To say that my husband was concerned about me when I did a sudden 180 into metal and leather would be an understatement! When I made this announcement in my newsletter I even lost subscribers, lol.

After spending the afternoon yesterday hand-hammering some sheets of copper it finally came to me today.

I want to make more of these pieces: Pet Cemetery, The Deer Slayer. Spring Time.

I was walking past Spring Time yesterday afternoon and stopped to take a long look at the piece, remembering how much fun it was to assemble the piece. The other two pieces were a complete joy to create.

The great part is now I have the tools to not only make my own hand-hammered copper I also have the appropriate torch system to create metal shrine boxes, but I'm also no longer limited to using wood as my armature.

So this is what you'll be seeing in future videos, metal smithing, leatherwork, stitching, beading, painting, natural dyes, rust dyeing, etc. In other words, I'm going full-on mixed media!

It feels great to finally have a new vision, to be out of my slump! Happy creating.