Thursday, August 20, 2009

Creativity...

I just opened the kiln and it's full of the ugliest beads I've made in a long, long time. It's not from lack of creativity, nor is it from a muse gone missing. It's from putting pressure on myself to "produce". I've had some amazing sales and my Etsy shop has gotten a bit empty...egads! So I got myself into a frenzy to fill the shop. BAD IDEA! Now I will still have an empty shop and I have this pile of ugly beads. So today, I am going to just do what I do, and enjoy the process of doing it. I cleaned off the torching space to give my mind a chance to relax in blank slate mode and hopefully tomorrow's kiln will have something that makes me smile.

This set is on it's way to the east coast, but I love the depth it has.
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6 comments:

  1. TheresaAugust 20, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    You know that there is no accounting for taste. What I mean is, those beads that YOU think are ugly might be the most beautiful beads to someone else.

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  2. Meri GreenleafAugust 20, 2009 at 7:56 PM

    Wow, those beads are so lovely, Deronda! I'm jealous of whoever bought them!

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  3. Orion DesignsAugust 21, 2009 at 10:29 AM

    Congratulations on those sales! I think it's good that you clearly recognized the difference between production and art -- even if it resulted in a batch of ugly beads.

    And, I'm sure they're not as ugly as you imagine them to be!

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  4. JackieAugust 21, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    Wow these are terrific. i won't say that your kiln was not full of the ugliest bads you've ever seen because I don't know what they look like.

    But, I do know that I too do my least creative work when I force it and am not as inspired as usual.

    However, I have also posted some photos that I think are the among my worst and everyone else loves them.

    I've also posted some I thought were absolutely my best and no one liked them at all.

    So I guess it the old saying about Beauty being in the eye of the beholder is true!!

    good luck and I hope you have an incredibly inspired, productive and wonderful weekend!!
    Jackie

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  5. UnknownAugust 21, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    For me, ugly is when I've burned the glass, or the hole isn't right or the balance is off. They may look okay, but I know they aren't good beads.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2009 at 11:49 PM

    Hi.. love the blue beads .. they look lovely...

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