Everything Furthers
Sometimes even small steps toward a goal mean real progress. Years of making things means years of accumulated supplies, leftovers, finished projects and just stuff.
There can be too much of a good thing. Feeling a little overwhelmed by the collection in the studio, I set up an Etsy shop this week to manage some of the accumulation. So far I have sold some packets of handwoven fabrics.
There will be more fabric, some beads, buttons and all kinds of vintage sewing stuff, which I used to collect but now seems to need a new home.
I also have some finished bags to list (Sunset bag, above, among them), and a few that were made for The Book. I have several that are handspun silk, kind of hard to make that choice to let them go, but really, something has got to give!
I used to have most of the bags on display in a glass case in my living room. I keep making more. They outgrew that venue. I need to thin the herd.
The second part of creativity is letting go. Wish me luck.
posted by Sara at 9:59 AM
6 Comments:
Sara, wow - your bags are so beautiful. Makes me want to keep practicing small works in addition to weaving larger pieces.
Your color sense and embellishment style is fabulous
Sometimes you have to clear out the product to feel good about making more. I suppose that depends whether you are process or product focussed but for me the end product is something that needs to leave the house. When I see it and determine how it measured up to my plan then I'm done with it.
I hope you enjoy encouraging your creations to leave home and find new lives.
that's quite a piece of work
Luck :-)
But you shouldn't need much of it for this - however beautiful the thing is, you know you made it, and can make more and different but equally beautiful.
In the interim, I am NOT LOOKING at Etsy. At least not again. It took ages to get the drool out of the keyboard!
Omibob! You're on Etsy! :O
I find letting go, or clearing out, is very helpful in making room for new things to be created. I know that this week -- our local spring break week -- I'm busily gathering up the things I need to send to new homes so I can have more room to create in my mind and my studio!
Congrats on the success of your etsy-driven clear-out.
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