Hi guys....
Been a while! ("long while" or "short while" depends on your perception of time I guess, lol) :-) The only consistant truth of time seeming to be that there is NEVER enough of it.....
Some of you may remember my last post was related to my efforts/mission/hope of getting some of my father's work out for viewing - on auctions at first and eventually thru other venues.
I know there's been some discussion over AD or not to AD or to AD with chat or just CHAT being prefered. All points of view have strong and weak aspects - and I can see the change in the essence of the board with less chatter and more ads - yet as I"m not one to post often even tho I read periodically I'll hold my opinion in reserve......
Tho I've chosen auctions as the 'first step' of getting my father's pieces out in the viewing body, I hope you'll see/sense my greater goal here isn't actually so much the 'selling' - rather it's the sharing of his pieces that matters to me - and these auctions are the first step in a series of steps I have in motion to accomplish my goal.
It's important to me to have his work out there, seen, and perhaps (if it connect with people) gain a degree of recognition and/or garner feedback. Right now it's bits 'n pieces (beads etc). Eventually I'm hoping to share his larger works.....
Was it Dawn(?) who in one of her recent posts (eloquently) touched upon something that rings true in my mind in relation to this group - for those new and for those of us who go way way wayyyyyy back in the timeline of rec.crafts.beads....The point being that I think whenever you have things that are close to your heart, new ideas/skills/projects that are 'tender', or something to 'share' you tend to pack them up and carry them to places you know and feel safe to unwrap them and expose them to the light.... .
Some of you won't remember me..... But some of us have cyber-known each other for many years... We've postulated on life (Tina!) I've watched great jewelry designers become first rate beadmakers (Kandice!) I've read threads that got so long I had to take a nap to get to the end! :-) This group has gifted me with kind words about my work over the years (Linda!) and made me think deeply about things (Sooz!) to name just a few.... I've watched as many of you have run the gamut from first piece to being published! And we've shared all the bits of this 'n that that weave the path of the remainder of the group....
(And you've all even overlooked my questionable spelling, & love of exclamation points, quotation marks, and trailing dots ........lol....I write the way I think - hard habit(s) to break).....
For all the ups and downs, for the cranky times, the happy times, the convoluted times the coming and going it's good to know you're all still here to 'come back to' with tender things that require gentle sharing..... I Promise I won't overuse the kindness.....
Now, all that said (in my classic long rambling way), if you'd care to look, here's the link