tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18991270916903417732024-03-13T16:06:54.787-07:00fire and glass{I am obsessed.}Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-66938880668043566982024-01-31T09:13:00.000-08:002024-01-31T17:19:33.152-08:00For the love of Rocks<p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Raleway;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">I come from a long line of dedicated rock hounds. I know that because my mother </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">told me this one day as we walked back from getting our mail in rural Port Alberni, </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">BC. The 10 minute walk was sometimes much longer as we searched out special </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">looking pebbles or of course, the'wishing stones' which on Vancouver Island were </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">usually granite with a skinny stripe of quartz that encircled the entire stone.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdvOolVhma7O51XQwBlMlmoKXXzP84Rl0Ji4o0NQrnKQUu9AD9xOTCF7TiE_X7f_hbuYxzf4Ta6tqf_llk6F_Xa90Jk1Z_9qwy-obIILZ2FtLxlnMlP-BH5RRBWaHpNfkRzFIJEQINE01z6YteYoRiwGGzYBsLiq0LCpj8-kw9245cGSuT6nKlFR0rz4/s1258/Screenshot%202023-10-29%20at%208.34.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1216" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdvOolVhma7O51XQwBlMlmoKXXzP84Rl0Ji4o0NQrnKQUu9AD9xOTCF7TiE_X7f_hbuYxzf4Ta6tqf_llk6F_Xa90Jk1Z_9qwy-obIILZ2FtLxlnMlP-BH5RRBWaHpNfkRzFIJEQINE01z6YteYoRiwGGzYBsLiq0LCpj8-kw9245cGSuT6nKlFR0rz4/w618-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-29%20at%208.34.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="618" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My beautiful mother who we lost in July 2023. My older sister and I.</span></div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;">We've been lucky to bring back precious [to me] earth stones from many parts of </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;">the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;">Lake Tiberias in Israel, Persian Gulf area, Dingle, Ireland, Isle of Sky area, </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">Edinburgh,</span><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"> and Inverness areas in Scotland, a walk back to our hotel in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat;">Strasbourg, </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat;">France.</span><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"> The Levent Valley near Malatya, Turkey sometimes referred to as the Grand </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span style="color: #444444;">Canyons of the Anatolia. The stone in my palm almost always brings back the day. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;">My regret is that I didn't label the stones in some way. Regardless, all have been </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;">tumbled together in boxes, a jumble of earths' wonderful energy. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;">I keep them in bowls scattered around the house. One on our sofa table. Another </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">in </span><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">the entry.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Montserrat;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #444444; font-family: Montserrat;">Also a small dish in the studio just to remind me of where I've been.<span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXljhRKG-Iwe4bUhl6gyNw79Ui4tVK63ElcA1qyzuAyAxEyS3m3js5YQWxPRoMJ5K8oTbfrF6SnY64t8Gx7B7MZyRGm-coxcckKqPjSyxnq8_qfNa5iU1KwBBfhOaQl6MG2a0Lt3tG3mnqAAyv7Goj7v5XEPb6JnVVVZWj_m7IFlzlTnGe6TRP17lzfcY/s2880/gatheringstonesIMG_2962.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">Of course, I also have boxes of undisplayed stones. 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We marveled </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span>at the eons that had to pass to create this magnificent piece of petrified wood. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span>W h a t a t r e a t!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">Are you a fellow Rock Hound?</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Raleway; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">โขโข <span class="s1" style="font-family: ".Apple Color Emoji UI"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">๐ฆโโฌ</span>โขโข</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p>Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-74929636759995889032023-10-08T03:44:00.010-07:002023-10-10T10:27:25.072-07:00Six ways to re-charge your imagination<div>
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<i><span style="font-family: courier;">Like me, you may love to make things. Bread. Drawings. Dresses. Jewelry. Deep conversation. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">A good mess. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">If you are one of those makers, you know that there are times when you are completely sapped of juice. Creative green thumb gone. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;">We've all been there, but over the years </span></i><i><span style="font-family: courier;">I've found </span></i><i><span style="font-family: courier;">a few things..some active, some not, that have been effective in bringing back the zest to my studio. </span></i></div>
