Are you ready to play the Inner Game of Enameling?

The Inner Game is HOW you manage the relationships.
One thing affects another.
The materials change & you change.


Skills
Science
Design Language
Inspiration & Story

Questions
Decisions
Actions

Your Inner World
Are you aware of what is happening INSIDE of you/

Use your HEAD & HEART to change what you see...

I was once frustrated & ready to quit enameling!

Then I discovered my "Inner Game" and everything changed.


I knew that i was missing something but did not know what it was.

I decided to use enameling to explore three personal questions:

1. Who am i?

2. What do I want to say?

3. How do I keep myself stuck?

These questions led to many more questions.

I began to discover MY WAY to enamel. I rekindled my passion and re-invented myself .

All artists play the INNER GAME

They may not talk about it or teach it
But they use it.
You can too.

What if you had to use a MAP to find your way?

I share a MAP, not a FORMULA


Maps help you figure out where you are and where you want to go.

Maps show you some possible adventures between starting and finishing.

There is not "One Right Destination".
There are many possible destinations.
and many possible Paths.

Develop your skills, and create your own enamel MAP.

Just take ONE step!
Embrace Uncertainty.
You do not need to know...

Do something and find out!

Many students forget that they are LEARNING.
They worry that they will not make something that they like.

Just do something. Anything
You will get a result and learn ONE thing.

  • the Right Way and the Right Answer
  • WHERE the piece is going and what it will look like
  • how to do it PERFECTLY
  • the Right Place to start
  • if if it will "work"
  • that you will LIKE it.
These are just as important as what your hands are doing with the tools and materials.

Your Creative Mindset Skills

The skill to SEE
Can you see the lines, shapes, patterns, colors, and value?
Can you see how your actions create changes?
If you can't see it, you can't change it.
The skill to IMAGINE
A power unique to humans; think about what is not there, but is possible.
The skill to ASK QUESTIONS
Be curious and ask yourself questions. Create exercises to help find possible answers. Discover more questions.
The skill to RESPOND
Can you go beyond "I like it or I don't like it"? How does it make you feel?
The skill to PLAN
How are you going to get to your goal? Do you need a plan? How flexible can you be?
The skill to CHOOSE
Take responsibility and make a choice. You will make disappointing choices. Get over it.
The skill to ACT
Thinking about it is not enough. Get off you butt and do it.
The skill to EVALUATE
What results did you get, how did you get them, do you want them, and what can you change?
The skill to REMEMBER
If you can't remember what you did, how can you duplicate it?
The skill to RISK
Practice stepping just slightly outside of your comfort zone!