tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092482901439814613.post7455753207754214476..comments2023-05-25T02:53:45.429-07:00Comments on JBDblog - Following The Fascination: Enforced Creative Pauses and Their Usefulness. Conclusions. And Retrospective Introspection feeding Changes in DirectionJon Burgess Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686489273842347796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092482901439814613.post-15700556859407651232018-09-16T00:01:41.757-07:002018-09-16T00:01:41.757-07:00Thanks, Utterly Bell, I appreciate what you say. V...Thanks, Utterly Bell, I appreciate what you say. Very useful advice. I will let it perculate through my creative system, if you know what I mean. . . It will bear fruit further down the line, to mix metaphors unashamedly.<br />As a non earring wearer, I find I have to second guess potential issues, with very little knowledge or experience, which is frustrating and naggingly worrying. So I will kick the can down the road and let much better informed buyers make those tricky decisions. For now anyway.Jon Burgess Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686489273842347796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092482901439814613.post-80820570467902037252018-09-15T10:25:55.813-07:002018-09-15T10:25:55.813-07:00Utterly Bell - you are absolutely spot on regardin...Utterly Bell - you are absolutely spot on regarding everything! aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092482901439814613.post-66696306128270289842018-09-15T10:23:55.806-07:002018-09-15T10:23:55.806-07:00I adore your beads. I have never seen anyone prod...I adore your beads. I have never seen anyone produce what you produce with polymer clay before. They are stunning.<br /><br />Don't beat yourself up too much about the earrings. I look at it this way. Earrings become harder to design (and then make), because they are so small. With a necklace or bracelet, for example, there are lots of areas to draw the eye. We use focals, chains, leather, different beads. We are not just looking in one place.<br /><br />Earrings require us to look solely in one space. The whole thing has to draw our attention and hold it. So we have to pack as much design into the things as possible. Not only that, the ear wires have to be balanced with the earrings and the whole thing has to hang properly from one's ears. Not balanced properly, it can tip forward. Ear wires not long enough or too open in its shape, the earring can fall out entirely.. Too long, it can be annoying. Too short, and it can look weird if the ear wires are somewhat long. Too stiff or not enough breaks to allow it to move and flow, it can be uncomfortable to wear. Too heavy or too much metal or too many beads, it can be outright painful.<br /><br />It's just one of those things that come with practice. Play around with it. Get a headpin, for example, and/or some beading string or cord and string beads on them and play them against your components. I look at it in the sense of what story do I want to tell with the earrings. <br /><br />I am not surprised your components are selling so quickly and so well. They are gorgeous. And it is always hard to think about our creations no longer being with us. It is always hard to let go. It is what makes you such a brilliant artist.Utterly Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500479015702496973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092482901439814613.post-53427453010698209742018-09-05T11:37:31.123-07:002018-09-05T11:37:31.123-07:00I often marvel at how eerily similar events are. H...I often marvel at how eerily similar events are. Here's why I'm saying that...<br /><br />Hubby goes away to a conference every year during the last week of August. Every year I tackle some obscure project or another while he's gone. This year I thought I'd finish painting the windowsills on this old barn. That's when I discovered that 5 sills were soaking wet - the wood total mush. So out they came and I discovered rotten holes underneath those sills too. So I tackled what I could - building new windowsills for the 5 I got rid of and I'm still deciding what to do with the rotten holes underneath. At present I'm letting them dry out and leaving them for next year I think but putting in new windowsills for now. No beetles tho!<br /><br />I'm delighted that your components sell within a week. That says tons Jon! And I'm not in the least bit surprised - they are absolutely lovely and so unique! Components like yours are hard to come by - I bet you have people who wait for the next thing you post! Hooray!! You do what you're comfortable with - even if it's not making new windowsills...aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.com