My finished placemats
I finished them at the sewing studio the other day and then washed them and left them to dry on the table. I'm happy with them. Kind of wabi sabi and relaxed and they remind me of the ocean. I can't wait to have my plates on them when I finally bring some home, which will be some time this summer. Later in April I hope to make the trip back to the island where I make my pottery.
So work on my YA novel is progressing really well. I got back into writing daily again. I'm excited since I can feel the climax of the book humming closer. I also decided that I'd like to write a book about being creative, an art book, which focuses on creating different art as well as writing and hopefully encourages people to try different things. I've been thinking about this for a while. For a long time, I used to feel guilty for the time and resources I put into art related things as opposed to writing, but I reminded myself of Joseph Campbell's "follow your bliss" and decided to just go with it. I didn't know what it all meant but I've been bitten by the urge to write about it.
In other news, I'm back at weaving class again next week. There has been more loom drama. ^^ I wanted to make a rug as some of you know but it was taking some time for the person on now to finish up. I had lost hope I'd be able to do any work at all in the final classes, so I wasn't going to sign up but when I shared this with the instructor she told me that it looked like the weaver on now is actually expecting to finish soon. So we'll see! I have all kinds of spun yarn. I have vague ideas spinning in my head of what kind of rug to design.
So work on my YA novel is progressing really well. I got back into writing daily again. I'm excited since I can feel the climax of the book humming closer. I also decided that I'd like to write a book about being creative, an art book, which focuses on creating different art as well as writing and hopefully encourages people to try different things. I've been thinking about this for a while. For a long time, I used to feel guilty for the time and resources I put into art related things as opposed to writing, but I reminded myself of Joseph Campbell's "follow your bliss" and decided to just go with it. I didn't know what it all meant but I've been bitten by the urge to write about it.
In other news, I'm back at weaving class again next week. There has been more loom drama. ^^ I wanted to make a rug as some of you know but it was taking some time for the person on now to finish up. I had lost hope I'd be able to do any work at all in the final classes, so I wasn't going to sign up but when I shared this with the instructor she told me that it looked like the weaver on now is actually expecting to finish soon. So we'll see! I have all kinds of spun yarn. I have vague ideas spinning in my head of what kind of rug to design.