totem

Brass, wood ( cherry tree), silk, bronze ( lost wax casting from 2 years ago).

Relics

1. Leather, fine silver, brass, old Tudor era bronze piece, stamped brass, salvaged ivory ( from an old broken statue).

2. Medieval bronze ring ( or older), fine silver, salvaged silver spoon handle, found bone piece.

3. Sterling chain from Syria, found bone piece, 9mm bullet case, horse hair, fine silver, salvaged ivory, Tudor era bronze pieces.

A note on the ivory : I know ivory is badddddddd ( well it's good on its owner), I had this broken statue I inherited from my grand mother... rather than throwing it I decided to use it in my jewelry...

A note on the inspiration : after posting this I realised than I might have been inspired by the work of Ramona Solberg, the grandmother of found art jewelry.

Setting stone

This one was inspired by Sherry's beautiful settings. It's my first attempt ... I still need some practice...

Ancient

Turquoise, coral, wood, brass, copper, amber, bone, polymer clay, stoneware, resin .

The focal is a very very old bronze ring ( middle age or older) and a stoneware pendant I made.

I'm quite pleased with it, it was fun to make and the colors make me happy!

Massaï

Bronze, glass beads and handmade brass pendant.

Painted Sky

Rock to Metal

The carnelian neolithic pendant on the left was the inspiration for the copper pendant on the right. The stone pendant is about 2" long (5cm).

Lucie, pour le collier de l'autre fois, il y a un trou dans la lèvre supérieure de la bête ( si tu agrandis la photo, tu pourras l'apercevoir).

Necklace

Bone, metal, coral, polymer clay turquoise

"May you live every day of your life".

Jonathan Swift

Being there

You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.


Richard Bach from Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The Winner !

The winner is Dorcas! She made this altered image to tell the story of Babba Yagga.
Thanks to all those who left a comment, don't be disappointed there will be another challenge next month!
Well done Dorcas!

Hidden Missives

A few weeks ago I traded some stuff with Jay from Hidden Missives.
He sent this "NeolithicCritter" and the other one who has no name...yet.
These are tiny ,a little bit less than one inch! But the details are amazing. I have been a fan of Jay's work for a few years now. Make sure to visit his blog.

I still don't know what name to give to the last one. One thing I know, it's a"she".

Could you help me find her name and maybe her biography?

The one I'll like best will win the "Teeth" earrings of the other day! So are you ready to play?

I'll choose the winner next friday, might even ask Jay to help me pick the winner !

The Heart of a Black Crow

Silver plated copper, resin beads, cotton fabric, polymer clay

Many many years ago, I rescued a black crow. I think it has been learning to fly and never made it back to the nest. It was all alone by the side of the road. I kept it for 6 months. It never learned to fly. It could use its wings to land but not to take off. Even landings were not that good because once it ripped the under of its wing on some wire. I do not think the vet ever stitched a crow wing before!

During the days it was free to wander around the house and then one day it disappeared. I wish the story had a happy ending, I loved this bird. Wish I could say it finally learned to fly and got back to its crow family. I don't think it did, more likely a buzzard got it. Its name was Bataki, it's the name of the Raven in the book "Nils Holgersson" , there are crows too in the story though but their names did not appeal to me and they were not as nice as the raven was !

Thank you all for stopping by my blog and thanks for your lovely comments!

Oh! I also want to share a link with you. This artist makes wonders with fabric and images : Les bijoux d'Odette. Go have a look, you won't be disappointed!

Back to metal

It's a commission for a colleague, I'll find out next week if he likes it... He asked me to make a simple silver bracelet for his wife.

Lucie's Beaded Beads

You might remember these beads. Lucie from Bijoux EclecTiQues made them for me.

Today while I was looking for some pendants I made and put away in a safe place, I saw them or should I say they saw me : " c'mon make something with us" they were shouting. I did. I made these earrings. Silver plated copper, Lucie's BB and sterling earwires.

I also found the pendants...much later and of course not where I thought they were!

Teeth

Polymer clay, pewter and sterling silver earwires.