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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Journal Page Creations...Day 100
Journal Page Creations -- Day 100: Thank You
Three Earth Angels -- Pendant Challenge Week 2
I finished a custom oriel for a friend, which she is planning to give to her boss. It features her boss's three beautiful Burmese or Siamese cats. These three earth angels were a picture in themselves -- I really didn't need to do much to bring out their special qualities. My friend had asked for a green background, but I kept feeling that a light color -- sunshiney -- was needed. I kept being drawn to the center cat's gaze -- so openly bold, so wise, so centered. I was flipping through some images and found this photo of the interior of an Asian temple. It sparkled with light and you could see the face of the Buddha hanging on the wall. Somehow it seemed to be a fitting background for these Burmese companions. Were the other cats winking? I usually add sparkles or gems to my pendants, but they just didn't seem right. Instead I found a pewter mandala for the dangle and crafted an alter-style attachment for the necklace to attach to. Because one of the kitties has passed on -- I added a silver swallow to indicate the soul's release. Once completed, I pulled my hands to gether in a prayer shape and bowed to the enshrined meowsers. Purrrfect!If you would like to learn more about my custom oriel pendants, please visit my Kentucky Girl Etsy Shop!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
A Shadow of My Mere Self
Taken at Deer Island on a hot summer day, this photo conjurs up all sort of possibilities:"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
--Buddha
"I am your friend and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not got, But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy.” -- Fra Giovanni Giocondo
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” -- Carl Sandburg
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Journal Page Creations....Day 97
Journal Page Creations -- Day 97: More to See Than Meets the EyeLiving seems to be impossible without making conclusions -- there is always another side to consider, another interpretation, another viewpoint, a different direction to go in. But I think that's the great challenge -- to live in the question, in the uncertainity, in the motion. There is a certain flow to life that way, a certain expectant quality, an evolution....
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Journal Page Creations...Day 96
Journal Page Creations -- Day 96: Serve It UpWow. I'm not too sure where this came from. I guess if I was to use the technique of free association it might go like this: exposed, small, youth, platter, servant, vulnerable, beauty, strength, composure, holiday, carribean, pleasure, servitude, appetizers, appetite. Whatever. I like the balance of it, the colors, the question it poses, and I will like writing on it.
Monday, July 6, 2009
A Crystalline Love -- Pendant Challenge: Week 1
This my first pendant for my Pendant a Week Challenge. This is a personal art challenge of creating a minimum of one oriel pendant a week. I created this Twilight-inspired piece in an hour. What is the fascination with vampires? I don't really know, but it has been a literary and movie subject that I have been engaged in for many years. Wierd, yes. But I am someone who was raised on Thriller, Outer Limits, and The Twilight Zone. So vampiric lore is not so out of the oridnary for one such as I. And it seems to have come back full circle with the arrival of the True Blood and Twilight series. Crystalline Love is a 3-D oriel. It features Bella and Edward sharing a moment together -- the moment just after he reveals to her his sun-reflecting, crystalline skin. He thought she'd be horrified -- instead she thought he was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. The 3-D layers give the oriel a shadow box effect: the image of the lovers is merged with a redwood-edged green hill. The bottom layer is a foggy woods, sprinkled with golden strands that seem to reflect light. The glass front is bevaled. The oriel is embellished with a Swavorski crystal pendant, a small pewter heart, and diamond AB crystal beads.
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