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giasou Sophia, thanks for your friendship

You have beautiful work!!

Thank you Sophia, you are very kind!

You get it!!! That's exactly what I want my pieces to convey... secret wonders and treasures forgotten. Thanks so much for the words of encouragement, they go along way to feed the soul of my inspiration!! Thank you again!

Christi

So if you are working like crazy you must be tallying up the hours.  For me it has been all consuming for many years.  I can hardly wait to see the granulation you are doing with the metal clay.  I've tried making those little balls with PMC and then I have to sort them by size somehow because it's so hard to make them evenly.  

I myself took a wonderful granulation class with Yehuda Tassa an expert in Yemenite filigree and when I saw your pieces I got very excited.  He gave the students two formulas in small bottles for adhering the granules so they don't move during the torch firing process.  I started a domed piece recently that will serve as a "gem" for a setting for a ring.  BUT, I have some 22kt gold wire, 20 gauge and when I saw what you did with those beads and rings I went crazy!  

Thank you for your nice note and telling me you enjoy my work.  You made my day!

Sophia, what a wonderful change for you!  I am in the midst of moving my studio from a retail location of 7 years back to my home.  Needless to say I am excited yet hesitant as I fear leaving the arts area will leave me once again abandoned without interaction of other people.  I do teach classes and enjoy the people but I am a bit burnt out on teaching.  And the business has drained me of my creative thoughts for now.  The excitement of a new space and the hopes of working once again is there, I think I am just not sure of what is to come.  Somehow I try to embrace the unknown but it still rears its ugly head!!!  LOL  I know that it will all work out great, I just have to be patient.

I love to work on something that is detailed and meticulous in nature.  It seems to be my way and direction.  I am not happy if it is too easy to do!  I have not posted any photos of some of my older pieces where I granulated but they are some of my very favorite pieces to have done.  

I am not being productive today, but there are some days that need to be that way.  I hope that I have not taken too much of your time and I look forward to seeing more of your work  Keep me posted!

good luck with that! have you tried the copper clay and bronze clays too? I found the pmc granulation easier, but I have only done it once. I think its the crow in the second picture of the murder of crows, but you can't see it very well as its sideways. 

When working with 'normal' silver do you make your granules in a kiln or with a torch?

And a very Merry Christmas to you too :-)