The Creative Process Deconstructed

This post aims to deconstruct the/my creative process. The creative process can refer to any period/series of actions/thoughts that lead to the production of anything and in some cases nothing . . . there are no guarantees with it. I will begin by looking at my recent jewellery range.[br][br]

This cute, mixed media jewellery range was a long time coming . . . [br][br]

Making jewellery can be such fun and bring joy to the recipient/customer, but I was never satisfied with using pre-made beads, wanting to make my pieces original. This began a 20yr long journey into how best to do that with my early attempts with polymer clay being rather awful! Along the way I have made resin beads, crocheted pieces with wire and beads and used shrinky dinks printed with my art. None have really been what I was looking for.[br][br]

When One Idea Leads to Another

Shortly after developing my resin pin process I realised I could make tools for stamping with my printer. Then it occurred to me that cutter tools for clay would be just as easily created. This meant