Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Unlocking My Creativity



I've been collecting keys for no reason for the last year or so. When I change a lock or get a new "art" key, I keep the old ones in my scrap craft drawer. I've kept other people's keys when they were going to get rid of them. At work, there was a whole box of leftover keys from doors, cars, bikes and other things and I went through them to find odd shaped or odd sized keys and put them in my collection as well!


Well, I have found a use for them. They are the basis for my theme for the year: unlocking my creativity. Each month I will have a theme that deals with "the key" to some lesson I'm learning or "unlocking" something I need to let go of and I'm going to use at least one of the keys I've been racking up.


January's theme is the same as the overall year: unlocking my creativity and I used a master key. 


Last year I chose the size of a cd. It ended up being too much and I didn't finish. I decided I like the circle shape, but this year they are just under 4 inches across. I think I can handle that! I like to use a lot of seed beads, so I need to go smaller if this is going to be fun and not just one more thing on my "to do" list.

2 comments:

Marty S said...

What a great theme for the first month! It's a delightfully colorful piece.
Marty S
Crackpot Beader

Robin said...

What I wouldn't give to dig around in your key collection!!!! I love old keys, but have never thought to keep them in one place (duh)! I put them on lots of my pieces too, and always think of them as unlocking something... And to viewers of your work, they can unlock many thoughts and feelings. This is what happens when I look at your three pieces so far... each of them unlocks stuff for me. Thank you!

Robin A.