Eye Candy

Sorta. :) Here's just a few pendants. I did have some newer ones but they immediately went out into the display case at Archimage for sale. I will post more photos soon! My next big production day is Monday...

And here is my fish Charles and the coral I made him. He digs it.

What Happened To May?

Welp. May flew by. I have been busy running around trying to get all my ducks in a row, and lo and behold, it is now June. Time for a recap on the fruits of my month of May -

• I have 3 batches of pendants floating around in the world waiting to be sold: in the front counter at Archimage (boutique), in the display case at Temstad (car mechanical shop), and with the Warehouse Arts crew for their five remaining shows this summer.
• Swooped down to Corning last weekend for GlassFest. Missed 2300˚, but got to watch Paul Stankard and Davide Salvadore in action, among others; caught a show with a piece by my old glass professor Angus Powers as well as one with work by an awesome MFA graduate of Alfred, Joanna Manousis. Lots of familiar faces and talented friends.
• Wandered around the Lilac Festival, which is a great place to get springboard ideas from other glass artists. Gave me a kick for my chess piece dilemma.
  
• Also in the works: a roll or two of black & white film in the SLR, an art quilt involving a fish, and some bottle cap magnets just for fun. :)

Once I get my production cranked up a few notches, I may venture into the world of Etsy. Anyone have any thoughts on that? Good idea? Bad idea?

Quick Update

So! A person I went to college with - Dan - who also, incidentally, lives in Rochester has co-founded a pretty exciting project called Warehouse Arts. They are currently in the fundraising stage, but eventually they would like to provide a space for artists of all mediums to work, teach, collaborate and display their work.

Their website is picking up steam, too, and you should check it out! I believe I will be attending a planning meeting this Sunday, so perhaps I will follow this up with exciting developments soon...!

Setup

Today I finally set up the torch I bought a year ago in my friend's basement! And her flame is beautiful! One of the pendants I made this afternoon - I think - turned out very clean, but we shall see when it comes out of the annealer. Here are some pendants for you to peruse. The ones in the boxes will be auctioned at a silent auction on April 1 to raise money for the Warehouse Arts project, a new venture which one of my friends from Alfred and some of his friends are trying to get off the ground.

Read Me

Because I'm in the midst of so many great literary-related things, I feel that I should share them with you. I went to a Zine and Craft Fair this past Saturday where there were indeed a lot of great Zines and Crafts people had put together, and now I have a hankering to bind some books out of repurposed paper and make bottle cap magnets. Not to mention make a zine. They're so straightforward and informal and I think that's great, though they might be a tad wasteful as far as making a bunch of copies and such. But still!

Books I am currently in the middle of and would so far recommend:

"The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
"The Universe in a Single Atom" by the Dalai Lama

Books I just received from Amazon.com:

"Ideas and Opinions" by Albert Einstein
"Concerning the Spiritual in Art" by Wassily Kandinsky

Book my friend recently lent me, which I have not yet started, but am excited to read due to the fact that this friend lends me particularly delicious books:

"Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas" by Tom Robbins

Lastly - Does anyone have any periodicals they subscribe to that they really enjoy and feel they absolutely get their money's worth for? It would be nice to get a magazine or something that is just chock full of substance and not dry, but still interesting. I guess I don't have a specific genre I'm looking for, so throw me whatever you got. :) I'm gonna go read. Goodnight!