SuperNatural
No post today. Stay tuned tomorrow for ‘SuperNatural’ hairstick entry.
Archive for January, 2008
Fire-polished glass, or tumbled unakite?
I made a pair of pink opal topper sticks today, which got me thinking about how many people prefer stone to glass or vice-versa. Glass is clearer and tends to be more vibrant and shine brighter…but stone has a sense of real value, and seems more organic (even though glass IS organic, in that […]
Polymer clay
Fly-by. Have much to do, today. But hopefully I will find the time and energy to experiment further with yesterday’s messing-about with polymer clay, and see how the bits I made look in a necklace. There were glitches, of course…the ivory clay discoloured while baking. But other than that and a very slight misshaping of […]
Experiments
Remember the cloisonne hummingbirds I showed before? I’ve made a charm-style dangle stick with them. They were VERY difficult to photograph, as you cannot set them down to do so, and the colours are so exotic that exact accuracy is needed…and can’t quite be achieved. I did the best I could, but it is MUCH […]
Once in a lifetime opportunities
There are several shops on Etsy that I am attached to by some means or other, and one of those shops is Merimask Designs. Merimask Designs…run by leather-worker Andrea Masse Tognetti…is having a special fundraiser right now that I want to mention.
Andrea’s daughter Charlotte is going to be going to Japan on an exchange program […]
Oh faithless, inconvenient sun…
The problem with taking pictures in natural light is that the quality of it varies every day. So please forgive me for the two poor photos to come…it’s snowing today and I’m just not getting enough light for proper colour and focus. But I have a custom order to fill, so I need to post […]
The psychology of shopping
Has anyone else noticed that they persist in buying things they THINK they like rather than making purchases of the items they TRULY like, the ones that actually SUIT them?
I’m starting to think I might do that, sometimes. Online, at least. In ‘real life’ you get to try things out first and get a better […]
Gems of the garden
I think I’m starting to get into the groove with TFG…I’m not nearly as stressed now. I have 5 pairs of Curly-Qs on the go…medium blue, dark blue, silver, burgundy and medium pink. Deciding what beads should go with them will be fun…the colours are so rich!
Next I’m going to make a special […]
Sea Treasure
Found a little box of cloisonne bells yesterday and realized that I also have a box of six beautiful cloisonne hummingbirds…big ones…that really want using in some spectacular hairstick or other. Using the bells was more difficult than I anticipated…next time I think I will just hang the bell with one bead as a very […]
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week…
I hereby announce that the Grove blog shall average 5 posts per week. I’ve realized that it’s unreasonable to expect anyone to be home and available every day…even me.
The Curly-Q earrings seem to be a fair hit, thus far, meaning I will have to make more of them. I’d be really proud of myself if […]
