I know, it’s been quite a while. I’ve done several new things in that time but for some reason the ‘tassel’ sticks I just made are what’s getting me to post. I have lots of other new ideas, the likes of which I’ve never seen anywhere else (I generally never see my ideas anywhere else, […]
I haven’t written in four months. Wow. But then, that’s about how long I’ve been UTTERLY SICK of hairsticks.
I clearly need to diversify. I’m investing in half a dozen books, all on different techniques, and plan to make a piece in each, even if I don’t immediately fall for it…I need to think of new […]
I was going to post yesterday, but I felt *awful*. A little better today, but still not good enough to be in the mood to concentrate on anything. But still, I did get another idea for possible jewellery, and again the inspiration came from Skip Beat. (Much gratitude to Nakamura for her attention to detail.) […]
Inspiration can come from unlikely sources. Lately I’ve been getting way too many ideas from…wanna guess? From manga, in fact. Skip Beat! in this case. (I’m not grammatically challenged…the name of the manga has the ! included.) Yoshiki Nakamura includes an astonishing amount of unique accessories in this show-biz-themed manga.
In […]
So, the new paint for the bone sticks seems very successful. In fact, it’s so strong that it likely doesn’t NEED any top coat, though I will have to let them sit in the sun for a month and get worn in and test them then to make sure…but so far I’ve run my (very […]
For a long time I’ve wished I had a paint that would adhere to bone: I hate being limited to black and ivory as my only colours for bone sticks. But acrylic paint will not adhere to bone…at least not any variety *I* have found.
However…and I admit that with extensive logical problem-solving skills applied to […]
Yesterday was completely eaten up by an unavoidable trip to the city (Ottawa which, for those of you who know nothing about Canada, is the capital of the country…it’s a beautiful city, wonderfully clean and unpretentious.) And I came back exhausted and injured so so far today I haven’t been very productive. I’m also down […]
I realized recently that I didn’t have many natural (not dyed) bone sticks in my shop a little while ago, so I decided to make some more pairs on ivory coloured bone, and an interesting design happened. I used cylindrical shell beads that are *identical* in colour to the bone, and square Celestial crystal beads […]
So, my place is all shiny clean and I, though tired, feel much more relaxed and enthusiastic about “makin’ stuff”. It’s just so much easier to feel energetic and optimistic in clean, orderly, homey surroundings.
I’m really into making dangle sticks with very short dangles right now…the trend continues beyond those charm loop dangles I […]
I hate remaking the same items over and over. Reeaaallly hate it. When I have to do it, I start to wish I didn’t have to make jewellery at all. So I try to avoid it. That’s why almost all of my hairsticks are one-of-a-kind. It’s not to preserve artistic integrity…if that can be an […]
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