Modern Bubbles - A New Design

I've been spending the last couple of weeks working on some new ideas and I'm excited to share them with you now! Today I debuted a new line of jewelry in my Etsy shop that has a clean, modern look that I'm hoping you will enjoy as much as I do.

As you can probably tell, I love working with color and one night as I was listening to the rain outside I started thinking about puddles of color and how I could represent that in my pieces. Soon I started making 'buttons' of all kinds of colors and arranging them in little pools. After some trial and error, I came up with several designs. The first of which I'm sharing today.

I think these pieces can really relate to a lot of things in our modern world. Are they planets in orbit? Molecules forming bonds? Or simply colorful drops of paint on a canvas? Tell me what you see when you look at these pieces, I would love to hear!

With a Little Help From My Friends

One of the best parts about being a seller on Etsy is the opportunity to meet other wonderful people who also make wonderful things.  As a member of the Creative Glass Guild of Etsy I've met some of these people and one of them, Yvonne, has been nice enough to feature me on her blog!  A big thanks to this Etsy friend!  Be sure to check out her blog and her Etsy shop!

B L O C K S - a new line from Art's Desire!

So, it's been a while since I posted and I'm ashamed to say that I don't have any good reason.  I just got busy sending in applications to spring and summer shows, working on a new line of pendants and trying to get a handle on life in general.  The good news is that I've gotten into several of the shows that I applied to and am waiting to hear back on others, I've come out with a new line that I'm really proud of and I've managed to gain control of some other household things that has made my life happier and easier.

I'll be posting some stories on my upcoming shows soon, but more than anything I wanted to share the new things I've been working on!  Back in February I posted about the work of Piet Mondrian and some things started to percolate.  By the end of the month, I began to experiment with these ideas and tried them out on a few friends and at a couple of local craft shows.  I got some great feedback and I've decided to start producing these pieces as my first formal line - B L O C K S!

B L O C K S is - quite obviously - directly inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian only these pieces are made entirely out of fused glass and presented as pendants.  Each pendant is unique in it's execution and because of the organic qualities of the glass, they cannot be exactly reproduced.  To see more B L O C K S visit my Etsy shop where I'll be posting new pieces as they are made.

I'm All A-Twitter

When I first heard about Twitter I thought it seemed like a serious case of TMI.  I mean, why would I want to share my every move with my friends and colleagues?  And I certainly couldn't understand why I'd want to follow a stranger around.  For months I just wrote it off as an elaborate way to stalk each other and steered clear of it.  Then came the election, and Rick Sanchez was there on CNN tweeting all the time.  It looked kind of fun, but still I thought it was all too much and completely unnecessary.  

It wasn't until some of my Creative Glass Guild of Etsy friends started Twittering en-masse that I began to understand the value of tweeting.  For a while now I've been struggling with how to make my Etsy shop more visible.  I imagine the same could be said now for this blog.  Art's Desire is a new business for me so while I may have some loyal followers, it's a pretty small group right now.  But with Twitter I can now share my work with a larger audience (and hopefully a growing one!).  So I invite you to Twitter along with me and see what the future brings!