Dark Days and Rainbows

In a previous blog post I wrote about the injury I received last year and how I’ve been recovering and reexamining what I want out of my business. Since that blog post, I have had two more surgeries (one on each leg, one of which was not related to the fall but a previous injury) and some family issues to deal with. To say the least, creativity has been on hold.

 

I’ve spent a lot of time sitting and thinking, and sometimes it’s so difficult to not get very frustrated with the situation, or with myself for lack of motivation. I’ve spent minimal time at my bench, but during the time I was actually there I worked on this pendant. This pendant is the culmination of techniques I have been learning for the past five years. It is entirely hand-engraved and sculpted, without the use of any pneumatic assisted devices. It took many, many hours and was a test of patience, but I’m thrilled that it came out like I had envisioned. There are, arguably, easier ways of making a piece like this (for instance, carving in wax and casting, or using a pneumatic engraving tool), but I wanted to challenge myself. And it felt really good to accomplish this.