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🖌️ March Meet The Maker 4: Desk ✂️ I'm a

🖌️ March Meet The Maker 4: Desk ✂️

I'm a chaotic and turbulent maker. I will turn any surface I can see into a desk, and frequently go in and out of having bursts of creative energy. My partner is the opposite - he is a minimalist and his desk is rather organised.

Rather than show you a photo of an Instagram worthy, beautifully aesthetic desk - I thought I'd show you my three desks that I have active at the moment!

🌪️ 1. THE BUNNINGS TRESTLE

This is currently where most of the making and assembly happens - it is a 6ft folding trestle table from our trusty hardware store, Bunnings. I set up a few cutting mats on it, and right now it is utter chaos as I prepare for a market next week. It also serves as my shipping bench, if I don't take over the dining table first.

🖥️ 2. THE "I'VE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME FOR A YEAR" DESK

I didn't always have this desk - I used to work off a 4ft Bunnings trestle with a standing desk lifter on top, but that just hurt my back and neck so much. It also felt very temporary. So I bought a cool desk from @formedbyfunction who gave $10 back to the arts industry.

This is a sit to stand desk - I can add a shelf on to raise my keyboard, so I can stand up and work. It is also the one that is next to my laser cutter, so this is where the zappy magic happens. I also own three laptops!

🎨 3. THE WORK-IN-PROGRESS STUDIO HUTCH DESK

This desk was purchased on Facebook Marketplace for $50 - there were no photos of the top of the desk for good reason. It was horrible. But it had a cute hutch with storage and some drawers. I bought a piece of white melamine to cover up the ugly looking top, which actually made the desk a better height. I might paint it eventually! Still need a few more touches in the studio to make it all homely.

The shadow box unit was also from Facebook Marketplace - it stores my (tiny so far) polymer clay collection. Just something I'm having a play around with as I was watching a fellow artist at the studio crafting with it and I have always wanted to try it out. Oh and of course, there is a cup of half finished tea amongst all the creative chaos. I'm a coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon lady ☕

✅ March Meet the Maker 3 - Beliefs and Values 🚀

🌟 Sustainability and reducing waste - is now shaping much more of what I do in my small business. I started recycling acrylic a month ago. Instead of gifting a free pair of stud earrings with every order - I'm now gifting a tree in a reforestation project with every order. Small and incremental changes!

🌟 Transparency - I want you to know who is behind the business and if something has gone pear-shaped (such as accidentally overcharging on shipping), I'll own that, and show up. I am so glad that I've gotten to know many of my customers on a first-name basis, and that you're also comfortable calling me by my first name!

🌟 Doing the hard yards - I touched on this in my stories a bit today. I worked in hospitality for seven years often with long work hours. My hands are rough and dry. I never had scholarships, jobs or life opportunities handed to me on a plate - I worked bloody hard for them! Getting my hands dirty and putting in the effort to learn and educate myself has allowed me to grow more as an artist and discover new ways to work. I encourage others to do the same, and to do their own research and experimentation!

🌟 Community over competition - there is space for everyone in the laser cutting world, and I chat regularly via DM with other jewellery makers at different stages of their journey. I have advised a number of acrylic jewellery makers about the purchase of their own laser cutter, based on my experiences with my model. I have also joined a local studio community with artists of very diverse ages and backgrounds, where I am now doing some voluntary work, particularly assisting with their website and workshop program.

🌟 Originality - I have never really been one to follow trends. I've been asked on occasion to do pop culture inspired jewellery - but bringing my original art to life just brings me so much more joy. Having spent three years in the millinery industry - copying the artwork or designs of others is really, really not a cool thing to do. The same applies for attending a workshop - use the instructor's guidance and techniques as inspiration, and put your own spin on it! Stay original!

🌞 March Meet The Maker 👩🏻‍🎨 1 and 2:

⏰ Set your alarms and get your spaceship ready -

⏰ Set your alarms and get your spaceship ready - Celestial Closet is reopening Monday, 1st March at 9am AEDT! 🚀

👋 Say hello to a new-look website - it loads much faster and I'm much happier with the layout! And of course, the spiffy new branding!

🪐Coinciding with the store reopening is a small but lovely collection of recycled wearables made for the "Space Junk" collection - made from heat pressed offcuts of the acrylic scraps I have produced over the last year! It has been my goal for nearly a year to start recycling acrylic - I post more about recycling at @metamorphia.recycled!

🌌 These funky planets and reversible planetary shards are all one-of-a-kind items, as the pattern and texture of recycled acrylic is very varied across the manually pressed sheets, and will be listed individually on the website.

🌟 In Orbit Recycled Planet earrings will be $55 per pair. At this stage, I've only got three sets of planets made up in each colour, this style will be sticking around for a while though!

🌟 Reversible Recycled Planetary Shards will be $48 per pair (you get two pairs in one!). I've matched up the colours randomly, as a different number of shards have been cut from each sheet.

🌟 Older items will be restocked in small quantities, more stock will be uploaded in late March/early April. I am only listing items that I have available at the moment as I am preparing for a market on March 13th.

Friendly reminders ✨

- The turnaround time for order processing is 5-10 business days - I work full time Monday to Friday at my day job, and it is just one person (me) packing and shipping the orders!

- Express Post is a postage speed and will not put your order at the front of the queue. Orders are processed in the order received.

- Items in your cart are not reserved for you until payment has been confirmed. Credit card, PayPal and Afterpay are available.

- Please be aware I'm currently transitioning to new packaging with my newer branding - as I don't like wasting things, older stationery and backing cards may be present in your parcel!

- Stay celestial!

💚 Christine

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