{"id":54,"date":"2007-01-22T00:09:28","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T08:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheldodge.net\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2007-01-22T00:09:28","modified_gmt":"2007-01-22T08:09:28","slug":"featured-etsy-shop-dreamwoven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lavajewelry\/2007\/01\/22\/featured-etsy-shop-dreamwoven\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Etsy Shop: DreamWoven"},"content":{"rendered":"

How did you name your shop?<\/b>
\nI stole the name…… from my husband. He was doing some graphics for a company and the product was linens (bed sheets)… he came up with the name “Dreamwoven”…. I, of course, upon hearing the words said, “It is mine!” and thenceforth became “DreamWoven”.<\/p>\n

What inspires you in your work?<\/b>
\nEverything!!! There isn’t a thing that I see or hear that doesn’t, in some way, become a part of what I am working on. I am constantly buying books, constantly scanning magazines, seeing what is out there, both new and old, that will inspire me. Sometimes it is weird things, like a portion of a photograph, or a certain set of colours in a leaf…. sometimes it is much larger things that are more nebulous…. the thinking about an answer to a problem, the meditating about why certain things are the way they are. Everything inspires the things I create. Everything inspires how I live my life. My family is creative. My husband is an artist (fine art as well as graphics), my son is a glass-blower and my daughter can write and draw, equally well. You cannot walk into my home without becoming inspired. I immerse myself in the things I like to look at, hear and see…. and those things, in turn, inspire what I create with my hands.<\/p>\n

What other types of jobs have you worked? <\/b>
\nLet’s see…. I was a hi-faluting legaleze type of person at one point in my life. I’ve done all kinds of things…. radio commercials, interior decorating, had a clothing line, published a book of poetry, was an exotic dancer, did some web pages for some organizations, worked on a carnival, was in a theater group, raised two kidlets, was an editor for a motorcycle magazine, painted, danced the light fandango, and the one job I keep coming back to is that of learning HOW to live life fully. That is a full-time career, as far as I’m concerned.<\/p>\n

DreamWoven’s work is available for sale in her Etsy shop http:\/\/dreamwoven.etsy.com<\/a>, her web site http:\/\/dreamwoven.com<\/a>, and at high-end art shows. She uses the most amazing combinations of colors and textures in her fiber work, not to mention the coolest baby booties I’ve seen. Go check it out!<\/b><\/p>\n

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DreamWoven images used with permission.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"