Creative Everyday Challenge 2011

Creative Everyday Challenge 2011- Week 1

I recently found a site that has a few great running challenges for the creative type.  The link (s) are on the Club Creative Studio Blog.  Just look for the cute square logos at the bottom right side of the page. It is a challenge to do something creative everyday which is PERFECT for me since I already do this and it is my business mantra.

Since that is not really a challenge because I do have that “everyday” aspect under control, I am taking advantage of the creative prompts to use as suggestions in future work.  This yearly challenge will hopefully inspire me to think deeper in to certain aspects of my art.  It will be a great exercise.

Once I am ready to post any art that has stemmed from this specific challenge, I will post the item number of art found online on Club Creative Studio’s website.  You have the opportunity to purchase it or suggest it to others.  Thank you in advance for your views and comments about what you see or appreciate about the meaning behind the art.

Wrapping up the August challenge is use of the color RED.  Those items recently posted are easy to spot if you look online at any given time.  For this first week,  August 29-Sept. 04, the challenge is to interpret HISTORY into my art.  The item is complete and here are a few photos of the item code: W00044 from: http://www.clubcreativestudio.com. Enjoy art from week 1.

Week 1: CED Challenge 2011

The necklace has a strand of mini faux pearls and seed beads alternating in silver and copper tones, the second strand has multiple lime green glass square chips with yellow crackle glass round beads and silver tone spacer beads. The strand with the pendant attached is a mixture of painted acrylic orange beads with pink faux pearls flanking them.

The pendant is hand-made on a metal base and contains many symbolic items to coincide with the HISTORY CHALLENGE theme.
The ribbon rose and metal leaf stand for the flowers and trees that have many stages shown to us in a short amount of time.  The gears stand for elements of time and a ticking clock, the hearts remind us of love found and lost, the egg and bird symbolize life at different stages in time. The pearls show us that we have historically put value into a precious and rare small item.

Enjoy even more items in the ever-changing inventory. I love creating ans sharing ART THAT SETS YOU APART!

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One-of-a-kind Art

Please Pass The Passion

 

 

 

I am serving up a heaping spoon of passion today.  Do you want a second helping on your plate? 

 

 

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We all have full plates when it comes to managing our lives.  When you squeeze in time for your creative side of life, do you satisfy your appetite and have enough passion left over to share with others?

Strive to provide yourself with the opportunity and inner thrill to share your creative passions.  Recently, I was contacted by a local reporter, asking if I may want to be featured in the business section of the newspaper.  It was a great opportunity to indeed  “pass along my passion”.  It served as fantastic timing to inform others in what my art offers the public.  With a new year, and new ambitions, this was to be a memorable experience to speak about my art in more detail.  Knowledge is power.

The photographer and reporter’s second meeting, held in my studio was an opportune time to have someone observe over my shoulder.  Although that was a little unnatural to have people behind me while I was working, I could still sence their amazement when I was not even in view of their expressions.  When I was able to look up and turn around to continue a conversation about the creative process, they only had more questions and were very much caught up in how I made art in my step-by-step process.  They quickly grew to appreciate growing from point A to point B.  That is a factor in my art that I love to experience on a day-to-day basis myself.

Being able to demonstrate your creative steps, and speak about your passion in person is a wonderful activity.  If you are confident to show your skills, work-method, and creative thought process in action, someone WILL appreciate it, and in turn will happily pass along what they know to be your passion. Ever so often you have a chance to put yourself  “out there”.  I suggest that you do just that…put yourself in a position to be able to share what you love to do.  Fill your plate with times that you can share more information about who you are and what you can do for them.

I have always believed and have said often that: VISUAL ARTISTS NEED TO BE VISUAL.  We need to have our art viewed so that we can share our visions.  Share your passions in generous proportions.  The more you share, the more others will share information about you.  You are in constant introduction of yourself.  There are many people in this world and you can start to meet them one-by-one.  All you need is the time and desire to share your passion.  Inform others of what you love to create and you will  surely grow to love what you do even more as well.

 FORK IT OVER:

Please, pass your passion.                                                                                                     

Continue to stay hungry to inform others about what you do best.

Share your creativity.