Painted_Ogre

Well. "About Me". yikes. Trying to sum up everything I am and all the wondrous little things that make me as awesome as I am in this wee tiny little space. Herculean task. But I shall persevere. Or attempt to, in any event.

The obvious, get it out of the way. I am a mail weaver. It's among the bevy of things I learned how to do years ago over the course of a few summers spent in the company of reenactors, history buffs and generally artsy type folks. I didn't really do much with it beyond those summers, other than bang out the occasional keychain or coaster of E4-1.
I've been drawn to making things for as long as I can remember, acquiring skills in metalsmithing, glassworking, performance arts, culinary arts and music. I love creating with my hands. My hands that seem to have a genetic knowledge of craft and art that scares me sometimes.
Last year I was forced out of my culinary career due to health reasons and floundered for direction. I turned to my hands for something to do. I juggled, I performed, I smithed, I worked glass, and I was happy. Mind you, I was near destitute, but happy and stress free.
I was reborn into mailing while trying to explain it to a friend. Now it's my primary source of art release and income. Summer might see it swing back and forth with juggling and performing.

Current weave repertoire:
Euro family X in Y.
Byzantine (and all its wonderful cousins)
       Box
       Helmantine
       Byzanclean
       Locked Byzantine
       Tryzantine
       Scherzo
       Byzantine Knot
       etc etc etc. I love em. I do a lot of work in Byzantine and its family.
Solar Eclipse
4 Winds/Cloud cover
Inverted Round
Full Persian 6-1
Half Persian 3-1
Bee Stew
Japanese family of X in Y