It's been an unusually hot early summer here in the south, the average temp. here is 80 this time of year and we have had above 90 for fifteen days now. My torch is in the basement which stays fairly cool at 75F but I have to open windows to create a draft for ventilation and in comes the heat. I can only torch in the mornings and I'm a slow starter. I get up early, like 6am every morning but never get around to being ready to torch until at least 9am. All this to say that it's just been hot. Brutally hot. It slows my brain and hands and the creative juices just don't flow.
I haven't torched in five days, which is a record for me. We aren't even into the hottest part of the summer yet so I'm afraid of what the next two months will be like. I find myself doing smaller beads in sets, the bigger ones take a lot more time up close to the torch and it's just too hot for that.
So, if you are seeing more sets from me right now, that's why. Just too hot to make the big focal beads that I like to play with. I made the set above on the 4th of July. LOL, It never occurred to me to make some a month before the holiday to sell. What a noob.
If you don't hear from me for awhile it's because I'm sleeping away the heat of the day. The air conditioner in our house is undersized. Don't even get me started on that subject, suffice to say that when it gets over 90 outside it's 80 in the house. We have a stand alone air conditioner in the house (loud, loud, loud) that helps to keep it at 80 but at that temp. all we can do is sit under the ceiling fans on high and stay still. Sleeping seems to work well...LOL
Hope it's cooler where you are. If not, I feel for you.
Stay Cool...
