Ok, this is were I "take care of business", you know - the not-so-fun part of being an artist. One of my customers complimented the photographs I take of my beads and jewelry and asked my what kind of set-up I used. I just laughed! As you can see, I have 2 cheap aluminum clamp lamps that have daylight bulbs in them. They are clamped to a wooden box that I bought at a garage sale. The whole set-up is on a shelf above my desk. My camera is attached to a really old - but cool Japanese tripod that I found in a thrift store when my tripod died. It is super heavy duty (unlike my expensive, yet dead tripod) and has a really nice crank. However, my little desk is not wide enough to accommodate the legs, so it is propped on 2 chocolate chip cookie tins! And, the answer is yes... The cookies were good! You can see my printer and props to the right of the lamps, my laptop below (with the cutest picture of my little doggie as wallpaper). On the shelf above my photo set-up is where I keep my inventory and shipping supplies. This is all supposed to be temporary until my permanent studio is built before it's starts to snow (in like 2 months). Later this week I will post pictures of my lovely Studio/Trailer (aka - 1965 Prowler camping trailer). That will be good for a laugh!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Internet Listing & Shipping Dept (aka - my bedroom!)
Ok, this is were I "take care of business", you know - the not-so-fun part of being an artist. One of my customers complimented the photographs I take of my beads and jewelry and asked my what kind of set-up I used. I just laughed! As you can see, I have 2 cheap aluminum clamp lamps that have daylight bulbs in them. They are clamped to a wooden box that I bought at a garage sale. The whole set-up is on a shelf above my desk. My camera is attached to a really old - but cool Japanese tripod that I found in a thrift store when my tripod died. It is super heavy duty (unlike my expensive, yet dead tripod) and has a really nice crank. However, my little desk is not wide enough to accommodate the legs, so it is propped on 2 chocolate chip cookie tins! And, the answer is yes... The cookies were good! You can see my printer and props to the right of the lamps, my laptop below (with the cutest picture of my little doggie as wallpaper). On the shelf above my photo set-up is where I keep my inventory and shipping supplies. This is all supposed to be temporary until my permanent studio is built before it's starts to snow (in like 2 months). Later this week I will post pictures of my lovely Studio/Trailer (aka - 1965 Prowler camping trailer). That will be good for a laugh!
Friday, August 17, 2007
Bead Cleaning
Well, this is where I clean my beads. This is my front porch and it's nice and shady in the morning to early afternoon since it gets the western sun. My cat usually sits on the chair on the right and keeps me company. Today, I cleaned about 25 beads. You can kind of see what I use to clean them... I have a Dremmel tool with a diamond bit, a pair of pliers to help me get the bead of the mandrels (soaking in the milk jar) and a bowl to put the bead in while I'm cleaning it to reduce dust. I then run the beads through a prickly pipe cleaner and then a chenille pipe cleaner.
And this is the beautiful view I get to see while I clean my beads. This is towards the back half of our property. We have .58 acres that is fully treed with several different types of pine trees and lots of Aspens.
These are some beads I finished today (and yesterday) They are from my "Elements" series. I did the "Earth" beads day before yesterday and cleaned them yesterday. And the "Air" and "Fire" beads I cleaned today. I will be torching "Water" and "Spirit" this afternoon and cleaning tomorrow.
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