AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Hello again everyone and I do hope that all is very well with everybody.
I have been so busy lately (it must be the season) and hardly had time to chill out here with all you talented people.

So,what have I been doing? I am now networking with U.K. artists (telling them about AMP, of course) so, hopefully will be seeing some joining us here. I have also been creating my artworks and I have added a few more to my 'Artworks' online.

I am also concerning myself greatly with local ecology issues on our Norfolk Broads, because are not going to be here much longer, as they are under extreme threat from encroaching seawater. I want to get out there now and express my appreciations of the natural beauty of the area before it turns to a vast salt marsh. I have put a link on my website if anyone wants to see the area I am talking about. Just recently the sea broke in and thousands of freshwater fish died.

The other day I visited Chip Foley, who works at Prosthodontics Associates in South Portland. After a fairly in-depth tour of the lab, he brought out all of the dental sculpting waxes and wax tools and I just sat in his lab for an hour and a half just trying them all. I'm most accustomed to using hard modeling waxes which aren't really useful for additive modelling, or really soft waxes which aren't very good for carving. Injection waxes are ok for both, but these waxes he let me use were great. They are taylor made for hot sculpting as well as carving. They are also opaque and come in several different colors-beige, brown, mint green, red.

My etsy store has a variety of drawings, paintings, prints, and jewelry for sale. Please check it out if only just to see my work!

http://daedalsmith.etsy.com

Look at my my attached images for a taste...

Took two overnight sessions! Didn't realize I had so much work done. Have a look--The Creative Block http://www.siragwatkins@etsy.com

There are times I get so frustrated. I love working with glass, but I think it gets as stubborn as I can. Patience. Gads, how I lack patience. The cutting goes well. The foiling is great. The soldering looks like a child's done it. Sigh. I know it will get better. Practice and patience. But....heck, I want it perfect NOW!!!