Well, long story short, I have decided to join the millions of artists who have chosen to promote their work via a blog. Actually, I'm just bored of waiting for the winter craft fair season to start up and need an outlet. I plan on giving basic explanations, show off new work, and even post a few free basic project tutorials for those that are interested.
A little about me... I am a young jewelry artist, my work tends to lean toward a sleek, simplified elegance type of look. I see this as my artistic style. I discovered the art of chainmaille weaving for jewelry purposes a few months back and instantly fell in love. You'll see quite a bit of that sort of thing in my newer pieces.
While I am relatively new to the business side of this addictive craft, I have been making jewelry since my junior year of high school, almost 3 years now, as a hobby. About a year ago I started producing pieces for sale, and it's gone from there. It's certainly been a learning experience the whole way. But then again, I'd be disappointed if I ran out of new techniques and styles of jewelry crafting to learn and/or try out.
I chose the name Hana Creations (pronounced haw-nuh, not Hannah) to represent my work mainly because my chosen Japanese name is Hana (meaning: flower) and the name my Mother gave me is Jacinda (meaning: hyacinth). You seeing the pattern? I figured why not continue with the flower theme, and voila, the name was chosen. You'll see a lot of lilies and cherry blossoms in my background material as these are my favorite flowers and they fit my naming theme.
Another purpose of this blog is to force myself to improve on my photography skills. At the moment all they're good for is personal reference pictures of a project to look back on later if I wish to recreate said project...
