I don’t know if you expected a post on teenage pregnancy but that’s not what I mean by fooling around. I mean playing. I’ve always liked to play and to try new things.  My wild imagination has confused and alarmed most of the adults that I’ve met since the age of 12.  Those who can roll with it and play along usually become friends.
Creativity is currently a sexy topic Internet topic, (maybe not as popular as pictures of cats) and people are exhorted to play with color, try strange and exotic spices and  have experiences rather than collect consumer durables.
A website called, Creative Something.Net says
“Play is more than just important for creativity, it’s often necessary. Without a play-like attitude, creative insights hide from us behind fear and uncertainty. When we don’t embark on activities that involve play, being creative becomes a challenge.”
Remember, creativity brings something valuable to most things in life (OK, so maybe not accounting.)
I ‘ve been playing in my workshop lately. I haven’t come up with anything new yet, but I’m having fun and trying new things.  Here are some pictures.
Fooling around with bronze wire which I squared in the rolling mill. How would it look if I soldered the rings together and bent them into a cuff bracelet?
Fooling around with shapes to see what would make an interesting cuff bracelet
What can I do with a fork?
What can I do with rings I never finished and jump rings? The medallions on the right are Hadar’s white bronze clay which is not a favorite of mine because it is fragile. Still, I like the medallions. They remind me of old miraculous medals.
Here is some more white bronze clay I fooled around with. I think the dangles look a little like sea urchins. I wrapped the ones on the left as if they were briolettes. I think I like that better than the ones on the right with the jump rings. I like the way the clay turned color and I decided to leave them like tha.
I am trying the rings and medals as embellishments for polymer bangle bracelets. I also used some pre-made gear charms.
I am also fooling around with bronze metal clay. The picture on the right shows torch-fired Prometheus Clay on the left and kiln-fired BRONZclay on the right.
Next: I’m going to try to make my own gear embellishments using Five Star metal bronze clay.  Something good is bound to emerge. I hope.  That’s usually what happens when I fool around long enough.
My powder room sits on the landing between my first floor and my basement. Someone bumped out the back wall so they could fit in a toilet and the rest is history.
You have a nice view of the basement steps from the toilet. I wanted to give people something to look at while they rode my porcelain Honda. Hence, the fake Rothko. To see a fake, fake Rothko, 
The paint is 
I bought the mirror at a thrift store and painted it. I already had a great mirror but I wanted a change.
I relocated the other mirror to the opposite wall next to the toilet and
installed a coyote on a shelf by the same artist. (I don’t know his name. These items belonged to my 
I spray painted the toilet paper holder and switch plate.  The storage box on the back of the toilet is an Amazon box covered with fabric.
I spray painted the towel holder, too. And I stole the red and white towel years ago from a maid in a hotel in 
I had a photograph I took in 
I spent too much time obsessing over how to treat the ugly pipes under the sink. A sink skirt? A cabinet? The room is tiny-too small for a cabinet and a sink skirt would have been visually cluttering.  I finally decided to embrace the ugly pipes with polka dots.
The fish used to be in the kitchen; now he is in the powder room.
My husband gave me the little mirror years ago after we had a fight. When he gets unruly, I take it down and threaten to use it to bop him on his 
Ornamento 