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<span color="rgb(51 , 51 , 51)"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: courier;">Take the images that move you most, print them out and make yourself a wall board to keep them on. ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span color="rgb(51 , 51 , 51)"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: courier;">Pottery and dishes provide a wonderful springboard for glass beads and jewelry, as do museum catalogs/online articles. Research by-gone periods and ogle some of the jewels or even the vessels and dishes of that time. Art Deco. Byzantine. Renaissance. </span></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Yes, it is simple. But simple is sometimes all that's needed. Simple little exercises can encourage new thinking.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Breathe in the fresh air and try to see the surrounding through a child's eyes. Tune in to the Earth. Notice texture, line and color. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Is it possible to take a brush and paint or a slice of clay or, in my case, a rod of glass..and mimic the patterns you're seeing and present these ideas in a nonverbal way. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Notice how a shade of brown may seem to change in hue up against a shade of blue, or maybe yellow. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">How is it that ๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ never messes up a color combination? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">Play with color. No matter what medium you're working in most of us tend to fall back to a familiar palette. Explore outside of those hues..even if just for a day. Almost any color combination is possible if you're brave enough. Try changing just the tone rather than the hue itself..where there is mild melon try a vibrant saturated orange and see what happens to the entire work. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #333333;">I know, this is funny coming from me, the Queen of muted colors. I promise though, I do gravitate to more vivid colors in other areas of my life. <br /></span>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">There's no right or wrong way. Probably some of the best advice I've heard is, 'You're work is not precious.' Yes, it's special to us but if it becomes too precious in our mind we will freeze at the moment of making. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">Try to regain the beautiful childlike ability to play that we all had at one time. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"> ๐ซ๐๐๐ป๐๐ธ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐.</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-27741016499814855552023-08-30T12:23:00.004-07:002023-08-30T12:27:28.888-07:00Potomac bead box!<p>Last month I was invited to join Potomac's influencer program. This means that every so often Potomac Bead company sends participants out a box of supplies for them to play with. We make 3 or 4 pieces of jewelry and tag them on social media. Yep, you can count me in. </p><p>Stay tuned to see what I've made..I should be able to create at least 3 pieces or more with what I've been sent. Will post here when I have anything to show! </p><p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='322' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxCmmTFJDOTRhQfFyhJl1IU2PBewtbRC8RWtOVrtTHrc0l9lvJudYwkeGyxgmaf67XzLwLbaH2Y2cPywWxHvA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-5931635489071589992023-04-23T11:18:00.006-07:002023-04-23T11:22:22.319-07:00<span style="font-family: courier;">My husband and I have moved around a lot in the span of our 13 years together. We now find ourselves in western Washington and hope it will be a sit for a bit spot. I am Canadian and as you can see I am now as snuggled up to Canada as you can get and still have a home with my American man. </span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVjVKUaBgPC8tWqHZmF6hYZKqwV3c8wPei1Zhw7zBshr2xWQvSf00QqHm1SP1sF2rOpTAQWTuJC24asp70G25dIlA3CJLm9MXQN3-X_HDEYrDednwT4umTUm0nxBfsyar2DPuEVLWEAuE8FnyzhLi2iAy_DknXm71KkkyeBhVq8cD_dNBxsJWP64l/s2620/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-23%20at%2011.05.16%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="2620" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVjVKUaBgPC8tWqHZmF6hYZKqwV3c8wPei1Zhw7zBshr2xWQvSf00QqHm1SP1sF2rOpTAQWTuJC24asp70G25dIlA3CJLm9MXQN3-X_HDEYrDednwT4umTUm0nxBfsyar2DPuEVLWEAuE8FnyzhLi2iAy_DknXm71KkkyeBhVq8cD_dNBxsJWP64l/w400-h224/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-23%20at%2011.05.16%20AM.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Western Washington on the coast is very much like my early growing up years on Vancouver Island, so it feels very familiar and homey to me. It's a far cry from the deserts of Israel and Qatar. </span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">I'd forgotten how much it likes to rain here in the winter, but how else can you expect to have the lush green ness.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>
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I think the sky might be brightening up this morning..fingers crossed. </span></center>Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-53029780312096601882020-12-13T05:04:00.002-08:002022-02-24T11:53:26.757-08:00Glass work ~ Artisan jewellery<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PSFWrkYqDPQ" frameborder="0"></iframe>Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-27815740679877744912020-09-27T01:00:00.010-07:002023-05-15T15:02:39.676-07:00The art of the bead<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #999999;">Looking back post</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new";">I discovered the art of lamp work beads in early 2005 and fell head over heels in love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new";">Ask anyone who melts glass, it's an addiction that becomes an integral part of your life.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new";">I began to sell loose beads to jewelry designers online and named my little business </span><span style="font-style: italic;">'SweetWater' Designs</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new";"> as a tribute to my childhood roots</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Raleway;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #666666;">The year I turned 14 my father did something some people just <i>think</i> about doing. He left a secure 9-5 job and a home that he and my mother had built with their own sweat </span><span style="color: #666666;">on the very lovely Vancouver Island </span><span style="color: #666666;">to follow his dream of owning his own ranch.