CindyCrowell

...the dry spell is broken. my good friend Shanti, who is an amazing glass artist, has started a girls glass fusing club, of which I am vice president :D we meet the last sunday of every month, do glass all afternoon, then grill out & drink afterwards :D check out my first fused project, a square bowl. also some jewelry pendant pieces we are encouraged to do with any leftover time & glass. a whole new box of demons has been opened up for me to play with. WHEEEE!!!

I mean, aside from the fact that my wardrobe was outdated 20 years ago. I recently came to a shocking and depressing realization: as a professional animator, I was trained to work in whatever style is required for the project at hand. I can imitate just about any graphic style. I can translate a design perfectly to glass. but I DON'T HAVE MY OWN STYLE. so what now? walk the earth on a quest for my style? give up and go play video games? continue with business as usual? let's go with that for now.

well, I finally reached the point where I feel so guilty about wasting time playing video games, that I will get off my butt and hopefully make something worthwhile soon. I was suffering from burnout from the local alterna-crafts xmas bazaar, which ran almost all of december (!) and I spent all fall geting ready for. it's a good money maker for me, as long as I produce lots of PRODUCT as opposed to ART. for some reason people are more inclined to buy $20 coasters than $500 panels for xmas gifts, go figure. anyway, I'm new on here, and of course my scanner just bit the big one...so for now I'm limited to digital photos and things I had alread