Focus on Life Week 4 - Create Art

This week's Focus on Life pic is "Create Art".  Sally said to create art and that there is no wrong way to be creative.  To immerse ourselves in what we already love to make and to give ourselves a little push to try something new and to share that.


Patterns to be glued on copper and finished enameled pieces

Mom and I usually don't do any sawing, lampworking or enameling during the week.  For me it is laziness - when I get off work I go home and feed the cats.  Once I am home I usually don't want to change my clothes, hop back in the car and drive back over to mom's - like I said laziness.  Though the previous three weeks, I was just going to mom's and then heading back to my house late (poor cats were swarming when I got home to feed them). I think I will get back into that routine again.

These are pieces that need to be sawed out this weekend.  I plan on helping mom because it is waaaaaay to cold out in the garge to torch or enamel.  Last Monday, when I was cleaning up the backsides of completed enameled pieces, I had to open the garage door a crack (I think the exhaust fan was frozen) to let the fumes out so I wouldn't kill myself.  Those were the coldest 10 minutes out there!  Though I heard it is supposed to get back into the 50's this week, so I might go out into the garage to torch some.

I did knit some this week - this is a pattern for fingerless gloves.  I have the glove to where I now need to do the thumb section but I can't remember how (I suck at reading patterns).  I am going to take the glove into work and see if a friend can help me remember how to knit this part.  The yarn I am using is our favorite yarn - so nice and soft!

I am also experimenting this weekend.  Mom and I have tons and tons of pictures we have taken and I want to do something with them.  I have watched and read so many tutorials on making pendants with images that I want to give this a try.  I need to Mod Podge the pictures and then I plan on using  glass tiles to glue the images to.  I will keep you posted on how this turns out.

This is something I need to finish, right now sitting in my drawer at home.  This was mom's birthday gift four years ago and it is still not done.  I am trying to find my drawing pencils to finish it and get it framed for her.  As you all know I HATE TO DRAW!!!  But lately I have been wanting to try it again, Jen Judd has been inspiring me to try with all the drawing and painting she has been doing.  Though I want to give Zentangles a try.  Drawing intimidates me and I feel like I don't have the imagination to do it.  I NEED an image in front of me to draw something (like mom and grandma's picture).  I can't just pull something out of the air - I don't feel like I am creative enough to do that.  I feel restrictive - my chest starts to get tight and panic sets in.  I am hoping with the Zentangles I can let myself go.  I will keep you posted on how that goes and if I can actually get myself to give it a try.

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