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People remember most how you make them feel during classes
and so my approach is to cheer them on as I teach, help them
know the value of what they are learning and to feel accomplished when they are done.
they could.” After her own early
struggles she says, “Now I know
that with a bit of determination
and a good attitude, you can
set out to learn and accomplish
just about whatever you want.
I wanted to show that to others
who may share the same feelings about wire weaving.”
I asked Lisa Lynn what it was
about wire weaving that made
her so passionate about it;
enough to write two books on
the subject? And she told me,
“Wire weaving is an exciting
adventure. Just the mere fact
that you can take a pile of wire
and a stone and make something wonderful is fascinating to
me. Wire weaving is so versatile;
it can be adapted to any shaped
stone in multiple ways, even
woven to create lockets with
moving parts. It is always challenging and exciting to sit down
and weave a piece. I think I love
it even more now than when it
first captivated my imagination.”
She originally stumbled across
Eni Oken’s work when she was
doing her early jewelry making research. “Eni Oken masterful technique of coiling wire
caught my attention. I never
knew something so beautiful
could be made with only wire.
It definitely piqued my interest
and introduced me to a whole
new world of wire. I practiced a
lot, made a ton of mistakes but, I
think it took me about a year to
really start feeling like I could do
something worth looking at. But
that is just me; I’m pretty hard on
myself. It may not take someone
else that long.”