LisaSchindler
Social Networking
and since precision work has been out of the question for a while (whine, whine, I know 
) I thought a little more structure would be nice. Especially since there pretty much aren't any good iOS apps for deviantART, so I can't just post to this profile on the go. And if I'm buried in clay up to my nose, a phone or my iPad that's always on my desk come in more handy than me having to walk through the apartment and over to my computer, dropping clay all over the place and making a mess. My husband would not be amused, ahem... 
but if you have an account, now you know mine, and I will obviously follow back, be it Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or all of them.
SNAFU
Three months. Three fucking months, and I'm so behind schedule, it's scary. And no end in sight.
For one day of work (in this case, two hours max) I have to rest for about three days - if I'm lucky, and the line between being ok and overdoing it is really, really thin. And by now both arms are pretty much busted; there's just so much a left arm can compensate for if it's not used to it before it goes bye-bye itself.
SNAFU.
The Pleasures and Woes of Handiwork
I promised myself at least two full days of rest, but I am already getting impatient; desperately trying to find something to do that will not aggravate my arm and hand any further. So I caught up on a little paperwork, which I now have already finished, despite trying my best to do it slowly.
The worst part is that I am not sure how long it will take until I can return to painting, and I had hoped to get the small dwarf figurines ready for sale within the next couple of days. That's not gonna happen. I suppose I will be able to do an hour of painting each day in a few days, but I don't want to cause any permanent damage, so... we will see.
I have a few other things in mind that may bridge the involuntary hiatus from painting and sculpting, and I am sure some of it will help in developing the idea I have. So, despite being a little frustrated and bored right now, I am also hopeful that I'll be able to return to the work I love doing.
New Website!
A New Beginning
In about a week my new website will go live, and hopefully shortly thereafter my shop as well. After sort of dreading to take this last step, a pulled muscle in my back sort of rendered me useless in terms of performing craft work, so I was bound to the chair anyways. And so I finally decided to tackle the task of setting up my new website.
I have been working towards this day for over a year; sculpting, molding, casting, learning how to best paint the casts and generally never ceasing to learn things surrounding this subject.
And while I am very glad that soon things will be online, I am truthfully dreading this day just as much. It is not really a surprise, as sculpture is something that I love to do and would love to keep doing for as long as I can. Having the opportunity to get my artwork out to people is a great feeling, but it of course opens up a completely different floodgate at the same time: criticism, or worse, indifference from other people.
However, I need to do this to know what will come off it. And so I will embrace this new beginning, including all the fear of failure as well as ecstatic feelings that come with it.
No pain, no gain!