March 2012
1 post
January 2012
2 posts
more about the necklace.
to add more pictures…This necklace was made as part of a set:
I made the chain for the bracelet. It is a simple, but one of my favorite, chainmail weave called Helm Chain. Stone combination and Asian style dragon & phoenix charms tie the set together.
December 2011
2 posts
“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad,...”
– Henry David Thoreau, Walden
November 2011
2 posts
Pearls & My New Favorite Instructional Book
When it comes to making jewelry, I am primarily self-taught. I like to use books as references when I’m learning new techniques. Usually the books are broken down into two main sections: the authors lead in with tools, supplies, & techniques, then include several projects. I typically enjoy and learn more from the first section, and find the project section filled with items that look...
October 2011
4 posts
“I want real things — music that makes holes in the sky.”
– Georgia O’Keefe
An Excerpt from Walt Whitman's Song of Myself
This quote has a way of picking me up and knocking me down at the same time:
This hour I tell things in confidence, I might not tell everybody but I will tell you. [20] Who goes there! Hankering, gross, mystical, nude? How is it I extract strength from the beef I eat? What is a man anyhow? What am I? and what are you? All I mark as my own you shall offset it with your own, Else it were time lost...
September 2011
2 posts
“I tell you: one must still have Chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra
August 2011
8 posts
my hopefully soon-to-be sales site. →
Newbie.
This tumblr thing is pretty cool. I think it’ll work well for my purposes. Excellent project for insomniac nights.
