Yes Katbran, less strenuous is right: such a life (and I have not talked about the rest) is really tiring: it's the price of intensity. But as long as I'll keep my head, my eyes, the same fingers than Pattye's, and above all, the heart to love beauty, I"ll work. It's my travelling map.
BWeaves, I should also want you see my pearls in true, they are so much difficult to shoot! I have made my own site, you can see the link in my signature (it's not finished to build), but there are still and always photos. I have felt that Etsy was not the right place to show an artwork, which is never valued by the number of sold supplies, as usual on Etsy, but valued by a special relationship between the artist, pieces of art and their enthusiasts. I think also that my carved pearls should not be seen as pearls, only: in fact, I have made with pearls other subjects, with their own particular aesthetic.