<br />Promising us adventure and lots of 'crunchy' snow, (Icy, cold snow is much different than the slush that falls on Vancouver Island) he packed up his family of eight and moved us from our home to 2400 acres of pristine land on a remote northern corner of British Columbia, ~a land known for its Prairie, the Boreal Forest the Rocky Mountains and the mighty Peace River, one of the longest river systems in Canada.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">There was an underground stream of crystal clear water that bubbled year round out of the earth and because of that, my father (who was an avid Louis L'Amour reader) named our ranch, <i>the 'SweetWater'.</i> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Raleway;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #666666;">My father was a constant encouragement to his children and I like to imagine that he continues to watch over and take pride in our accomplishments and</span> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Raleway; font-size: large;"><i>๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ค!</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new";"><br /></span></span><span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier new;">Flash forward a few years now</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana";"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new";">and I still </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana";">love </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new";">every single minute of burning the glass.</span></span></span></div>
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Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-7903119368188205172020-06-30T17:25:00.016-07:002023-04-19T19:04:13.032-07:00Finding your own style as an artist.Many years ago when I first began to create flame worked glass beads and jewelry I worried that as a new artist I didn't have a 'style'. I didn't have a body of work that someone might say 'oh, I know that artist!' I did not yet have a collection of pieces with an identity or a discernible similarity in each piece. A cohesiveness.<br /> I've since learned that acquiring a style of your own as an artist is a natural and certain evolution.<br /><br />
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I spent some of my growing up years on a ranch in the Upper Halfway area of the Peace country in British Columbia, Canada. We moved there while in my teens so I wasn't really crazy about being there at the time, yet there were things about it that I grew to love. </div><div><br /></div>
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We lived on 2400 acres of pristine land that sat next to the long and winding Halfway River. There was a natural spring of water that bubbled ..happily, it seemed to me, up out the ground on a hill above our house, even in the dead of winter! Like some great amazing life force.<br />
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Some days I would sneak away with my battery operated radio [have I mentioned that I am 100?] on the back of Brumbee..a gentle gelding who was happiest when his nose was pointed toward the barn. Until then, he could only muster a plod, or if he was feeling generous a [resentful] trot.<br />
I'd find a pretty spot, tie my horse to a bush, and while he munched on the grass I lay listening to the birds and the music on the transistor radio, watching the treetops move with the drifting clouds. Plotting and Day dreaming. <br />
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The countryside in the wilds of British Columbia are compelling and beautiful. The colors of the earth are always changing. There's a distinct perfume to each of the seasons. The new sap running through the birch in the spring, the heady, sweet scent of fuchsia colored rose hips in the summer, the slightly acrid smell of the decomposing undergrowth in the fall and somewhere, always a faint smell of smoke hanging in the dense, icy air of winter.<br />
All of these elements have somehow carved their way into my bones and no matter how far I travel or how many years pass, they'll forever be a part of me.<p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">~<span class="s1" style="font-family: "Zapf Dingbats"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">โ</span>~</p></div>
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In time, the basic process of bead making became second nature and I found that as I relaxed, my own unique style began to emerge. The simple things that made me happy began to show up in the jewelry. I used rods of glass in the same subdued colors you might find in nature. Rich ochres, sage greens, the tender robin egg colored blues. I designed using texture and movement, petal and leaf curved line.<br />
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While living in the Middle East with my husband, I took a small silversmithing class. The teacher is a master who has designed jewelry for some of the wealthiest Sheiks in Qatar. He told us stories of rooms built for the sole purpose of holding row upon row of cufflinks. <br />
I enjoyed the class and began to take satisfaction in the construction of my own organic style clasps that mimicked the organic style that I love. The act of hand fabricating the closure lent another layer of crafting to each piece. </div><div><br /></div><div>I don't think we need to struggle too much with finding 'our style' as it easily lies within each of us as unique and as hard to abandon as our own fingerprint. <br />
Our 'style' is simply an outward expression of those things that interest us, bring a smile, pique our curiosity or add joy to our day. </div><div>It may be a struggle to fearlessly express ourselves without any editing but it seems to me that once we can do that we'll quickly see our own unique fingerprint of work. Identifiable and unmistakably <i>yours</i>.</div>
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Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-84898860448300840612020-01-23T13:53:00.002-08:002020-04-29T11:41:41.561-07:00Wrist love.Personally, I love to layer bracelets..I like jangle. I don't know why it never occurred to me to offer this little layer of texture before but they're available now!<br />
