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Commissions? Can I do that?!
Commission?! You mean TALK with people who want something in particular from me?! Would I be able to understand what they want? What if I spend hours, weeks and perhaps even months creating something they are not satisfied with?!
All of these were thoughts that made my heart beat faster as I pondered the possibilities.
Inspiration versus plain old work
It is a beautiful Sunday. The sun is shining with not an overcast cloud in the sky. It is just hot enough to make me want to retire to my studio with a tall glass of lemonade. Sounds like an inspiring day doesn't it. The kind of day that I am so thankful to be an artist... yes, and no.
My artistic journey has new emotional growth
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I have recently experienced new emotions in this journey of being a self-employed artist and entrepreneur. With these new emotions, feeling them, progressing through them, and over coming them, I feel that I have grown. I am writing this piece in hopes that readers may get a sneak peek into my journey and that it may even help another artist, designer or maker who may be afraid.
Traditional Southeastern Beadwork class with Martha Berry at the Oklahoma History Center June 2014
About this time last year I was able to take
