I have always been an artist. Creativity runs through every aspect of my life, and I find it impossible to sit still and not create. From poetry, to theatre, to fibre arts, to drawing, to sculpture, I have always got a tool in my hand and an idea in my mind.
Beadweaving began as a hobby for me. A thing to occupy my hands and my time with dipping into the deep well of creativity that exists in my soul. A family friend taught me my first pattern when I was ten, and from then on I would make trinkets for myself and gifts for friends. In university, friends began to commission pieces from me, and I soon started selling through several different local shops, before getting into online selling in 2006. In 2009, I graduated from university and moved to Toronto to pursue my theatrical career. While working unpaid internships and short contracts, I found a day job working in a bead store. My skills and knowledge grew by leaps and bounds during the couple of years that I spent working and teaching classes there.
After the bead store closed, I stopped making jewelry for a while. I was fatigued after fighting through the store's last, painful months of trying to keep open, and thought that my creativity with beads had been tapped out. I put away my glass and stones, my needles and thread, and sent my creativity off in other directions.
In 2012 I got the itch again -- that deep well of creativity was still there, it had just been running low for a while. Filled with new energy, I've begun to create again, crafting new pieces in a slightly more mature style. I'm looking forwards to finding new depths and directions in which to develop my skills. But my theatrical career does come first, and so for the moment I'm not listing much. I'm happy to do custom orders, though, so please do contact me if you're itching to have something I've made!
If you're interested in some of my other creative endeavors, check out my personal blog at http://domestigoth.wordpress.com