Can you believe it? At times I thought 2010 was going to last forever, then suddenly it was over. What did I accomplish during the last year? Well, I took a little vacation to Albuquerque, NM in May. Didn't see much outside the hotel which was fine with me,because it was a convention for cloth dollmakers.
After returning from New Mexico, I had signed up to take a couple of classes at the Mesa Arts Center. In the spring I had rediscovered the new to me, structure of classes and lower fees. So I took a couple of classes during spring break, vowing to sign up for more after my trip. I took on flameworking(glass bead making) and fusing and slumping glass into plates, etc. I must say the flameworking bug bit me hard. I went through withdrawl symptoms between summer and fall class start. There was a month off and it was hard waiting to get back and stare into the flame and try manipulating that glass into something that resembled a bead. I'm going through the same thing again and at last my class starts Wednesday. Tuesday is being awaited with excitement as well. I finally wised up and enrolled early enough to get into a lost wax casting class. I got a small taste last spring, casting into natural things like broom,spagetti, beans, water. Not as glamorous as it sounds. You then are challenged with what to do with all the weird little pieces of metal you get, some are very cool, most are not. I hope carving wax isn't too hard. By that I mean, carving a design that looks like what I had in mind.
I continued to attend the Dollie Mamas doll club every month and we had our monthly round robin dolls to exchange. We did a fund raiser for Susan G. Komen at a local art gallery. Gallery 225. I donated a couple of plates from my fusing class. I think we raised over $2500.
We had our round robin exchange in November at one of our members houses. We all brought food. We also had a little project of making high heel doll shoes designed by the hostess. We spent the entire day and it was a good time. I think my doll was one of the best ones made by all those who participated. In December we had our Xmas doll exchange and party. I chose not to do the exchange, but I must say the dolls made were awesome. Each participant supplied materials in a bag with their name in the bag, the bags were collected and somehow tagged and redistributed among those doing the exchange in a manner that no one would know who had whose bag. It was really fun to see the results.
When not working on some art thing, I watched a lot, I repeat, a LOT of movies and old TV series I had never heard of and some I had but never watched. I just finished watching the Roswell series. Before that was Veronica Mars, Dead Like Me, Arrested Development, Missing, to name a few. Great way to waste time. ...thank you Netflicks.
That was my fun for the year. Something I chose over worrying about not having a job, running out of Cobra and being turned down for health insurance. I continue to look for work, but am not hopeful. I have pretty much resigned myself to early retirement and pray I don't fall ill or hurt myself. I can be a klutz!
Here's wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
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