Intentional consumption

Y'know... sometimes... chicken soup is just SO good. (particularly when you made it yourself)! But I digress from the doings of the day... Though it does fit with intentional consumption... I MEANT to eat that soup!

I heard a speaker recently talk on the importance of interacting versus consuming media. It hit me rather forcefully, and with some thought (not to mention encouragement from my lovely wife), I am endeavouring to change my media habits. I have found (as have others) that when you just consume what is "out there", and don't interact in a meaningful way, it can get you into places you don't really want to be, literally or not. I think that that is one of the problems of the coming generations, how to deal with all of the media and information coming at you from all quarters at light speed, and still have real and worthwhile interaction with the world. So I choose to interact, versus consume. So there you go. My part is to do this blog, and to make and list stuff so it can be sold. I need to spread the nifty far and wide!

Nifty item for the post:


Sometimes they just come out SO nicely... These pottery jewel necklaces are kind of a crap shoot, in that I'm not exactly certain how they will ever turn out. This one is nice, though. White stoneware clay, pale yellow glaze and two colours of glass. About the size of a USA quarter (maybe a bit bigger) in diameter. Check them all out at:
http://www.mossbottle.etsy.com

Cheers!

I did it. YAY ME!

I haven't posted in this long... I guess I'd best start afresh!

So I did it. I got into grad school. I never would have thought I'd be doing this, but it is a wonderful feeling. In two years I will have an Msc, masters of science in counseling. How I got to this crux is a VERY long story and I really don't type THAT well... Suffice to say, it has been a long hard road. But good, in the end.

I have the most AMAZING wife. Sorry to everyone else out there who didn't get her. SHE IS MINE! HAHAHAHAHA! Oh. Sorry. Even with all of the strains, trials and difficulties, she has stayed. Not just that, but she has done a downright UNBELIEVABLE job of it. I am lucky to even know of her existence, let alone be married to her... How did I get so blessed?

Ahem. Ok. As I have said before, I make stuff... hence the name of the blog. What do I make, pray tell? SO glad you asked. I ... well... I make... Hmmm...

This kinda stuff!

I like to call myself a "non media specific three dimensional artist", for the most part, but I think it is more accurate to say that I am an artisan. I love to make and create things of beauty, that have an intrinsic purpose BESIDES the beauty. Not that beauty alone is an unworthy undertaking. I just like what I create to have... purpose. I work (mostly) in clay, metals, glass, paper, plastic... Anything I can get my hands on, really. Lately, it has been copper wire. (did you know? Copper is one of only three elemental metals that is not silver or gray in it's natural state? It's true! Gold and Caesium are the others). I have been making little tidbits like the one at the top of the post. I have been selling (or trying to, anyway) such nifties in (one of) my Etsy shops:

http://industreal.etsy.com/

Interested in something else? I'm more than happy to graciously attempt to create anything. Sometimes with only VERY limited success... But you don't know if you don't try, eh?