My hands are so danged achy from the dank now that they feel about 90. I doubt I could get a jar lid off if you gave me $50 to do it- there is no way I could forge a piece of metal and progress on the Red Queen Crown has sadly ground to a halt. I’m so excited to fly home tomorrow and warm the hell up and MAKE THINGS.
I’m excited to see friends, a bit sad to leave all of the lads for so long. I don’t even know when I’ll be back- I haven’t yet got a grip on our schedule for the final wrap of the book, because it involves so many more people than me. I suspect that there will be a month-long session in Tucson starting Sunday, and then another push in France.
How long we have left to work depends on what type of flow we can create. Between Dustin Wedekind, Jean Power, Gabriella van Diepen, Teresa Sullivan, and I we are attempting to weave a satisfactory fabric of time and space that works for everyone; it’s gradually coming into focus. I’m also looking forward to collaborating with Jeannette Cook, Debi Nicholson, Gail Crosman Moore and others during the shows.
Since I seem to be quite untethered in time and space, I’ve decided to simply tie everything I am thinking about to the completion of the book; this ought to make everything come into focus fairly neatly. That and renting out my house- those are my humble yet lofty goals for February, March and April.
Red Queen Crown, an illustration of reversible Rick-Rack on top of a neat Modified RAW, from our new book in progress, Geometrics.
Have you pre-ordered your First Edition of the book yet?
Visit the Beadmobile blog and keep up on the progress of our new book, Geometrics!
January 27th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
I send you warmth and relief for your hands…but look at your crown! I love watching her rise up.
January 27th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Mine are like that a lot and I live in California. If Mark left me I wouldn’t be able to have a cocktail because I can’t open the bottle of gin, which is a sad state of affairs. I hear paraffin wax treatments help and I think I will give those a try. That and trying to rest them more….Good luck with the warming trend.
January 27th, 2012 at 7:22 pm
I used to do paraffin when I lived in St. Louis full time. And if I lived in San Diego, I’d suffer too. I find it very damp (that pesky ocean) and on the cool side most times of the year.
January 28th, 2012 at 4:30 am
I wonder how many people think they are doomed to ache and be useless and not be able to open jars when all they would need to do is move to a warm dry place. Perhaps like me, they would then frisk like kittens and set twelve foot posts.