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The book looks wonderful! How did you attach the copper to the leather? What a fun journal!
Cai, your book is beautiful, especially with a topsy-turvy mermaid!
Your enthusiasm rocks, Cai :) Sounds like you two had so much fun together ... I'm a little green with envy :) It's your first one ... now that you know the process, you can make as many books as your heart desires!
ahhh Dan you have hit the nail on the perverbial head there
with art there IS messiness! with art there are always mistakes. And those are the JOYS of art and creating
as I told Dan, many years ago when I was doing intense beadwork, a Native America…
Sept 10th!! JOYFUL DAY!!!!!!!
should have taken pics during the process but I was SO ENGROSSED!!!
I went over to Lotus' house and we MADE A BOOK!
handstitched, knotted, tore the paper rather then cutting it, learned that the paper has a "feel" to it…
Sept 8th
started making a necklace that was finished, appropriately enough, on Sept 11th
Rainbow Obsidian, garnets, quartz and black tourmaline
pics on a later posting
Thank you Wendy...its simply an act of creative kindness for someone who might find joy within them
no need for reply or thanks or anything required...it just is
Thanks!!
check out the new babies that have been happening!
You have really captured love, joy & healing in these bright and wonderful cards. he will be so thrilled, I'm sure and you deserve back all of the good karma you are giving!
Comment Wall (23 comments)
- At 4:51am on January 16, 2009,
Camille said…
- Cai, I received your message about your mural...Barbara Storier might be a good person to talk to about what is needed for creating a mural...Jules may be of some help there also
How many artists will be working with you on this collaboration?
...I wish you the best on this big project!
Love Camille
- At 11:45pm on December 7, 2008,
Carol@Swallowcliffs said…
- Cai: First off, I finally figured out you have an i not an l at end of yr name, lol. I enjoyed your pictures, your cats, your jewelry!
- At 3:37am on December 4, 2008,
Beth Clark said… - Hello, my dear Cai!
I love your kitty atcs!!!! They are so fun!! My two Mewses, Storm and Kenzie have been encouraging me to get back into the studio and do some artwork, so tonight I started a new painting! It's been way too long! I have to tell you something interesting. A few months ago, I went to a Ren faire with some friends of mine and we were looking through a booth that had jewelry. She had really inexpensive natural stone pendants for sale so we started looking through them. One stone I touched felt hot to me, very strange since it was a cool October day, and although it wasn't my favorite color, (it was gray with white stripes), I felt a sort of connected to it, although, deep down I really wanted something more exciting. The lady told my it was banded agate. Well, I ended up getting it after all, and I really do love it now. And here's the interesting part....the other day, I found a book on crystals at the book store and was looking through it. Banded agate was in there so I looked to see what it's properities were. The very first one listed was "Artistic Expression". Of course, I smiled. I have been frustrated lately because I have been needing to express Me more through my art and not just paint an image or an idea. Very, very interesting. Anyhoo.....just thought I'd share that. Have a great day!
- At 8:32pm on November 12, 2008,
Beth Clark said…
- Hello again!
Thanks for getting back to me, so quickly! Your Gifts interest me. I've always wondered about Reiki and have been curious about cystals, as well. Not really sure what I believe about them but I at least enjoy their "properties". The last few years I have really taken a liking to moonstone and laboradite. I was drawn to moonstone after a bad breakup, because I liked the feminine qualities of that stone and really needed to feel empowered as a woman. I still love it. Anyway, thanks for sharing. I've been feeling creatively lonely these days and it's nice to "talk" to other creative souls!
Hugs and purrs back at ya!!
Beth
- At 2:08pm on November 12, 2008,
Beth Clark said…
- Hello Cai!
Now it's my turn to get back to you! I don't spend much time at CCS much anymore, only because the computer seems to eat up so much time that should be spent doing other things, (I'm finding now, that I'm back visiting, that I miss it!). Unfortunately, I do not own any horse, (although I would love to!!) We had a pony when I was a kid, but of course, I took him for granted. I'd appreciate him so much more if I had him now! I do have two cats, Kenzie and Storm, who are my fuzzy daughters and I love them so much!!! I'm planning on doing some paintings of them! They are my Mewses after all! :) I primarily work in acrylic. I did watercolor for a great deal of my life and got bored with it a few years ago and switched. I still do some watercolor and am now experimenting with mixed media. The celtic animals were watercolor, acylic and india ink. I would really like to try some collage, but haven't gotten there yet. Anyway, I LOVE your jewelry!!!! It is stunning! I would love to hear about your creative process. Not the methods, really, but more your thought processes, your inspirations. As I get older, I am becoming more and more fascinated with the artist behind the art. The art takes on so much more meaning for me when I understand the artist a little better. I never cared much for a lot of "masterpieces" and classic artists until I started learning about their lives. Anyhoooo. :) Your work is gorgeous, Daughter of the Ocean, and thanks for sharing yourself with us!
Beth
- At 8:43am on November 11, 2008,
meewah said… - Hi Cai !!!
