Well, more like several days, but what the heck!
So I've been making bowls for a number of years now... I've even lost track of how long, but it's at least 8 years or more I think. I fell in love with the process right away, and have (hopefully) improved my skillset over the years so that I can turn out a pretty decent bowl or vessel these days. I wish I had photos of some of my first bowls, but I think they got lost in the transfer to new computers over the years. But here's one of my more recent ones, just in time for Valentine's Day:
So following this bowl, I decided to make my next one and video the process. I'm trying to get more comfortable with video so I can record and share the process as I make a bowl, but I also hope to do more with the camera over the coming year(s) to expand my outreach to the crafting community.
I could go on and on about the various roadblocks I encountered trying to use a "knock off" camera my hubby bought online, but you would be sound asleep before you got halfway through! Suffice it to say, we have ordered another camera and hope to get back to learning video next week. Meanwhile, here are some pix of the finished bowl I was making while trying to video the process:
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| The finished front with beads covering some nasty stitching |
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| Medallion and button covering the nasty stitching from adding the beads on front |
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| Fabric circle covering the center where the exposed coil was showing through |
I lost a little sleep trying to think of creative ways to "save" this disaster, and I'm pleased that it looks as good as it does now, 'cause it was nasty before I found ways to cover things up! The last thing I did, which I don't have pix of is to carefully zigzag around the center dot to be sure it doesn't come off! I glued one dot, but the glue bled through so that looked ugly. I fused another on on top and used my tiny iron to heat the fusible webbing, but still didn't think it was on good enough.
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| I took this shot before adding the medallion and center dot... and actually before I added the second bead on the front! I think I need a nap... |
2 comments:
You're really an expert by now at bowl making! I remember the first one you showed me, the first time we met up in Sedona. It was small and as I recall was the color of the desert -- mainly tan and brown.
I am chuckling a bit about the "knock off" camera. I strongly doubt I will be teaching online classes ever. Best of success to you and the new camera!!
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