After "retiring" from production mask making earlier this month, I have finally found some time to work on other things which has been a lovely refresher for me. I'm not into long-term projects, especially those that are repetitive... give me 7 or 8 ideas to chew on simultaneously, and I'm a happy camper! So here's what I've been working on:
This is a commission bowl for a friend to give as a gift - she loved the autumn leaves on my regular autumn bowls, but wanted it in more of the Desert Sunset colors... gives it a totally different look! So when I finished hers, I decided to make one to put in the gallery to see if anyone else liked the combination.
Someone on a facebook group I belong to posted a photo of bowls made by Crafty Patti (has a youtube video on how to make them) and I fell in love with them! They have no fabric covering the rope, and the painted wood beads (available on amazon.com) are a perfect focal point. This one is sized to fit a flower pot that has a base of about 4", and I hope to find some artificial succulents I can put in the flower pot to make this a complete piece. Fast, easy and IMHO, elegant!
This scarf has been a WIP for at least a couple of years! It was a great project to pick up and crochet a few rows if I was sitting, chatting with friends or watching TV. I love the soft, muted colors of the yarn... very unlike my normal "ALL COLOR, ALL THE TIME" mode, but I guess my palette has matured just a smidge.
Other than that, I have been doing the paperwork to reset the gallery for our next period, which starts tomorrow. Sadly, we are losing a couple of artists who are not comfortable being in the gallery to work shifts do to Covid-19, but I'm hoping they will join us again when the virus has been conquered. But we have some returning artists and a brand new artist coming in, so that will give our visitors new things to enjoy, an perhaps buy! Once we get everyone set up I will take pictures to share... it's always a treat to see how the gallery looks when we are up and running, and we are able to add Wednesday to our days open this period... 5 days out of 7, that's progress!
Oh, and one more thing... Artists Coalition of Flagstaff has an e-commerce page that I am selling from since about June, and I have been blessed with several sales from the page so far... thanks to all who have browsed, and those who bought as well! Here's the link if you haven't had a chance to check it out... we have several artists selling there, so it's worth a visit!
