Nicely, right here we’re prepared to show the web page on one other yr. And what a unprecedented yr it has been. I gained’t dwell on the pandemic or different dire information headlines of the yr. As an alternative, I’m reviewing my inventive journey as documented right here on my weblog. Creatively talking, it was one other productive yr though I didn’t publish as incessantly as I’ve in another years. I’m going to say it’s been about high quality, not amount. LOL
Most of my makes for the yr of 2020 had been impressed by month-to-month design problem themes from the Artwork Parts weblog crew. I’m so grateful to the AE Crew for the inspiration. It’s not that I couldn’t provide you with concepts with out the prompts – I’ve countless lists of issues I need to make. However I’ll admit that having prompts retains me from procrastinating or from being overwhelmed by too many concepts. Fairly than recount my creations by month-to-month theme, I’m going to sum them up by the kind of make. Most of my creations for 2020 fell into one in all 4 classes: jewellery, beads, embroidery, and sculpting. Plus a few one-offs.
Since this weblog started primarily to regale you about my jewellery designs, I’ll start with the jewellery designs of 2020. I didn’t make jewellery each month, or for each theme, however there was nonetheless, one way or the other, a pile of latest jewellery designs. A lot of which yow will discover in my store on etsy.
As you could have seen, a lot of the jewellery (properly, all of it, besides the chook cranium hoops) featured my polymer clay beads and focals. Along with making the beads and focals for the jewellery this yr, I additionally made some beads only for the sake of constructing beads. These can be found in your jewellery designs in my store on etsy.
As I created the collages for this publish, I spotted I spent an excellent a part of 2020 sculpting with polymer clay. I’m nonetheless not any higher at creating facial options, so I’ve used molds in some designs. However I’ll get there ultimately – I did slightly properly with the skulls. This apparently was the yr of the “stash tin” for me, however I additionally re-purposed just a few glass jars. You’ll find a few of these in my store on etsy.
This yr I attempted a few portray strategies that had nothing to do with polymer clay. First I made dot-mandalas on some rocks borrowed from the landscaping round my residence advanced. I say “borrowed” as a result of I returned them to the wild after the paint cured. I additionally painted a wood casket utilizing a crackle medium, and adorned it with a cranium pendant that I painted with Vintaj patina inks.
Polymer clay remains to be my medium of alternative, largely as a result of it’s so versatile, as you may see from the vary of beads, jewellery, and sculpts. Nevertheless, embroidery has grow to be my second go-to when inventive inspiration strikes. There have been some months the place my solely inventive tasks concerned stitching.
The ultimate design problem theme for 2020 was “All Issues Christmas” and I admit it took me a lot of the month to get into the spirit. I wasn’t precisely ba-humbug-ing or something. I used to be simply, frankly, feeling lazy. However I did handle to complete out the inventive yr with these three little winter greenery hoops.
I’ve been extra lucky than many this yr, with the ability to do business from home full-time since mid-March. My day job nonetheless occupied my weekdays, however I had my evenings and weekends free to be inventive. There have been sporadic shortages of polymer clay because of the pandemic, which makes me glad I took up embroidery final yr so I nonetheless had one thing inventive to occupy me. I ran low on thread across the time stay-at-home orders had been changing into wide-spread. This inventive yr wouldn’t have been potential with out the oldsters who labored to pack, ship, and ship artwork provides.
Many thanks, once more, to the AE Crew for the inspiring design problem themes. Thanks additionally to my readers and the oldsters who make time to touch upon my posts. I don’t know the place 2021 will take me creatively-speaking, however I’m trying ahead to a brand new yr of potentialities. I want you all the perfect for the New Yr and hope to see you again right here in 2021. Btw, you too can observe me on Instagram, the place I publish about my artwork slightly extra incessantly, however with fewer phrases. 😉