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  Connie Mettler August 19, 2013 at 10:24am

  Oh, and I just came across this quote which reinforces and stimulates my courage quotient:

  “Beware of undertaking too much at the start.  Be content with quite a little.   Allow for accidents.  Allow for human nature, especially your own.”

  - Arnold Bennett
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  Connie Mettler August 19, 2013 at 10:15am

  Great story Carol. We need to talk more about that! 

  Yes, John. Good balance. You certainly are not trying to make a mistake ... I think about the movies with huge budgets and big starts that flop. 

  It's about courage ...
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  John Woods August 18, 2013 at 1:02pm

  I believe that mistakes are always value judgments rendered after the fact. So are successes.
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  Connie Mettler August 16, 2013 at 11:33am

  And here's a little Miles Davis & John Coltrane to help you through your day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPFH-gz3wE
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  Carol Joy Shannon August 14, 2013 at 11:04am

  Like the holsters, Richard.

  Taking risks:last winter I was invited to be one of 50 artists who received a Mystery Box and had 6 weeks to create something nice that one of our local art centers could sell to raise funds for their summer children's programs.  I was in a pretty elite group, so it had to be good.  When I opened the box, it was full of 3D stuff: dowels, painting panels, plaster of Paris, wire, rope.  Everyone got the same thing.  I was stumped.  I'm a very smooth 2D painter of architectural abstracts. Wire, rope?  I took the dowels with me to some Florida shows and painted them while I thought about it.  When I got back, I made a 3D landscape that looks like one of my paintings just popped out of the canvas. Not only did it sell and make them some money, it got me started on a whole new line of work.  I now make 3D pieces from 8 x 10s in frames using my own prints as backgrounds, to large scale wall pieces that sell for $1000.  Taking that risk, to say "yes" to a Mystery Box, was one of the smartest moves I ever made.  It has me thinking differently about my 2D work as well.
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  Richard L. Sherer August 14, 2013 at 9:13am

  Bigger gun, the Judge revolver shots a 45 cal. bullet and a 410 shotgun shell. The cylinder is about 2 1/2" long. The bodies of the three holsters are the same size. The basket pattern is popular. It is a series of individual tool impressions. The tool is about 1/4" wide and 3/8" long, but they are made in larger and smaller sizes. The Blue Guns are "training guns" used by law enforcement and military so you don't damage the real thing. The Blue Guns, Red Guns and aluminum guns are relatively new products, and a boon for holster makers. Designing a pattern from a picture of an old holster is as much fun as building it. I've done other Texas jock straps that were narrow and Y-shaped, or narrow and cut on an angle. This one simple looked "tough".
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  Connie Mettler August 14, 2013 at 8:28am

  Okay! It looks like on three of those holsters that the leather is braided. Is that so? or it an embossed pattern? And I see the Texas jock strap holster is much larger than the others, gives one pause.
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  Richard L. Sherer August 13, 2013 at 7:59pm

  Left to right: Taurus The Judge 45/410: Mexican double loop, basket belt holster, Texas jock strap; two basket holsters Ruger SP101 357mag.
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  Richard L. Sherer August 13, 2013 at 7:56pm

  
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  Connie Mettler August 13, 2013 at 3:46pm

  Love to see an image of that, Richard... what could it be?