incredible company, sneak peek and freedom -

this beauty of a magazine is where my first accepted article resides... i have been a bit off the map and will admit that only last night did i sit down and page through the entire thing... and am i humbled... in the company of such talented artists/designers as barbara lewis, nancy schindler, ruth rae, lynn davis, christine damm, diane cook and riki schumacher... of course, all of the other work is wonderful - i just don't know the other ladies! it is still on the shelves at barnes & noble... 

that's me - the little picture on the bottom left! i cannot imagine what it must be like for those of you seeing books on the shelves, i was giddy to see two periodicals at the same time... here i get to hang out with friends kerry bogert and judith glende... 

at the show i was in last weekend or so ago, i had the mags on my table with their corresponding work... people watching is always interesting... i was worried that having the mags out might be seen as braggy... not at all how it was intentioned... and it was met with interest for the most part... one response i had not expected was for a woman to ask me if i had copied the magazine and was selling my version... 'no!' i responded, 'i would never do that.' 'why are you then?' to which i explained that was ME in there! she seemed a bit dubious but satisfied with my answer... i think i cleared the original work police check... also got asked if i was the seller for the people who made what was on my table... 

what would my blog be of late without a sneak peek - heads up, you will only have 1 left after this... yay (for all of us!)... 

and a piece i finally finished... not sure what to do with it - 

'the secret of happiness is freedom.

the secret of freedom is courage.

~ thucydides

roar... said the evolving lion

thread by thread i will extricate myself from the web... until i am able to fly away gently as a butterfly... 

giving credit where credit is due

i am very fortunate (and excited) to have an article in the current belle armoire jewelry magazine... when i made that proposal, i looked at some of my favorite pieces and tried to find what they had in common... now i try to work from an idea first... 


as a result, the article had 3 techniques in it and went slightly (ok, a lot) over the word count... in the resources section, i had put links to the talented ceramic artists who had inspired me... but it was edited out - i am very sorry for this ladies... even when the copy arrived in my mailbox this week, i felt terrible that readers wouldn't know who was responsible for the components that allowed me to create the pieces they were looking at... 


so here i would like to make a sort of amends - 

breaking down the walls

beautiful rusty crusty button by lisa peters ... small charm by marsha neal ... gorgeous glass by marie marchand at bleu verre... 

on wisdom

wonderful wisdom bead by diane hawkey... earthenwood beads by melanie brooks... 


if you haven't seen the work done by these very talented women, i strongly encourage you to visit their blogs and shops...