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Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-26076636548160590432019-09-08T14:52:00.000-07:002019-11-26T00:53:27.254-08:00Buddah pendants for some positive vibes in your day..<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Anyway..the yield was just a few long cigerello type of bead which became these lovely long swing jazzy budda style necklaces.. </span><br />
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our time in Israel ๐ [from fall of 2010 to summer of 2014]</div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We seem to go through plenty of olive oil here. We use it not only for frying but also in hummus, which I've become pretty good at making. </span><div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> 1 or 2 tins of chickpeas.</div><div style="text-align: center;">a couple of TBs of a great olive oil </div><div style="text-align: center;">fresh chopped garlic to taste</div><div style="text-align: center;">lemon and salt to taste.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One small trick for super smooth hummus is to take the time to remove the skins when rinsing. Blend all in food processor and serve with either vegetables or pita bread. [The pita bread <i>has</i> to be fresh.] </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The last bottle of oil we emptied was particularly handsome. As I was about to discard, I considered what beads from the glass might look like!</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I wrapped the scrubbed bottle in a towel and smashed with a good heavy hammer and managed to get a few great shards. Washed and dried them and set them on my kiln to warm so that they would be easier to melt in the flame without too much shocking or spitting.</span><br />
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In frustration of never really finding a clasp for my work that seemed cohesive, I took a small silversmithing class while temporarily living in Doha, Qatar.</div>
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I enjoyed the class and have been taking great satisfaction in constructing my own organic style clasps that mimic the curved petals that I love to design in the glass. Each are hand fabricated using mixed metals of sterling silver, copper or brass with a simple hook making them easy to do up. </div>
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While these connectors are worked to be comfortable on your wrist, they are also rough hewn and earthen by design. I like to age them further with a patina so that they might look like they may have been buried somewhere for some time.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I like the sorcery that happens when a brand new rod of glass is brought to the flame and made to become syrupy molten. Part glass, part me..it folds back in on itself again and again. More glass added here, a tiny nudge there.. until, finally itโs become a bit of art to be used in a larger design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We spent Christmas in Italy a couple of years back. It was amazing. We were surprised to see so little made of Christmas in the great city of Rome, but on the little island of Murano we walked into our hotel with Bing Cosby softly playing and the smell of pine emanating from the massive bedecked tree in the foyer. It was so sweet I almost cried. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In one such study, <a href="http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/tidy-desk-or-messy-desk-each-has-its-benefits.html"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 146, 211); color: #4992d3;">research conducted by Kathleen Vohs</span></a>, PhD, of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, found that cluttered environments help induce greater levels of creativity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As a creative person myself, rather than bask in the knowledge that I keep great company [Steve Jobs loved a good mess. Albert Einstein, Mark Twain and Zuckerburg..all known to live in untidiness.] rather, I find these articles to be somewhat shaming. Humph! I say as I toss another bottle of ink in the general direction of the growing stack of bottled alcohol inks, tripping over my [what I thought was lost] flipflop as I do so. [tiny self deprecating joke]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I didn't grow up in a family that thought messiness was a virtue. A stamp of creative genius. I remember as a teenager, my mother pleading with me to clean my room only to come home from school more often than once to find my room as neat as a row of pins. The mirror gleaming, the bed neatly made and clothes folded and stacked in my dresser, blouses and skirts hung in the closet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Of course, I protested, just to protest [what snots teens can be] and for a short while, I enjoyed the order. But that night as I climbed into my carefully tucked bed I would feel like a stranger in my own room and within a few short days the floors and dresser would once again be lost to the flotsam and jetsam of teenage girls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You might say all teens have messy rooms. The trouble is, this love for everything where I can see it rather than put away into neat rows or stacked into cupboards has followed me well beyond the teenage years. Well beyond. For years I've been running behind myself trying to keep up a facade that is just not comfortable.</span></div>
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Rotating caddies, or what some call a 'lazy susan' are a wonder. They provide a spot for a menagerie of supplies while still allowing you to see exactly what's at hand. A wall of some well thought out <i>shallow </i>shelving will allow for this sort of management as well. Nothing so deep that things get pushed behind and forgotten. I have more than one pair of tin snips and spools of wire in gauge 20 to attest to this.
