life on Mars

Messed up the glazing... kinda like the result though...

in the ears...

The Warrior Medicine

Ingredients:

wool, leather, Roman glass, ostrich egg shell, black bear molar, raw Baltic amber, Mexican amber, horse hair in a bullet case, ancient (Tudor era) clothe fastener, brass heishis, Turkmen button...
The focal amulet opens and contains 2 stones (pink quartz and crystal quartz), the other four are sealed and contain lavender and sage for love and protection.

Schamane

Custom order... "shorter and with more stuff" ... so here it is ... quite pleased with it...

Ingredients:

Ceramic Buddha, chicken feathers, turquoise, bone, wood, one wolf tooth, one buffalo tooth, an Arabic coin, coral, fossil coral, seeds, Tibetan resin bead, rock crystal from Arkansas in a bullet case from Tennessee (yes ... again), amazonite, tiger's eye, glass, a piece of reclaimed ivory engraved with the word "peace" brass, copper, braided cotton cord, leather.

The Warrior

Ingredients :

A wooden and wax amulet I made, a German silver focal I forged, an old Chinese coin (Song dynasty 960-1279), amber (Baltic and Mexican), various bone beads and pendants (one coffin charm from Gayle, thank you!), another wooden amulet I made, leather, a wolf tooth, a black bear molar, a deer tooth, a crystal point from Arkansas (thank you Jay and Bobbi!) in a bullet case from Tennessee (thank you Sherry!), ostrich egg shell discs, horse hair, shell, one ceramic pendant I made, ceramic beads from Greece (thank you alek from infinity stop), an Arabic coin, horn, glass, obsidian, jasper, wood, a Celtic money bronze ring, brass chain, copper, a sealed leather pouch filled with lavender...

I almost kept it for me... but already have three monsters of my own... and only one neck...
But I had a lot of fun making it, hunting beads in my drawers and boxes... finding some I forgot about...and I love making those tiny sealed leather pouches... some more to come I think...

the power of music...

Enjoy...

The Healer

A collection of polymer clay amulets...
Another monster is in the making... photos soon...

Tūbātt

Still getting rid of beads... this time polymer clay beads I made ages ago...
Polymer clay is so versatile, with a little practice you can turn it into various materials... in this case amber, turquoise and coral... ( Jen, those teeth are polymer clay as well...)

Making faux turquoise is quite easy but quite messy...
You shred some turquoise polymer clay (it's better to mix the colors... so turquoise and white because the ready one is too bright), you add some dark acrylic paint, you roll your pieces of polymer clay in the paint.. you make nuggets, you bake them... you end up with beads that look like goat droppings... don't be disappointed... use sand paper (fine) and water... and there you are... you have your faux turquoise nuggets... now you have to drill them if you haven't made the holes before baking them...

totem

the two top ones are for etsy, the bottom ones all mine... ;)

Shaman

Trying to "get rid" of some of my beads...
This necklace  was inspired by the Nepalese shaman necklaces.

Ingredients:

One glazed ceramic Buddha pendant, chicken feathers, turquoise, ceramic beads, glass beads, wolf tooth, buffalo tooth, one ivory pendant (from a broken statue) with sterling wire, one Arabic coin, aquamarine, crystal point, wood, seed and handmade braided cotton cord and more

It was quite fun to make...

Hope you all have a great Easter! :)

a bat from NC

A gift from D aka Wondrous Strange Designs ... check her shop... her raku pieces are amazing...
Thank you so much D, it will be cherished... :)

The Wise One

Ceramic amulet.

in the making

First the life size bust... looking at the photos I took, it still needs a lot of work... a whole lotta work...

And a new monster, it might be done, it might be not...I'll try to make up my mind over the weekend..

that's more like it...

New studio, still full of stuff but now there's room to make (more) stuff...

And that's what I'm doing... here's a WIP...

Can't believe we might get some snow in the coming days... it froze last night and the frost killed some of my "baby" plants in the greenhouse... guess I'll have to start all over again when the cold wave goes away...

Hope you're having a great Sunday... :)





a message to blogger...

Won't let me upload photos... will try later... enjoy the song!