A Paradigm Shift! – A New Direction!

Paradigm Shift“A fundamental change in approach or underlying assumption”

I’ve spent the last 2 days trying to create a blog post to share the BIG changes I’ll be venturing into with my ceramic art journey! Pages upon pages were filled with excited chatter describing how it all came to together, why I’m making the changes and also how special this move is going to be for me. Definitely more information than you’d want to read (ha, ha)! So here is my final attempt at stripping it all down (still pretty lengthy) to give you the gist of this artistic renovation.

“You are under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago!”
~ Unknown

Over the past year I’ve taken on clay projects that were substantially more personal and meaningful to me (such as my daughter’s wedding, and a mini-luminary series called “Brokenly Beautiful”). Not necessarily grand in scale for “publicity exposure”, but most definitely pivotal to me in terms of expressive pieces that touched my heart, and the hearts of others.

These experiences helped me discover that in order for my continued clay journey to remain personally fulfilling, I needed to be creating both art and functional pieces which resonated deeper emotional purpose. Something a little more closely in line with my value system. It had to feel important!

A while back my daughter asked me to take the Myers & Briggs personality styles test online. We both laughed  when we discovered how accurate it pegged me! I am what they call an ENFP personality,  Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving. Why is this significant and why bring it up now? Because it brought home how closely my “purpose” was triggering me to make changes I’d been contemplating to keep my creative spirit alive!

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”        –Maya Angelou

I started asking myself, “What if I could create something that would touch another person’s heart? Could I help them heal a hurt, find confidence, feel encouraged or just give someone a laugh to start their day?” These thoughts kept flooding my mind and would give me a jolt of adrenaline, then at the same time an incredible feeling of peace. These questions also produced so many creative ideas my journal is exploding! Whether through my own words or through a piece of pottery, sharing these concepts in my art feels like my paradigm shift .  So here it is!

Coming March 1, 2017 
“Every Day Pottery with an Extraordinary Message”

EXPRESSives TM is an inspirational line of handmade ceramics combined with uplifting messages of strength, truth and healing! Through the use of everyday pottery, these themes of hope give you daily “brain food”…in a 3D way!

“Your life is an expression of what you think and what you believe”!

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ex.pressive
  1.  to express emotion through words or actions


EXPRESSives
 , will be my new handmade product line of functional-ware that will be “wrapped in words” expressing positive, uplifting emotional messages. Inspired by the gratitude cup (#365) from the “365 Days of Clay Cups” project, each piece will be unique and different, in form and color, but cohesive in the style of “Perfectly Imperfect”. I’ll be sharing the inspiration behind each themed work and hopefully be able to share a bit of my heart in each piece!

Be expecting to see progress and changes near the end of February and the listing of the initial releases in my store on March 1st! I’ll keep y’all updated throughout the month of February with progress updates on social media with an updated video!

A little nervous with excitement …but always in a good way!

Warm Blessings to All!

~ Tammy Jo

 

10 thoughts on “A Paradigm Shift! – A New Direction!

  1. Wow! What. Powerful words and what a wonderful yet simple idea. Congratulations and good luck xx

    1. “Powerful & Simple” …Sal, those words themselves are PERFECT! You will for surely be seeing them on some pottery! Thank you, thank you!

  2. First off I think anyone who has followed you and your work could tell you what your personality tore was!
    Your new venture sounds like it is a logical step for you to take
    Wishing you the best, as always!

    1. LOL Doug!!! I guess your right on that, an open book I definitely am! Thanks for always encouraging me my friend!!!

  3. Tammy Jo, You are a very courageous and inspirational person. I am so thankful I “stumbled” upon your pottery videos. I am excited for you and look forward to seeing what God has in store for you this year. Exciting times ahead!

    1. Exciting times to be sure!!! If he only has me touch or encourage one person, it will all be worth it! Thanks so much for encouraging me Deb!

  4. That is so wonderful and I’m very happy for you. I have been looking to do the same, to give back in some way too. Best of luck and I look forward to seeing the progress of your journey.

    1. Thank you so much Darlene! You sound like where I was, finding that something that moves us is the key!

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