AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Greetings again to one and all. I thought that you might like to see where I work in my home studio.

The grey slab on the table is a mirror I am etching with my metaphysical montage, for a gift. The mirror backing is extremely hard to scratch through and my excitment in working on it is heightened by the fact that the mirror could crack at any time. I love the creative process and I often feel a little sad when a piece of my work is finished.

The plants growing from seed in the baskets that are hanging from the clothes rail, next to the patio door, are cherry tomatoes. I also have sweet peppers and chillies in pots below the baskets. Not only do these bring nature indoors but they are also delicious.

to be found here:
www.salonbruit.blogspot.com

I have a great love and respect for the natural because it is the only true and incorruptable power that we have on this Earth (and everywhere else). I have mused that this is why I have an aversion to painting anything man-made.

I have had no formal art training since leaving secondary (high) school. I was made redundant in Truro, Cornwall, from Wheal Jane Tin Mine when the Government withdrew it's subsidy. Anyway there I was in tiny Truro with another 300+ men. There was no way I was going to get a job quickly and I had a young and growing family. So I learned how to acid etch and made my own etched jewellery for sale. It was going great, as I started from 'scratch' and without any real budget. But it came to an end when I had to sell everything because my wife wanted to move to Norfolk, to be near her mother. (Long story break). Since then I have returned to art and I have created works in leaded glass, etched glass, painted glass, and acrylic paint.So I can only create from my own mind and experiences. Maybe that is why I create the images that I do, because I admire Nature and I have had no other influences.

"The Clay Knows What To Do." I remember Joe saying that when he was helping me learn to sculpt. It's proven that over and over again. I rememmber the pregnant goddess who refused to let her hands be placed where I wanted them. When the buyer received it, she wrote and said that her friends were always teasing her about the way she rested her hands on her belly - exactly the way her goddess did. I made a blessing bowl this past week for a friend, and it came out of the oven with an air bubble that wasn't there before, in the position of the third eye. Looks like she has a natural bindi. Another that I made about a year ago came out with a perfectly shaped heart on her hip from variations in the clay. Amazing. It took me a long time to learn to put the clay down for a while when it wasn't cooperating. I also learned that I had to yield to it rather than forcing it to yield to me. When I let it go, it creates itself.

Good day good people. I hope and wish that all is well with you all right now.

I have just found a fault with the link to my Opera page (Opera's fault) and so I am now in the process of getting it fixed. If they can not resolve it, I will be ditching opera and moving my own links directly onto my site here. (Why don't I do that anyway?).

See you later, for an update on this issue.

(1704 BST): I have now sorted my Opera link myself and it now works (phew!). Oodles of joy.

Hi ALL!
I have been a bit busy adding my new creations to my website...so feel free to check it out www.shahravarbellydance.com
I wanted to post a few pic's in the jewelry gallery but I can only find one folder...my performance gallery??? I don't wan't to just post them out there...? so check out my pic's if you are interested...?

What a wonderful website! I love it when people come together with a common bond, especially when it is positive with so much creative energies communicating and supporting each other.

This may be the only time I ever look a this since I don't have the time to play blog. If you have something genuinely important to contact me about, use the email.

DHBDrake

Hello. I am a brand new member to the Artists Meeting Place & Resource Center, and I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself through my website: www.jamiemarks.com. I am a devoted wife and mother currently pursuing a graduate level of education. I expect to be a well-renouned artist someday, and am in pursuit of achieving that goal, one baby step at a time. Please visit my website, specifically my art gallery page, and let me know what you think. Any questions, comments or advice is appreciated. I look forward to chatting with like-minded artists and art supporters in the near future. Warm