Finishing up this week's made-to-order stuff today. It's a different mindset than making a new design. More like putting together a puzzle, or solving a really fun math problem, than creating. It must use a different part of the brain. I like it, as long as I can use the making-something-new part of my brain just as much. We just started doing limited editions (for lack of a better term) last year and have had to figure out where that balance lies. I've discovered that, for me, the perfect number of duplicate pieces is nine. Seiko Cat up there is number 8 of 9 (so I'll only make one more), and Hughes (the pilot bird) is number 6. Our older designs (before I discovered the magic number 9) are being done in editions of 25. That Zoee Bug in the works will be number 19. And that Bone Daddy, which is an open edition, is the 22nd of his kind. As soon as this batch is done, I'll be exercising my brain's other bits by doing something brand new. (Gotta finish those long tall girlies I started last week.)