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-kerning: none;">Above is a photo of my torching station here in my studio in Qatar. The ceramic tile sitting on top of the tin holds separate little heaps of crushed glass used to roll molten glass in. There are 3 different groupings or selections of glass rods laid out on my desk top, starting at the bottom right. I have differentiated them by arranging each group at slightly different angles from each other. That might be missed by those who see only kaleidoscope of glass rods. There is order to my chaos.</span></div>
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Sometimes the beast just cannot be entirely tamed. I have one rebellious part of my room [the making jewelry desk] that tends to fly apart no matter how hard I try to keep it in check. Keeping it all corralled and confined to one area and not the entire room is an ongoing discipline but there's a fine line between comfort zone mayhem and hair pulling chaos. That crossed line does <i>not</i> breed anything close to creative thought. </span></div>
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Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-8887824486185047862017-03-01T01:52:00.005-08:002023-04-24T06:22:19.623-07:00The art of Connecting with your Muse<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9em; margin-bottom: 20px;">
Anyone in the field of art or design will tell you that there are days when they donโt feel very creative. That can be scary.<br />
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If your rent relies on you churning out new work, it can be very stressful to go through times where you just donโt want to even think about your art, never mind actually make anything. Especially if those days stretch into weeks!</div>
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Even for those who practice art solely for their own pleasure will begin to feel the drag on their life without the joy of โmakingโ in it.</div>
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I had a teacher once who told his students never to let a day go by without practicing your art. Does that sound exhausting? What if itโs just sketching your ideas โ big loose, messy sketches? Too much? Maybe itโs just scrolling though the many color palettes on the Pantone site?</div>
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Maybe recharging your muse could be as simple as keeping an open journal when you travel. By โopenโ journaling I mean keeping a notebook for little drawings and all those great inspirational thoughts that can happen spontaneously when weโre relaxed. My notebook is mostly written thoughts with only a few drawings, but it works for me.</div>
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My husband and I moved to Israel in 2010 for three short years. When we arrived at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv I was delighted to find that the sky appeared pink. The color permeated the air and gave it a mystical, magical feeling. We arrived mid-summer and the air was damp; the heat was so palpable it was as though youโd opened an oven door to check the roast. I didnโt mind.</div>
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I loved the pink desert sand air and the brilliant sun and the broad expanse of the Mediterranean Sea. I loved the ancient history that was evident everywhere I looked. I loved the many colors and spicy smells of the Arab market and the incessant song of the Bedouin boy as he tried to entice passers-by to his display of tandoori pots and silk scarves. I came to love the sing song call to prayer that would waft through the air in the heat.. soft and melodic.</div>
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I began to incorporate the magic into <a href="http://www.deborahjlambson.com/gallery.html" target="_blank">my work</a>. I bought strands of pinkish purpled spiny oyster and weaved those bits of sea shell amongst my glass beads. The rods of glass that I was adding to my (already large) supply ran to the blues of the sea and sky and the ambers of the sand.</div>
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Iโve always filled my work space with things that inspire me. Photos of places I love, pictures ripped from magazines for the color combinations or the image itself. Bits of quotes โ even just things that make me feel good by looking at them. Here is one of my many work spaces.</div>
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In the end, it all feeds our Muse. For the creative person, everything is to be studied, turned over, tasted, digested and ruminated over until it has been completely processed. That may take hours, or it may feel like a dry spell and take weeks. Itโs all a matter of time.</div>
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Relax, pour yourself a cup of tea and go through the latest issue of <a class="external" href="https://www.magazines.com/quilting-arts-magazine.html" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b93b8f; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Quilts</a> or the seed catalog. Your next masterpiece may be in there somewhere!</div>
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There's something wonderfully freeing in the ability to allow yourself imperfections. </div>
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I'm not talking about churning out substandard work, or not striving for better.. but there's something incredibly liberating to understanding that perfection exists only in a perfect world and letting go of a standard that is unachievable.</div>
