My last blog entry was in January 2014. I went to the States, did my shows, and returned
to Bali. My husband passed away three
days later. He’d been suffering from Alzheimer’s for fourteen years and then he
was free. I felt he waited for me to return.
Our Early Bali Years |
Bob’s death affected me more than I expected. I’d been
grieving his loss all those years of the disease and thought this final piece wouldn’t
be so difficult. I was wrong.
I stopped writing my two blogs and concentrated on my book, Piece by Piece – Love and the Land of
Alzheimer’s. It’s finally finished (for the third time) and now comes the
hard work – getting it published whether that is traditionally through an
established publisher or doing it myself.
I’m querying publishers and at the same time preparing to self-publish.
We’ll see which direction I’m steered in.
Working with Milly |
Two days after Bob’s memorial and the scattering of his
ashes off the east coast of Bali, a just hatched all-black baby chicken wandered
into our yard. She quickly claimed me
and my staff as her flock and settled in to grow into a healthy hen. During that time Milly’s favorite perch was
the computer monitor and when she became too heavy for that we built her a desk
perch. Milly became the house clown making me laugh and bringing light to an
often dark year.
In all her Glory |
Creativity is always a joy for me - but marketing a
challenge. Since the only shows I do for
my jewelry are in February at Tucson, my pieces are in storage for the rest of
the year. This is a waste of time and space but previously I didn’t have the
energy to deal with it AND care for Bob. Finally a solution evolved.
A lovely young woman, Ariana Schwartz, is now working with
me to promote my creations on Etsy through Face Book, Instagram and Pinterest.
We are just getting started but you can see my Etsy Shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SusanTereba.
We’ll be putting on a lot more pieces up in the next month.
Ariana, an award winning costume and clothing designer,
artist and teacher, is a joy to work
with. You can check her out at: https://www.facebook.com/ariana.schwartz?fref=photo
You can follow me on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/susan.tereba
where I’ll post process photos and how inspiration blossoms for me. Or on Face
Book at: https://www.facebook.com/susan.tereba
I continue to develop new designs in mammoth tusk, jet,
Indonesian hard woods, bone and a few new materials such as tagua nut and soap
stone. And I’m still enamored with the painted
bone pieces pushing myself to explore new color combinations.
I promise not to take a year to write another post so check
in now and again to see what’s brewing at World on a String.