Staccato. That is the word I would use to describe November. Despite my very wholehearted efforts, it was a lot of this: start working, unexpected event happens, refocus and get into a delicious groove with making jewelry + recording the process of it + updating here, I’m stopped in my tracks by something dramatic, I fix it or maybe not, I resume working - and the cycle repeated that way several times all in a month!
Moonstone. I’m not sure anyone wants all the details but imagine some of the following, a mix of blessings and curses: a torch igniting where it should not in your face, an empty gas tank, a new gas tank but with errors, very long repeated trips to rectify said errors, an unexpected ability to purchase some beautiful materials!, more than one intense but brief illness, finding a source for more beautiful materials (endless moonstone!), and, there’s more.
I just want to focus and make a bunch of jewels and send them out to the world! All of the above has been a chaotic whirlwind and I don’t see it stopping. So, I am working on things as I can around the happenings. What else can you do. My hope is next week I will be back on track at my bench sawing, hammering, filing, and creating away! If not, I’ll take whatever life throws at me next and be grateful for it all with photos and writings <— check them out
One clear theme in my life is this: I find myself within a lot of waiting and then one day, something overwhelmingly beautiful happens, more than I could have imagined. I think this collection will be much like that. I work and wait and eventually, the beauty will materialize!