[TheForge] question for part-timers & hobbyists

[Fiorini & Skiles]

I've got questions for those of you who are part-time blacksmiths (have a
full time job at home or out of home) or hobbyist blacksmiths.  FYI- I
consider myself part time because I work part time as mother and household
manager.

Back to the questions.
What are your personal goals for blacksmithing?

Are you more interested in technical skills, design skills, or equally
devoted to both?

Do you like to do projects or make up your own, or both?

How much time per week, or month do you set aside for your blacksmithing?

How much time do you set aside for studying blacksmithing in other ways,
through book research or your own sketching?

Do you set yourself certain goals in the shop?- for example, maybe in June,
you are going to work strictly on collars, or in August, you are going to
work on perfecting scroll designs.

If you don't like to work with a goal system- then how do you decide what to
work on ?

What motivates you?

Do you have anything else to add that I didn't think about asking?

I'll answer it too, but I don't want it to be about me right away.  I'd like
to see a cross section of responses from all of the part timers and
hobbyists.
-Kirsten
koka@acegroup.cc
http://hosting.acegroup.cc/~koka/
http://www.mnartists.org/?loc_name=viewartistfeature&artistid=2713