The Hurricane

or any other name for that matter. It reminds me of the chaos in my head, that is neither good or bad, it just is like that at the moment. I am navigating through interesting times and I think this sort of represents what I am working through. We tend to run in circles, meet the same challenges and situations all the time, it means we very seldom step out of the whirlpool and make a leap out. The saying "History repeats itself" is a perfect example of that.

I am working on taking that leap, and at the moment am completely embracing my chaos, sometimes with more grace and ease than other times. It is all part of the process. These photos are of unfinished piece I tend to use for the upcoming show in May.

It is one of those pieces I'm not sure about, but I think I like it more than not.

Repeat

I always pass the barn doors on my way home. I love them for multiple reasons. My healthy obsession with repeat patterns in nature and around me; their color; the style of the door that clashes with the neighbourhood feel.
Last week en route to the studio the garbage cans and their lids offered further repeat pattern structure I enjoy.
These had to be recorded for me since my line repeat obsession gets carried through everything around me. It is a satisfying, almost cooing feeling for me, noticing these unintentional repeat patterns in nature.

In progress

Work for the exhibit is coming along. In the midst of all the press and blog activity last week, I finally ventured into the new idea yesterday. It was a good and a bad day to start something. I felt tired but I was partially motivated. But I inched on forward I wanted to see if this is the piece I will take to the next level. I think I like the way it's going. The name could be "A piece of New York", or something relating to the physical space I live in. I had the slate piece for a long time and I wanted to include it into the work as a token of remembering other building blcoks of this town.
Seems to be a complex piece, as seen in my overly elaborate soldering set up.

This morning I took a photo of my spring 3 graces. I picked them up at the farmers market on Saturday and they are slowly opening up. It was wonderful to sit down to do some personal work and meditation while taking a look and seeing them slowly open. It brings up the orange in our bedroom discussion, which will soon have to be really thought about. Kevin's desk is coming along quite wonderfully and within a couple of weeks I hope to have it in the room. The room needs a paint job and I think a splash of color. Orange and walnut I love so I hope to try for it again.

Preparation for a show

Lots has happened. I have been M.I.A. for the past month or so and just trying to explore this new situation that I have created for myself. Creativity has been flowing and then it grinded to a halt I think fear managed to creep in.

I think I'm back in my mode, and am working on preparing pieces for an upcoming group show at the Taboo Gallery in San Diego, California.

Just picked up a copy of Lucky Magazine with a piece published there. I am very happy to see things slowly taking an interesting course. I like the duality, the fashion foward and fashion right of my pieces, and I like the marriage to the craft world that I come from as a trained metalsmith. I would like to keep my feet in both worlds as this work progresses.

I am working still with my lines and am pursuing two things. One is this idea of the line and patience exploration. The other side a subconscious layer, the idea of change, personal experience through abstraction of my jewelry art. I am interested in beautiful forms that have movement and are appealing, but when I look at them I think about the place that I am in mentally and how that reflects through each and every piece.

This is "Grass is always greener...." and it's two rows of multiple wires that are hammered on the ends and dipped and oxidized.

I look at it and I see this vibrant time for myself and I see the parallel how we always think that the particular situation we are in is never as good as it can be. I am trying to be very present and allow myself to explore and enjoy this creative time and space that I have finally allowed myself to experience.

The second piece in work is called "Change", the two worlds that I am working on personally, the idea that we have this 3D world we live in and then we just have us. Or I have I am. And it's a tempestuous sea at the moment, it's murky and unclear, but I am trying to guide myself through it and come out with less weight on the other side. It's hard work, but I like that I can explore it visually and three-dimensionally as well as mentally.