Bootes just started out as a tattoo for me, the kind you get on a day off because you can. I told myself that the constellation had all the requirements of a good tattoo design: one, it had just enough meaning and two, it looked good enough to wear as an elderly woman. As for the meaning, my last name being Booton made a solid connection to the constellation, and it was as close as I was going to get to tattooing my last name for everyone to see. So when it came to naming my designs and work, I found that the good reasons for getting the tattoo also applied to my business and creative endeavors.
And I did do the research behind the constellation, at least a little bit. Bootes is also known as the herdsman, and that’s an image I liked for my work. Because, like everyone else, I would like to believe that I’m doing something worth following. So that leads me back to my jewelry, my entry into a world of working with my hands and seeing something come out of it, not to mention a wonderful alternative to the retail industry. This blog will be my testing ground for all the other things I get my hands into as well, because it’s bursting from my seams. In other words, from one beginner to another.
As far as you the reader being interested in a particular piece, please drop me a line and it will begin making its way from me to you.
Stay classy
-Kate