Let's See How Long This Lasts...

Hello to one and all! I said I'll keep this blog going, and I meant it. I don't really have anything ready yet, but I know if don't keep posting on here, I'll forget it ever existed. Even though I'm done with my English 101 class, I still have my Flash animation class and I'm studying to become a pharmacy tech, so those are going to still take up a nice chunk of time. Plus, I still need to find my rough drafts and notes for my stories, I've been playing Dungeons and Dragons and writing stories for my players, and with spring a-coming, I got a yard full of weeds and dead branches to tend to. Outside of those, I'm working on cleaning up an extra room in our house to turn it into a craft room.

Pray for me...

Why do I want a craft room? Well, one of my hobbies is to make stained glass art! I've been doing it since I was 18, and I find it to be kind of a soothing experience. Unfortunately, most of the pieces I've made have been damaged in moves, but I do have a few that I've made since I moved to Phoenix.

    This first one is a pentacle that I made for a Wiccan friend. I always love learning about new symbols and their meanings, and while making it, the design started to grow on me, so I went ahead and made one for myself. The colors represent the elements of the Wiccan belief (clockwise, starting at the top) spirit, water, fire, earth, and air. It's meant to represent the earth and the elements that make all of creation.

This is one of two small pyramids that I made out of glass. if you look closely, you can see the dreamcatcher that I left hanging inside.  






Lastly, I made a decent copy of the Triforce from the Legend of Zelda video game series. It's always been one of my favorite game series, and this the first of a few different props from the series I've wanted to make since I was young. Just to challenge myself, I went ahead and made it a 3D model.





I've got some other pieces I might put up when I get them fixed, or when I end up making some new ones. Even if I don't make anymore glass projects for a while, my girlfriend and I still have tons of other artsy type projects we feel like making. Actually, I might start a side blog for those, now that i think of it... Anyways, I don't know where I'm going with this anymore, so I'll sign off for now. I just wanted to make sure I keep this blog going, and that's where my mind wound up going. Tune in next time for whatever bit of randomness falls out of my brain. See you all again soon.