Thursday, January 26

It's a New Year - and New Projects!




I've signed up for more classes - its' a new year and I need new motivation. The past several months were taken up with family issues, my Dad had a stroke and, while he is recovering beautifully, it was still a stressful time for my Mom and my siblings and myself. For the moment anyway, that situation is moving along nicely and I can spend more time pursuing my other passions ....

Right now that means Bookbinding and Mosaica, and oh yeah, I've also signed up for another conversational Spanish class. I realize that I'm not making much progress in the Spanish language, but I insist on continuing to try. One of these days, some of it is bound to stick!!

Last week I started a class in Mosaic Mandalas, taught by my friend and mosaic mentor, Dianne Sonnenberg. It's a class heavily weighted in the designing and creating of mandalas, and the universal aspects of "sacred geometry". It's fascinating and I'm anxious to see what kind of design I create. More to come on that.

In the meantime, I spent a weekend on a 2-day bookbinding class. The book was similar to others that I've made, but the new enticement for this class was a matching slipcase for the book. It was a good class (as usual) and I'm very happy with my resulting book & case. I can see my skills improving since my first few books, and I'm realizing that patience and an even temperament are tools that are just as important as the supplies and hardware in the final result!!