Welcome to our EtsyMetal monthly Blog Carnival!
Blog Carnival is about a group of our members sharing their experience on a common topic.
THIS MONTH’S TOPIC: “WHY DO YOU MAKE JEWELRY?”
I am discovering that the detailed answer to this question is always changing, but the generic answer has always been the same, because I like it. I genuinely enjoy the process, every step of the way.
Each day I get to work on my craft brings new challenges and rewards. I love a good challenge and being self taught I have had to draw on many different sources to get the knowledge I needed to see the pieces in my head come out as a finished product. I love seeing the metal transform from raw material to a finished, functional piece.
After launching my running line of jewelry I began hearing stories from customers of why they purchased the piece and to be a small part of celebrating that accomplishment has been so much fun.
Something that has recently become a reason why I make jewelry is as a means to support myself. Previous to getting laid off of a job that I had worked in for 6 years I got to create as a means to make some extra money and have fun. I still get to have fun, but I will admit there is an added pressure when it became my sole source of income. There were a few weeks of complete freak out and my creative mojo was in the toilet, but once I gathered myself I realized it is still the same thing I loved doing before, I just get more time to work on it now! There were times in my old job where it felt like the hours were moving like molasses and now I can get into the studio and while I am working the hours seem to fly by.
I love making jewelry, and that is why I do it.
Take a look at what these metalsmiths have to say:
1. Cynthia Del Giudice – http://CynthiaDelGiudice.blogspot.com
2. Laura Jane Bouton – http://laurajanebouton.blogspot.it/
3. silentgoddess http://silentgoddess.blogspot.com
4. Beth Cyr http://bcyrjewelry.blogspot.com
5. Peculiar Forest http://peculiarforest.blogspot.com
6. Tosca Terán http://www.nanopod.me
7. Nodeform http://nodeform.blogspot.com
8. Mary Anne Karren: http://silverpearlmetalworks.wordpress.com/
9. My Precious Studio: http://mypreciousstudio.blogspot.com/
10. Deborah Lee Taylor: http://www.e5jewelryblog.com
11. 2Roses: http://www.jewelrytutorial.blogspot.com
12. Anne Walker: http://www.creativeinclinations.blogspot.com
13.Andrea Ring http://www.amuckdesign.blogspot.com
14. Gracebourne Design http://www.gracebourne.blogspot.com
15. Danielle Miller http://daniellemillerjewelry.blogspot.com/
16. Evelyn Markasky http://markasky.blogspot.com
17. Inbar Bareket http://www.inbarbareket.info/blog
18. Jewellietta http://www.jewellietta.blogspot.gr/