Yr icon picture drag me here !!!
love yr metal works , they all look unique to me !!!
- At 3:56am on October 26, 2008,
Barbara Ann Storrier said…
- Beautiful icon pic ... it's dolphin vertebrae casting? WOW!
Here's the link to the Winter Bracelet SWAP in Beadalicious .. get thy fine self over there and sign up and chat with us :)
http://coachcreativespace.ning.com/group/beadalicious/forum/topic/show?id=827120%3ATopic%3A149580
- At 9:52pm on October 19, 2008,
Barbara Ann Storrier said…
- Hi Cai ... long time, no "see"! I just read your post over at 30 Days and wanted to let you know that I started a Winter Bracelet Swap in the Beadalicious group ... please join us!
Looking at your post a couple of comments down from here .. I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium once, and want to go back! I loved the jellyfish tank when you first go in ...
A friend of my BF found a smooth flat black rock on the beach when his sis rented a beach house for a family get together this summer. He drilled a hole through it, and is going to bring it over one day soon, wants it on a necklace with a couple of beads for a Christmas gift for her ... he's sure she's gonna cry with sentimentality when she sees it :) I love helping people make something special like that.
Think about the bracelet swap ... you don't have to decide until Oct. 30th and the mailing date will be December 9th ...
Barb
- At 4:14pm on March 12, 2008,
Mary Hicks said… - Cai, congratulations on your weight loss challenge! What an inspiration your story is to me! Talking about the sense of taste and feeding your emotions - geez, we should probably start a separate "Therapy" discussion group!
Humans are so amazing, how they mistreat their bodies and their environment. You obviously have learned how NOT to do that, which is so wonderful. I'm from a big family (7 kids) and still, well into my 50s, can't cook for less than 5 people at a time! It just isn't in my genes (or should I say my jeans, which keep getting smaller...).
I married a chef, so cooking is a big deal in our house. Even though he's no longer a chef (he still feeds people, just in a different way!), cooking is still an "event" and something we really enjoy doing together. Many, many temptations...
Anyway, good for you! Keep us posted on how is continues to go for you, and keep sharing your beautiful jewelry creations with us, as well.
- At 6:11am on March 12, 2008,
Cai said…
- Holy Schmoses!!
Im amazed at all the depth of FEELING that has come from working with the rocks that I found at the beach this weekend...First its a HUGE treat to get out of town and go 2 hours to the beach...let alone Monterey Bay Aquarium!!!!!!!
I came home and all the pieces for this project seem to be there, save one.
Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, Smell...the one that has brought up more issues is TASTE!
what IS taste, how do we use tasting-eating to stuff our emotions?
HOW could I have allowed myself to get so overweight simply by not dealing with emotions and feelings that I had "stuffed" for so very long! For those that dont know I had the gastric bypass done Oct 22 and Im down nearly 100 lbs in almost 4 months...the changes are INCREDIBLE and the body changes skin tone, texture are so different and at times so ALIEN!
Food was my "friend" albeit a friend that I was gradually killing myself with!
taste has become so refined now...I WANT the good stuff...the veggies the different tastey cheeses even though its so very funny that 3 bites to 5 bites (mind you small ones) and my actually tummy is full but the MIND says ....and with much sadness, "youre full????????"
yes, and thank you I dont want to feel ill for doing the old habit
so I enjoy what I can, make healthy meals (even though I still cook mondo amounts like there are many mouths to feed) I pack it all up and put it away for lunches in the future ...lol
Taste or my representation of it, is about the ever open mouth, the need to fill that "void" within us that is so vast and yet, actually is so much smaller then we could possibly imagine and need to understand that it is we who hold the key to freeing ourselves of OUR chains!!!!!
I know, deep thoughts by Jack Handy here, but THIS is all that has been coming out
and the fact that today has been a very touchy- bitchy day at work...my solice has been my art customers!!!
they encourage and bring out that excitement in me about different projects and ways to do things and cool items that we have where I work (Nasco! www.enasco.com )
One of the many reasons I LOVE my job are all the art supplies that I could want for...I do get to enjoy sharing that wealth with my friend and Muse Lotus here of the group who inspires me to FEEL from the very depths of my TOES!
to CREATE to get that angst and frustration and joy and slendor OUT and into the world!
and these pieces again are SO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT from anything I have ever done...I have pics but tonight I must go to bed at a reasonable hour...up at 5am home at 730pm and sit with my creativity and do what I need to get all this out for all of you to see!
(sorry for the ramblings, just had to get all this out and relate what things are coming with these creations!)
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- What's Your Favourite Way To Create?
- jewelry fabrication and wire work, painting, drawing HAVING FUN!cooking
- Favourite Artists (in ANY creative medium)
- Georgia O'Keefe, Bottachelli, Michaelangelo, watching little kids while they tackle creative projects, listening to music of all kinds
from Mendelsohns Violin Concerto to WADS of Godsmack!
- Greatest Creative Moment You've Had?
