For the past couple of weeks I've been working full time on projects for the Metal Clay Master's Registry.  I have nine of the 10 projects required for submission for level 1.  The 10th and final project I've chosen to do is a spoon with Keumboo embellishments.  I should have it completed by tomorrow. After that I just have to make sure everything is polished up, paper work done, and shipped to the Master's Registry for jurying.  Then the hard part starts ... waiting to hear if I my work is accepted.  I can already hear the clock ticking.

 Working on the Master's Registry has been challenging, taking me out of the little sphere of comfort that I like to exist in.   My work bench is a testment to that, all kinds of weird things are piled on it with one little spot clear where I can work.  I've hammered, carved, filed, broke my hydraulic press, corrugated, tapped, strung and cussed my way through the first ten projects.  And it was so fun!  I truly feel that I'm accomplishing something special.  Of course that's my view at the end of completing ten projects.  If I get accepted then it's on to level 2 and ten more cuss-able and challenging projects.  Probably ought to organize my work bench.