Living the American Dream

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about individuality in America.  Most of the Europeans who chose to come here initially came because they were different than their neighbors and wanted a place where they could be themselves.  Others came here for the opportunities that this land offered, where there was more space and less competition [...]

Cool Hammer Trick video

I’m not that into video clips, but this one is pretty cool.  Since my blog is titled Hammermarks this fits right in.  I found it through StumbleUpon.  Here’s their link to it.  Let me know if it doesn’t work anymore.  Don’t worry that it’s in German, you get the idea by watching it.

Count Down to VisArts Fine Arts Festival

I finished the tops of my display tables and boy do they look sharp!  I don’t have a picture yet so you’ll just have to come visit me at the VisArts Fine Art Festival in Rockville, MD May 24th & 25th to see them up close.  How’s that for self-promotion?  I’m almost done with my new [...]

The Font of Inspiration

A lot of people ask artists where their inspiration comes from.  Many times this is a hard question to answer.  It’s hard to explain how the creative process works.  That’s why you hear the same things over and over like “I draw my inspiration from nature,” “Picasso is a heavy influence on my abstract style,” [...]

Marketing Myself

2008 is the year that changes everything.  This is the year that I create a cohesive jewelry line that offers a variety of price points.  I will find more galleries to carry my work.  I will exhibit at craft shows appropriate to my work.  I will begin marketing with a vengeance.  I will have pieces [...]

The Beauty of Lethargy

Tuesday I discovered that I just didn’t want to do anything.  I actually felt like I should be doing something, but I couldn’t decide what to do, so I chose nothing.  I was feeling kind of off, though I didn’t actually feel sick.  I don’t really have an excuse for this behavior, but it felt [...]

State Lines

Well, my patience payed off and I finally found out that I was accepted into the VisArts Fine Arts Festival in Rockville, MD this Spring.  I started thinking about how when I lived in Maryland, I couldn’t seem to find many or get into many crafts events.  Since I’ve moved back to PA a year [...]

What’s in a Name?

As I was perusing the Crafts Report forum yesterday, I came across a post wondering about how people classify themselves.  This isn’t the first time people have posted about this and it always makes me think about how I view myself.  You can find that post here.  The poster was asking if people used the [...]