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photograph by Dave Tuepah I’ve been thinking about birth and death lately. You know how those times — when a baby is born in your family, or someone dies — you completely check out of the world. You have permission to not answer the phone, to not go out, to drop everything.

Well, a year ago, I never thought I’d be taking pictures of brownies that I’d baked and posting them online! Blogging has been a really cool thing. It’s made me do some things I might not have otherwise, just so I could blog about it.

As a kid, my hobby was “making things,” I had a huge table in my room, a shelf full of supplies, and I’d just make things. My mom did a small amount of beading, and I remember her coming back from a bead store once with all kinds of exciting things — glass beads, bead caps.

Here’s a little tour of my studio. Here’s what’s on top of my bench. I’m doing some silver leafing projects, one strategy to deal with higher metals prices. Here’s part of my bead stash: Part of my catalog shelf: And here are some Silicone Texture Plates, in the production process, waiting for the next step.

by Elaine Luther I was interviewed on just that question for a recent issue of Fusion, a publication of the PMC Guild. If your a member, you can read the article on line at PMCGuild.com, click the Fusion Archives and choose Issue 1, 2008.