Monday, May 9

May , it's really nearly summer....

It's been months that I've been working with my mosaic teacher - she had accepted a huge commission job, which meant she needed a bit of help, and I was trying to learn a new technique - which meant that I needed some mindless practice to do , over and over and over again until I got it right!

The wonderful (and huge) project finished up a week ago, and was immediately installed on the side of a horse barn. And then, what a great surprise, I was invited to the party to celebrate the 6-or-so assorted artists who had made commissioned projects for the same local family. So, we put on our required Hawaiian shirts and headed out to the magnificent ranch - with its' magnificent artwork, scattered around the lawns, the outbuildings and the house as well. The host and hostess couldn't have been nicer or more generous - and a great time was had by all.

Now, I'm trying to get all my neglected chores out of the way, because I actually want to WORK on some of my OWN mosaics! I have ideas, just need the time - and also the fortitude to overcome that self-criticism which causes mostly paralysis - but that's fairly tragic.