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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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I think the term,"a good living"is a relative term and debatable.
While it is true that if one looks at the face value of my existence,I am surrounded by beauty,I have a tremendous amount of personal freedom,and at this point in my career I can work on pretty much whatever
I want to. The sad truth is I have no security,retirement,healthcare,and have been living pretty much hand -to-mouth for the last 18 months(because of the economy).Art being a luxury in most cultures,it is the FIRST thing cut out of the financial diet when there is a money crunch...
Just didn't want you to think it was all fun and games...LOL
Those Burning Man pieces were the exception and initially rejected by my client.
I was freaking out inside but kept my cool and he accepted them the next day...
But after that I swore I'd never make production stuff I didn't think was cool myself...
If I had a big shop with several assistants I'd probably do low run limited edition pieces but not actually touch them myself,only the prototype...LOL
I have had issues with the production end of things myself. Used to design and make wedding bands with the braided wire in the centre, which of course all has to be hand woven and then drawn flat. Getting it to look good and having the braid come out perfect just slaughtered my eyes, looking for imperfections. If I a couple of lackeys it certainly would have kept the line up moving but eventually I had to stop due to carpel tunnel issues. That and everyone wanted something special woven into the wirework. One guy asked me to weave "I love you" into it. My response was that I was not Rumpelstiltskin. LOL
If you ever do any other production lines I would love to see your take on them.
Stuff like this:
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and
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This was the design that was almost rejected(after I finished all 250 of them);
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This was the first successful design for the same bazzilionaire client and Burning Man fanatic:
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