So now you know what this blog is about! This month I am blogging about what time of day is my most productive and when does inspiration strike. Hmmmm... I am typically a night owl. If it was up to me, mornings would be illegal. That being said, I do my actual creating during the daytime. I love working with natural light and am lucky that my studio space had tons of it. I am crazy about how colors look and go together and nothing beats a lot of windows and sunshine. Not that I don't make things at night, but usually I have already put the ideas/colors together.
As far as when I am actually inspired.. well that happens all day every day. Just this Saturday I was driving to work (yes, I do have a REAL job doing hair) and had a little aHA moment in the car when my brain put some glass discs I made a month ago together with some dagger beads I bought a week ago. Other times I will look down at my super messy work table and see some components next to each other and think.. why didn't I see that before? Those are the happy accidents of inspiration that turn into jewelry that I sometimes have a hard time selling because I end up loving them myself.
I have a few stock designs and techniques I return to over and over, but the really fun ones for me are the purely organic pieces that almost make themselves.. bend a few wires.. hammer them, toss some stones, beads, fiber in the mix and somehow something beautiful reveals itself. And I am constantly inspired by all the fabulous artists I have found via Facebook and Pinterest. They make me step across a line to the outside of my comfort zone and try to add a new twist to my work. Sometimes they make me look at the materials I am using with a new eye and head down a path I wouldn't have taken before.
So I guess I didn't answer this very clearly.. I am inspired all day every day.. so what does that say about me?
See you in a month or so with another Synchroblog Post and while you are waiting don't forget to check out all the other blog posts this month!
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The Artists Synchroblog (July) – The Artists Synchroblog is a group of bloggers who post every other month on the same topic, sharing our experience or perspective. On alternate months we undertake a Pinterest Project where we each take inspiration from a pinterest picture, create something (art, a meal, a DIY project, etc) and then post about it.
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I am the same way! I think. I love mornings but never create then because I'm off to the dayjob. I do most at night but I find inspiration all day! :)
ReplyDeleteI wander around the house looking for inspiration... sometimes it hits... Too hot to make beads right now so I'm digging though my thousands of pounds of beads that I've made over the years looking for inspiration! After I've had my morning coffee!
ReplyDeleteI love the happy accidental inspiration!! And I like the idea of being the in the process all the time even if you're not creating..that seems accurate for me too.
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