Inspirations

I feel somewhat scattered these days and I am finding inspirations for future works in a variety of places and things.


The flowers in my various gardens are starting to provide some wonderful displays and yes, inspirations! In my class with Lexi, she told me that I would start to see jewelry designs in almost everything I looked at. Well, my flowers are providing that for me, so I wanted to share a couple that have grabbed my attention. I see earring & pendant shapes in many of these. All keeping with how nature inspires my work.


And then, the flowers are lending themselves to designs for stained glass windows.


I have reached that point where I need to create another stained glass window....or two....or three.


I've had several requests to create some basset hound windows for some dog show art and Newton has provided plenty of inspiration for that so I need to include him in this post. He has a wonderfully expressive face and a great head. I know I'm partial, but I just find him absolutely handsome!


Over the weekend, we were finally able to mow and edge our back yard since the rains let up to the point where things were dry enough to do the necessary work. As luck or maybe misfortune would have it, we think a piece of pea gravel was thrown by the string trimmer or the mower and fractured the tempered glass in one of our living room windows. As a glass artist, I am truly fascinated by the splintering effect of tempered glass when something causes a break. I took a couple of pictures and thought this would be something cool for a design too....maybe stained glass...maybe jewelry...yet to be decided.

My journey with the combination of metal and glass has just begun. Lexi set up my torch today. I'm very close to starting work on more art jewelry. I need a few more pieces of equipment and Lexi's tutelage. The demands for her work and instruction are many; I know I am truly blessed as she has accepted me as her only student at this time. I will live up to her expectations.

Thanks to all of you too for your support and encouragement. It means more to me than words can express.

Happy Creativity All! :D

Inspiration at Mueller State Park

There are so many beautiful places on this earth. Today, my husband, his mother, and I went to Mueller State Park and enjoyed the beautiful aspens, evergreens, wildflowers, and even a pond that was so still you could not only see the reflection of the trees in it, but small fish swimming about. It was wonderful inspiration for an artist's soul. We all took photos to be used as the basis for some new works each of us will do.

When we got home, I fired up the kiln to begin a slump for a new plate. AND, I dug into my new glass supply finding what I hope will be a great choice for a new vase design.

Even though I feel the pressure of so many constraints on my time, it's healthy and great to just have a brief get away to renew one's spirit. Happy creating.............