Little Alters, The Complete Set of Gwen's Creations

One of my favorite parts of participating in the Little Alters Full Moon art exchange project hosted by Peg Gyldenege in 2013 is seeing the body of work that I created.  So often we forget how we are.  Others see it, but we put our creations out there and may or may not see them.  Because every artist was remote for the entire project, we had to take photos and write about what we did because we wouldn't even see one another until the full year was over.  

When we started, MY FEARS were: 

• I'm not good enough. 
• All these other artists are REAL artists. They're talented, they know their craft. My work will just seem childish and unfinished.
• I'll be the odd one out because they all know how to work with metal/glass, but I don't like or choose to work with metal or glass. 
• No one will like or appreciate what I do. I'm too weird.
• What if I have artists block and can't think of anything to make? 
• How am I ever going to fill each block on that tray? It's SO daunting.

When we finished, I LEARNED this about my own skills and art:

• I am a very talented sculptor
• My creations, no matter how far apart are consistently me.
  
• My art has a childish, cartoon-like sense about it and other people like it
• I'm very creative and think outside the box not only in my engineering and business work, but also in my art.
• I like to challenge myself, but need to have some stability, familiar territory & structure while I explore and challenge.
• Just try. Trust. Then try again.
• Follow your intuition and instincts. If you don't you're fighting yourself and the universal flow that is being offered to you. Swim upstream if you must, but you'll be happier if you flow with things.
• Step away from your work for a while (days, weeks, months, a year), then when you come back to it you'll fall in love with your own work. 

Ta da!  Here is my full body of work from the Little Alters 2013 project. I'm proud of my accomplishments and creations!