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Introducing you to some glass artists that DO live in that Perfect World.</div>
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and ohmygosh..<a href="http://www.jcherrell.com/" target="_blank">JC Herrell</a></div>
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To my eye, these glass bead artists are very nearly 'perfect'! I've been making glass beads for over a decade now..I'm trying to accept my limitations. I deal with a small tremor and even with assists I will never come close to the control that would be needed in the flame for these amazing glass beads. I have to be okay with that. </div>
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My imperfect beads made by imperfect me will never be quite as precise, or Perfect. My beads are not stars on their own..they need supporting stones. They need to be paired with other beauties from the earth..Turquoise, Agate, the colorful sheen of Spiney oyster and the metals..copper, sterling silver, warm Brass.. in order to really shine. That's when they are the happiest.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I think it was the master artist Michaelangle who, when asked the question, </span><span style="text-align: center;">'Which of your great works is your favorite?' replied, The next.' </span></div>
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In a 6 year span we've moved around through Maryland, Boston, California and Texas before traveling overseas for an extended period of time. For 3 years we lived in Israel, then in March of 2014 we moved to the little country of Qatar [on the Persian Gulf] where we still are.<br />
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Being overseas has afforded us the opportunities for travel. We've enjoyed seeing parts of Turkey, Germany, Ireland, Italy, France and Scotland! All of that travel is amazing, amazing..for <i>so</i> many reasons.<br />
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I've tasted different foods and and tried to wrap my tongue around new languages...which oddly, isn't really appreciated, since everyone wants to practise their English with you! As a woman, styles and clothing are noticed. Here in the Middle East, I've observed that under all those heavy black muslim veils and coverings are high quality<i>,</i> trendy jeans/dresses/shirts.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've found that other countries are quite fond of Canada. We're viewed as a peace loving people. I like that. Travelling other countries has made me become a little more of a Patriot, and I now hold more dear the freedoms we have.</span><br />
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Surprisingly, I've also heard what our Canadian accent sounds like! After months of being immersed in a foreign tongue I was startled to recognize a fellow Canadian speak on a passing television show. I realized that other nationalities must hear our language sounding a little clipped, and that we tend to like the sound of the letter 'R'!<br />
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I've come to more fully understand that no matter what your culture is or which language is being spoken, at heart we're pretty much all the same. For the most part, we have many of the same desires, goals and dreams..the same things make us laugh and the same things make us cry. We truly are one connected family.<br />
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On a side note, I've also learned to pack only travel <i>essentials! </i> and not to go through security wearing the bra with wire in it..<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But there's something about November. The clean bite in the air and the new starkness of bared branches that lays the country before you in a new way. Everyone begins to </span><span style="font-family: "\22 arial\22 " , "\22 helvetica\22 " , sans-serif;">sort of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hunker in for the winter..theres a cosy intimacy in these colder months. Not to mention all those apples you don't really know what do with. [my mothers Apple pandowdy. yum] and, of course, the sweet anticipation of the approaching Christmas season..that, I do miss here in this Muslim country of Qatar.</span><br />
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Growing up I remember her as a curly haired girl with freckles [she hated them] and skinny legs made to appear even thinner by a pair of black tights that she wore almost daily. She loved to play 'House' and could develop a story as beautifully as any well paid Hollywood director might. To her disappointment I never lasted very long in those drawn out dramatic tales. [I guess there was only so much direction I would take from someone wearing curtain sheers around her waist.]</div>
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I had fun putting this collection together :-) This one is featuring 3 of my bracelets. Polyvore can be very relaxing as well as a great marketing tool. </div>
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Admittedly I've been lacking in creative mojo lately. I seem to have lost my step for a bit. I'm sure my muse is close by..she always is. Meanwhile..a simple strand of flame worked glass beads in luscious lick-able [you know you want to] RED. Like tiny syrup-y maraschino cherries. The sterling silver clasp is crafted in Israel..and is lovely lovely. I will be getting more of these. They're magnetic..simple fold over so you don't need to be a contortionist or look for someone to help you with it on. It's just very neat and easy, not to mention pretty. Love it.<br />
