So what is User Friendly Hardware? Well, in a household full of artists, this is my attempt to make some sense of the madness. There isn't a room in the house that doesn't show evidence of this. You will even find doodles on the bathroom wall. There are beading supplies in the dining room. By the bed are sketch books, just in case some inspiration comes in the night, or more frequently , these are the last object my husband or myself set down at night. The laundry room has sewing machines, yes machines in the plural. The kitchen displays art work that we find inspiring. A legacy that is being followed. There even is one room, the studio if you will, that is devoted entirely to art in it's many forms.
You see at our house, people paint, draw, sew, crochet, embroider, make pottery, silversmithing, graphic design, photography, digital painting, origami. The only reason that the list ends here is a lack of space and money. In the perfect world, I would add stained glass work and have a large area devoted to creating patterns.
Instead our little house is a bustle of creation, no piece of paper is safe. It might be drawn on, added to a collage, folded into an animal, decoupaged to a box. Even our youngest member, at 1 1/2 years old, feels compelled to draw on every piece of paper.
Lacking a paper big enough to express Christmas, we spent this Advent season covering our picture window in a faux stained glass Nativity Scene done in marker straight on the glass.
Now with Valentine's Day approaching the debate is on as to whether to do one large heart with swirled interior or cover the window in smaller hearts with many different patterns filling them. I will let you know what we decide.
With best wishes,
Theresa
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