Kalaya Steede

My muse has abandoned me.  For me I go through these phases of being uninspired.  It happens quiet frequently to be honest. I hear a voice and he says, Follow your bliss. But DAMNIT,   Following your bliss is tre difficult and sometimes downright PAINFUL. Okay, enough of that. It has been about a two solid weeks without being in the studio.  So yesterday I cleaned up the mess and was going to organize but then said to myself,  Self, you don't have time for that.  Get busy and stop procrastinating. I managed to clear off the working bench and put back together my beloved lotus bracelet.  A good warm up exercise to start the morning.   Did you know that I did that?  It's kind of like working out.   Need to warm up them hands Baby before diving in. I sat there for awhile before finally deciding to finish up a piece that was in the making about a year ago. I made this box using copper and sa...

Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. ~The Matrix It's hard to get out of my head and out of my way.  These past two weeks I've been doing just that.  Letting things go and just doing.  Most of my new work I posted on my Facebook page but my latest work is still on the bench. It all started with this green stone known as uvarovite.  Now that stone has been with me for about 2 years, maybe 3.  It was time for it to go out into the world. The pendant was all done and ready to accept the stone. BUT...I wasn't feeling it. COME...ON!  Are you kidding me? All you have to do is add the stone and move on or is it? My hands moved over to my stone box (I have only one).   Really?   Yes, only one and pulled out this beautiful blue stone. Arizona chrysocolla Which also sat on my bench for over ...

I was introduced to Lucia Antonelli and Pat Flynn at the Patina Gallery in Santa Fe.  I fell in love with Antonelli's necklace.  It felt so good to the touch and the bead work must of taken forever!  Oh if I only could do work like that!   Pat Flynn's anticlastic cuff bracelet was to die for!  Made from iron with 22K gold dust fused to it.  Beautiful!  But the amazing part of the bracelet is that it was light.  How can he make iron that light?    Wish I took some pictures for ya, but when I'm out and about I forget about all of that .  Allison was great to talk to at Patina Gallery.  So if you are ever in Santa Fe go stop by Patina Gallery and take a look at all the yummy jewelry they have on display.