Today is a very bad, no good, horrible day. I wont go into specifics besides to say I wasn't supposed to have to work this morning but did someone a favor and the stinkiest cat EVER (I mean it was bad) came in and on my small break between shifts I had a phone call that upset me greatly. I joked to myself that perhaps wine and chocolate were in order for lunch, I mean after all that cat was mega stinky.
What really got me through was the excitement to start a new project this week one I have been looking forward to for quite a while. One of my plans this year is to work on detail and patience in my work. Though many urge me to work bigger I would rather master what I do now first. I can be very impatient and hate to leave projects unfinished, causing me to rush and leave things undone. Often I pull a gargoyle out of the kiln, thinking its perfect only to see I left some small detail overlooked, ruining the whole piece for me.
I am fascinated by the idea of miniatures so to challenge myself I am going to start a fun piece, a sculpture of dogs playing poker (yes like the painting), that I plan to put miniature detail into down to their tiny playing cards. It may seem odd that what calms is something that will surely turn into an exercise in patience and self control for me but the challenge inspires me and thought of having all day Friday to work on it gets me through this week! I am sure I am not the only artist to look forward to something that could end in disaster, here's to tiny playing cards and wee cigars!
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