It seems like the more I think about it lately, the more I want to try and create different things. I have been absolutely adoring my blacksmithing class, and yet I also can not help but get excited over future possibilities. The school in which I am taking my blacksmithing class has tons of other opportunities, from woodturning to glass blowing to flameworking, and I have found easily a dozen that I very much want to take. Turning pens, blacksmithing ornamental dragons, making boxes and tables. I have a feeling I will be spending a lot of money in the coming months learning to all kinds of new things. But I suppose it wouldn't be much different if I was still in college, and this I'm actually enjoying.
I ordered a whittling book, which is really cool because the projects available in it are very well explained, fairly easy, and very cool looking. It's kinda funny how much effort I'm putting into learning artsy things considering how terrible I've always been at them. But I'm enjoying it. I feel like I'm learning, and I want to learn more. Never really felt that way while I was actually in school - I guess I was taking the wrong classes. I don't know how long it will take to actually learn to do the whittling, cause I kind of need a better knife for it, and some more practical wood, but I definitely like the idea. I'm gonna end up with all kinds of wood and metal decorations. Maybe then my room won't be so bland and boring.
I'm not exactly sure what I will do with all of these products I'm taking on. If it's just a way to help maintain my sanity, if it's something I want to do with my life. I know I'm enjoying it, at least for the time being. I know that it's something that helps me get out of bed in the morning and drives me to actually make progress in things. I just don't know what it will be in the long run. I suppose I'm not opposed to it becoming a profession. I'm mostly concerned that should it be, it will be something that is hard to get out there and actually make a profit off of. I'm not really interested in being an etsy store or something, and I'd prefer to be able to work at my own pace rather than fulfilling commissions for other people on their time.
But I suppose that's not all that different from becoming an author, now is it?
No comments:
Post a Comment