enough, that is, that the metal wasn’t sintered because there was not enough heat. Read More
Copper Art Clay Disaster!
Ok, my first try at copper clay turned out to be a total disaster. I am still trying to figure out why the couple pieces I fired split and broke when I quenched them! Read More
New Year’s Resolutions?
To quote Robert Frost on this first day of a New Year: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Read More
New Web Site Look Up and Running!
Today is a good day to let go of all the sad and bad things that happened this year, and to look forward to a brighter future with hope and a positive, creative attitude. Read More
Avatar, Spirituality and Hope
The basic theme is clearly reminiscent of Dances with Wolves, The Last Samurai, and 1000 BC (even Pocahontas?) and other movies with the theme of the stranger who somehow becomes integrated into a community of indigenous people, ends up falling in love, and then bringing others together to fight a common enemy, of which he was originally part of. Except that in this case the “indigenous” community lives in the planet Pandora, where a US corporation has a military base (with ex-marine contractors) and is ready to take over their land to serve the interests of its greedy investors by collecting the precious mineral Unobtanium, which can save the Earth from its present energy crisis. Sounds familiar? Read More
Web Design Can Be Frustrating!
Sometimes we get stuck with an idea, and when we forget about it by focusing on something else, the solution just pops up like magic. That’s when the mind gets out of the way and lets our wisdom come through… Read More
The Joys and Pains of Web Design
So the joys of web design are all the aspects of the design itself and putting them all together, while the pains are mostly what makes a web site functional and working exactly the way I want it to: the nuts and bolts. Read More
Getting Started…
Welcome to my blog. I am glad you stopped by. I will be posting very soon about my work and some of the design ideas I am working on. Right now I am in the process of redesigning my web site, so it’s a lot of work, but it will be ready very soon. I Read More