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This style looks great layered..here with silver bangles or black leather..a watch maybe. It looks great alone as well, personally I prefer layered and hardly ever wear just one bracelet.<br />
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I kind of like these small unassuming strands..may be some more in the works. You can find this one <a href="https://www.facebook.com/deborahlambson/photos/a.476642765767714.1073741828.476537445778246/883918441706809/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is apparently my favorite palette right now..gray blue/green. It must be since they keep showing up in my work. Sea inspired? Winter? Maybe. It's a lovely neutral and goes with a surprising number of colors.. Reds, oranges as well as pinks..and of course earthy greens and taupes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each glass bead has been created in the flame of my torch..organic raised petals and leaves..some glitzed up beads using a bit of dichroic glass. One slate-y piece of Canadian Labradorite. Accompanied with a chunky length of sterling links just for some layered jangle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This post is aimed at fellow jewelry makers but would be of interest
to all makers. I begin with the Badonsky quote to point out [that after
doing </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-style: italic;">exhaustive! </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">homework..] pricing comes down to a level of
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I think it may be the very nature of artisans everywhere to be a
psychotic mix of <i>humility</i> and <i>arrogance</i>. Iโm joking~sort of..but most
definitely all of us find pricing our work challenging. We either give our
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and supplies, a percentage of overhead + time. [Set yourself an hourly wage that sounds fair to you..your locations
minimum wage will give you some insight. Iโm not saying use this figure,
unless that makes you comfortable. You probably began this for many
reasons..one of them may have been to supplement or become your
income. Keep in mind any classes and workshops taken to arrive at your
level of expertise! and then there is the value of your own unique vision.]
Back to the formula..multiply that figure x 2 and youโve arrived at a wholesale number. Thatโs the
amount that you can live with should you sell to a gallery or wholesale
your work to shops. [A gallery consignment typically takes anywhere from
40 to 50%] For keystone or retail amount it is this number multiplied by
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Like Goldilocks, weโre looking for </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-style: italic;">โJust rightโ</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">..not too high [weโll price ourselves right out of the market] and not too low [the work will be viewed as โcheapโ] Itโs a dance that you alone will need to study out.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little workroom several years ago..my paintings and drawings and<br />
ripped out photos surround my work area.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Personally, Iโve always thought if youโre going to err then itโs better
to price your art too high than too low. I would rather have my work stay
with me waiting for the right person to fall in love, than to โsell outโ and
put a price on it that Iโm not happy with just to have a sale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thats not to
say Iโve not given many pieces away..charities and friends and family have
all been gifted my work now and then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Karma feels good and my Muses
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Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-16966260690296738792015-02-01T09:07:00.000-08:002015-02-01T09:36:10.896-08:00and we have a winner!!Earring give away winner is Val McLaren..yay!! Thank you for playing along everyone and watch for more of these in the coming months.<br />
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<br />Deborah Lambsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727337169993608781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899127091690341773.post-62200370136093302192015-01-29T02:34:00.000-08:002015-01-29T02:45:03.085-08:00A glimpse of Doha, Qatar<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighborhood in Doha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Closed'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desert outside of the city of Doha, Qatar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise in the Desert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing Dhow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many Perfumeries in Doha..beautiful bottles and oils</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the Souq to open</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">City center Doha, Qatar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">City center Doha, Qatar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ally at the Souq</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Merchant at the Souq</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Pearl, Doha</td></tr>
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