three things: 1, that tiny round stamp blew my mind! i never think far enough ahead to how a shape or pattern could look repeated and/or layered. sometimes i find my thinking is so linear! 2, the bird photos are amazing and i especially loved that cheeky lil hawk. 3, i can't tell you how disappointed i am whenever anyone finds out i'm crafty and then immediately wants to know if i have an etsy. when i can and do sell my creative endeavors, it is rewarding in a lot of different ways, but the idea that every hobby or skill i have needs to be monetized is exhausting in and of itself. i'm not making art for money, and i don't think my work is any less valuable if it doesn't bring in cold hard cash. i think that's why so many of my friends don't have hobbies; if they can't get some sort of return for the expense they put into it, they think of it as a "failure." just liking to do a thing is a good enough reason to do it, but that's not the message anyone hears. i don't know, it makes me sad. how much great art are we missing out on because people don't think they can or should make it if they don't get paid?
I'm taking a series of stamp carving classes and the layering is taught by Sarah Matthews: https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahmatthews/. I also really like what _indigopink_ does with the layers and JUST happened to have a bunch of little round stamps. https://www.instagram.com/_indigopink_/. I have a tendency to not want to overlap things sometimes so this was like discovering something brilliant! And so simple.
A friend/coworker commented on FB the other day that she wanted to buy my art. I told her it's not for sale, but I'll send her some! I like giving it away! I've sold things off and on, but have ZERO interest in going that route now. It would take the joy out of it!
three things: 1, that tiny round stamp blew my mind! i never think far enough ahead to how a shape or pattern could look repeated and/or layered. sometimes i find my thinking is so linear! 2, the bird photos are amazing and i especially loved that cheeky lil hawk. 3, i can't tell you how disappointed i am whenever anyone finds out i'm crafty and then immediately wants to know if i have an etsy. when i can and do sell my creative endeavors, it is rewarding in a lot of different ways, but the idea that every hobby or skill i have needs to be monetized is exhausting in and of itself. i'm not making art for money, and i don't think my work is any less valuable if it doesn't bring in cold hard cash. i think that's why so many of my friends don't have hobbies; if they can't get some sort of return for the expense they put into it, they think of it as a "failure." just liking to do a thing is a good enough reason to do it, but that's not the message anyone hears. i don't know, it makes me sad. how much great art are we missing out on because people don't think they can or should make it if they don't get paid?
I'm taking a series of stamp carving classes and the layering is taught by Sarah Matthews: https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahmatthews/. I also really like what _indigopink_ does with the layers and JUST happened to have a bunch of little round stamps. https://www.instagram.com/_indigopink_/. I have a tendency to not want to overlap things sometimes so this was like discovering something brilliant! And so simple.
A friend/coworker commented on FB the other day that she wanted to buy my art. I told her it's not for sale, but I'll send her some! I like giving it away! I've sold things off and on, but have ZERO interest in going that route now. It would take the joy out of it!