Well, if you know me quite well, you'll know that I love community festivals. This weekend we went to Harmony Arts Festival at Ambleside in West Vancouver. It's a craft show and art gallery walk combined with music by the water. It's in its 18th year.
It was pretty cool to see pottery, jewelry, photography and paintings among other artwork. It really brings to mind the fact that art is creative, and being a scientist, it doesn't come naturally to me. Lucky for me, I love to dabble, and so signed up to make my own mosaic tile coaster.
Amongst many kids, I was searching for the perfect design for my 3" x 3" square. I think I went through the saucers of oval marbles, small mirror glass pieces, larger tiles, etc so many times that I could've dug through the inventory several times. I liked the look of the larger tiles but couldn't decide if I wanted a specific colour theme, or just a random assortment. After about 45 min, I decided on random colours, each tile being different and started the gluing process. Since I had never done this before, it was far from perfect and in fact, one tile was thicker than the other, ruining my "flat" coaster for drinks.
Anyhow, it was fun and I felt like a little kid in an adult's body. My boyfriend had a good laugh at my state of panicked creativity. He was supportive, but didn't intrude with his own thoughts of design. So, now I have my own piece of artwork which I will probably use as a candle holder.
