Blogs Don't Write Themselves

Every couple of months I get pulled into Blogspot to read an interesting post on someone's blog, then I realize, hey, I started a blog here once. I sign in, check out my account and think... hmm, I should really update my own blog... and with nothing clever to write I promise myself to return when inspiration hits. Well, I found myself here today and I've again got nothing inspirational or noteworthy to share. Well, nothing that I can neatly write and package in a quick moment.

If you are reading this, I wish you a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous and joy filled New Year.

Thanks for being here!

Cheers,
Julie

True Individuality-Adornment of the Hand 2

About the same time I am contemplating my toadstool, I received an amazing book from a dear friend. The book, "A Walk With Me..." by nature and wild life artist Gwen Frostic, took me on a visual journey through nature with her enchanting artwork and descriptive narrative. This bit about the "fairyland of mushrooms" really grabbed me..

"What great fun and creative imagination must have gone into the molding of these little things...hundreds of shapes and sizes..just as many shades and hues...here are some of the most beautiful browns in nature...tiny dots on stems so delicate you can hardly see them...some round and pudgy...there are those whose caps sit at angles on their stems...and so they grow on old stumps...among the dead leaves...on fallen trees...that these things which lived may return to the earth...to live again..."

The "Toad's Eye" ring concept really came to life for me after I read this book (thanks Jen!)and the other two rings in the series followed...more later

True Individuality-Adornment of the Hand

I recently finished a three piece series for a ring show at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. The show title is "True Individuality-Adornment of the Hand"and opens Feb 26th at the Foster Gallery.

This ring, titled Toads Eye, was inspired by two fossils found on the beach this summer. I think I found one and my son Evan found the other. We had quite a haul that day!

When the fossils were stacked they looked like a toadstool. I put them together on the kitchen window ledge and over the next few months ideas started to mairnate.

More later....