I'm blocked

I hope there are some artist friends out there. I really need some support.

I worked my butt off getting new product for a website. It's up, for about 3 weeks now, and no sales. Now, I know this takes some time, so I'm being patient.

But, after the big grand opening, I've been totally blocked. I'm having all this self doubt about my talents. I have these images on the drawing board in my head, but when I try to work, I'm frozen. It's like I'm afraid to let go. I remember having down time, but never anxiety over it.

I want to do a line of earrings. I've got some wild images in my head. I made thousand of pieces of beautiful little glass cabochons, and they are sitting in a tray, glittering in the sun. But it almost feels like they are mocking me. I've been staring at them for over a week now.

So I went on line, and hoped to get some inspiration from other artists. But all I could think is how much better their stuff was, and it made me feel like a fraud.

The problem with my medium is that once your open the package of metal art clay, you have to be ready to work, because it dries out so fast. You pretty much have to know what you are going to do. So, I feel paralyzed. I don't want to waste the product, because it's not cheap.

How have some of you overcome blockage, if any of you have experienced that? Tweet