Yep,
tootin' my own horn (again). Just so darn thrilled I have to share! Hopped over to
ZNE in the wee hours to see what was new & found my latest experiment on the front page.
I finally joined the book club there. We are reading
Michael De Meng's book
Secrets Of Rusty Things. Group members discuss chapters & create their own projects based upon each chapter. This funky flower vase is my interpretation of project# 1 ("
Ameratsu - letting daylight out")To find out more about this piece and other
ZNE book club projects click
here .
ZNE is a gather place for "mixed media & indie artists". It's an amazing community of supportive creative people. There are so many different things going on:
ATC swaps, photo challenges, book club, collaborative poetry (finished poems are
here ), technique/art supply sharing, a
convention , and much more.
Although it sounds corny,
ZNE is more to me than a great place to hang out. It was the support of the talented artists I met there that lifted me out of a 5 year art-rut: In 2003 I stopped creating. Last February I joined the group & I started making Art Trading Cards to swap. I started small but now I've got more works in progress around me than I can count! I'm painting & drawing again and trying my hand at something new - jewelry. Through my involvement with
ZNE, I've had a piece published in the art book
Never Forgotten
and participated in my 1st group show in 5 years. I found the confidence to open an
Etsy shop & start blogging ( big deals for me as I am not computer savvy or comfortable putting myself "out there").
And I have made some great friends!
If you've read this far, thanks for your patience. I guess, I just want to say THANK YOU! to
ZNE founder
Chelise Stroud Hery & all of the wonderful people I have met at
ZNE. Their patience & encouragement has turned my creative energies right around! Now I just have to find to time to do it all :)
This drawing for Illustration Friday is available in my Etsy shop.
