yep - getting there! Actually I never realized just how addictive practising something over & over can become - & just how many unexpected side benefits there are to be gleaned from it.
Showing posts with label stringer control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stringer control. Show all posts
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Just doing what I enjoy
now that I am getting the hang of actually getting the stringer to go where I want it to. I'm also enjoying watching the bead shape & design naturally progress.
"Mahoro"'Mahoro' means harmony, or peace. By the time I got to this bead that is what I was feeling, somewhere along the way stringer control had ceased to be a challenge & I knew that I just had to hone my skills with a lot of practise.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
It Might Seem Like
more of the same - but it's all about not just getting it 'on there' - but getting it one there in a manner that is balanced around the bead. What on earth am I talking about? Warm up exercises in stringer control & eventually being able to execute a controlled & balanced design in that particular elusive technique.
"Kwaku"Thursday, January 29, 2009
Still Sitting Down?
I should know by now never to assume that just because something goes right one time when playing at the torch - that it will go the same way the following time. Next Session armed with Wilbur, stringer & a positive sense of being I set out to conquer the world of stringer control.
Whilst not perfect (& I have no desire at all for absolute perfection these days) - comparatively, it didn't go too badly. I achieved in part the look I was aiming for - but feel the need for some serious pre-planning with regard to placement.
Whilst doodling one night thinking of the sort of stringer designs I'd like to do 'eventually' - I came up with a couple of basics that I thought would work well together.
I should have quit while I was ahead - but oh no, I just had to go on & keep playing, thereby ending up taking one over ambitious cluttered sketch to the torch with me...... & immediately dismissing it as impossible when I looked at it for idea's.
Lesson Learned .....for this time anyway ;o)
Oh yeah - the 'Quit While Ahead' parts are indicated by the arrows!
Whilst not perfect (& I have no desire at all for absolute perfection these days) - comparatively, it didn't go too badly. I achieved in part the look I was aiming for - but feel the need for some serious pre-planning with regard to placement.
Whilst doodling one night thinking of the sort of stringer designs I'd like to do 'eventually' - I came up with a couple of basics that I thought would work well together.
I should have quit while I was ahead - but oh no, I just had to go on & keep playing, thereby ending up taking one over ambitious cluttered sketch to the torch with me...... & immediately dismissing it as impossible when I looked at it for idea's.
Lesson Learned .....for this time anyway ;o)
Oh yeah - the 'Quit While Ahead' parts are indicated by the arrows!
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