- Any time Im in the "flow" of being Creative
I have found that times when I am very emotionally stressed (good or not) are times of great creativity. The added pressure and focus that said pressure brings makes for HUGE strides forward in creativity
These are the times to be cherished and nurtured and transmute into continuous times of creating!
- What's Your Biggest Creative Dream?
- To make what I do, have fun and make lots and lots of money from my inspirations and works so I can quit my day job and have my own workshop.
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well, I know that its been a time here...
its been a while since I have been online here
I havent had much time and with work being insane yet again Im whipped and emotionally drained and not wanting to face much of anything other then showering off the negatives of the day and going to bed!
Im grateful that things are starting to change though
Yesterday I was VERY BLESSED to go with my friend in town, Edith (COOL LADY!) to meet a Certified PMC teacher!
not just MEET her and see her THREE (yes THREE!) Studios but also to be taught by su… Continue
I havent had much time and with work being insane yet again Im whipped and emotionally drained and not wanting to face much of anything other then showering off the negatives of the day and going to bed!
Im grateful that things are starting to change though
Yesterday I was VERY BLESSED to go with my friend in town, Edith (COOL LADY!) to meet a Certified PMC teacher!
not just MEET her and see her THREE (yes THREE!) Studios but also to be taught by su… Continue
Posted on February 1, 2009 at 8:43pm —
busybusybusy
things have been very busy with Chris(hubby) on vacation
I have had the chance to go after work to visit(monday the 5th) Lotus for a time
looking thru OLD Natl Geographic magazines!
I cant wait to see her paintings of the Octopi being born pics that we found!
she gave me some to play with for different ideas (one is old cars and all the different kinds, another bicentenial,another I have no idea but there are so many pics!)
before leaving Lotus noticed that a branch of her tree had been broken o… Continue
I have had the chance to go after work to visit(monday the 5th) Lotus for a time
looking thru OLD Natl Geographic magazines!
I cant wait to see her paintings of the Octopi being born pics that we found!
she gave me some to play with for different ideas (one is old cars and all the different kinds, another bicentenial,another I have no idea but there are so many pics!)
before leaving Lotus noticed that a branch of her tree had been broken o… Continue
Posted on January 8, 2009 at 8:07pm —
Jan 1st and oh my my
today started off with hemming my cloak(208" of it and only 20 inches to go!)
went to bed at 5am and got up at 1pm...slept great
then after lounging around and going to the hot tub for a soak
AHHHH time to create!
hearts were the main theme today
pics tomorrow morning before work!
((hugs and Happy New Year all))
went to bed at 5am and got up at 1pm...slept great
then after lounging around and going to the hot tub for a soak
AHHHH time to create!
hearts were the main theme today
pics tomorrow morning before work!
((hugs and Happy New Year all))
Posted on January 2, 2009 at 7:37am — 2 Comments
caught up in the Holidays
12-20 making more nip pillows
12-21beading necklaces and earrings and such for Lea(trade for my kitty paw print tatoo that she did!)
12-22 making cards making cards
12-22 gads Im losing track of the days
12-23 blubbering idiot trying to get things done for work and creating
skip to
12-29 making and stuffing more nip pillows for all the kitty friends
12-30 left the nip at home so couldnt stuff pillows BUT got a HUGE box of goodies from my Rock friend Jan
OMCOMC(meaning OH MY CATNESS) the GORGEOUS… Continue
12-21beading necklaces and earrings and such for Lea(trade for my kitty paw print tatoo that she did!)
12-22 making cards making cards
12-22 gads Im losing track of the days
12-23 blubbering idiot trying to get things done for work and creating
skip to
12-29 making and stuffing more nip pillows for all the kitty friends
12-30 left the nip at home so couldnt stuff pillows BUT got a HUGE box of goodies from my Rock friend Jan
OMCOMC(meaning OH MY CATNESS) the GORGEOUS… Continue
Posted on December 31, 2008 at 5:01am —
Wild days and MEOWRRY CATMAS!
Hey there all
been wild days of creating and manifesting!
Several weeks ago I ordered and paid for MANY beads
10mm rainbow obsidian(they have the most magnificent colors clean thru..like little saturns!!!!)
hand blown glass beads that are in small groupings of 2-6
green 10mm with silver foiling
red rondelles 18mm with swirls of white and black thruout
green rondelles and white globes all the same swirls in them
just like the blue bauble earrings that SOLD but I think I have a pic on the main pag… Continue
been wild days of creating and manifesting!
Several weeks ago I ordered and paid for MANY beads
10mm rainbow obsidian(they have the most magnificent colors clean thru..like little saturns!!!!)
hand blown glass beads that are in small groupings of 2-6
green 10mm with silver foiling
red rondelles 18mm with swirls of white and black thruout
green rondelles and white globes all the same swirls in them
just like the blue bauble earrings that SOLD but I think I have a pic on the main pag… Continue
Posted on December 27, 2008 at 5:26pm — 2 Comments
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