Letting Go or Giving In--Lampworkers' Thoughts, Please?

Forget about sales and what's popular; experiment wildly! Just try it and see what happens. I think you'll be pleased at the results, both with sales and artistic satisfactio.

Evalynne

Just a feeling that it would be appropiate! I'm so glad that you like them. It was fun, working to get an exact indicolite look.

Evalynne

I need to do that. I've even got some 78rpms with a Zenith Cobra-Matic to play them on. The arm on the Cobra-Matic is shaped like a snake, with eyes and everything..LOL! Evalynne

oooh, thanks! :)

Oh, I do this a lot - and end up scrapping a lot of beads (well, if you can call them that) - but it's fun and I love it. Being so new at this art, I tend to spend a lot of time sharpening my skills, to the point where I can do them in my sleep, then I move on to the next thing. Sometimes I will spend a day at the torch just trying things that I have never done before for the fun of it. Making up stuff as I go along. Most of it turns out spectacularly bad, but that's okay - it's developing my skills and artistry. A lot of my artistic vision has more to do with color combinations and such than design techniques - and of course, mixing the two. As long as I have a design technique down pat (like flowers for instance) I can feel free to experiment with color and texture. Color is really what keeps me going, what fuels my creative desires. Design comes second for me. And while a lot of artists tend to like to experiment with abstract, organic style, I really love geometrics and patterns. So concentrating on perfecting technique and skill is important, because it takes a lot of control to do geometrics well. I am at the point right now where it's time to do some more experimenting with design and technique, and I am not sure exactly what I want to try next. I need to take another class, I think - so I am on the lookout for teachers in the area. There's nothing like a class to fuel the creative fire! Here I go....on and on......LOL Is this still on topic? My meandering thoughts sure get away from me sometimes. :)

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ" :

]Maybe if I wrapped the beads up or something they'd quit talking ]to me. Geez.

well, i'm not a lampworker. but beads YELL at me, wanting attention.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

Now, allow me to add one caveat. Just as seems to happen with any recent finding in the area of mental health, there are people who will abuse the concept. In the case of Asperger's, the abuse fad is taking the form of trying to claim that *being a science fiction fan* -- specifically, the kind of fan who goes to SF conventions -- is a strong indicator of Asperger's. I've heard this nonsense from a dozen sources, including works of popular fiction, in the past couple of years. I've read medical descriptions of the syndrome, and it absolutely does NOT fit either me or any of my con-going friends! So please, if you hear anyone promoting this idea, tell them it's full of s*it and they should look up the *actual* symptoms.

Celine

There's a test here. Wonder how accurate it is...

Celine

I always enjoy hearing about creative process. And I don't think I am alone in tuning that in instead of out.

Deirdre

I scored 40. Poop.

I got 25, but I am not really sure what that means. That I am normal? Ha! :)

It would be a lot funnier if there weren't people who took it seriously. I think it's just one more attempt to marginalize SF fans and make them into not-okay people, this time with a medical basis rather than just saying "oh, they're weird"; with luck, it won't become widespread.

Celine

I find most SF fans very intelligent and forward thinking. They're people who usually know what I'm talking about, if that makes any sense. Evalynne

Oh, is the soundtrack an ADD thing? No wonder people look at me funny when I tell them what their theme song is!

I discovered that my (much-admired) boss is a big SF fan... to the point where she has original cover art from a Dr. Who novel, and she herself paints sci-fi landscapes.

I was so excited to find that one of the "respectable adults" in my life shares one of my interests!