Whimsy Wednesday!

Hello!!
I'm excited to show you a new batch of creations that made their debut at the Psychic Faire this past weekend!
They are Fairie Message Bottles!
A beautifully hand-written Message From The Fairies scroll and two other treasures (could be charms, could be stones, could be...? only the Fairies know!) that match the message on the scroll all lovelingly contained in a petite bottle chock-full of glittery-goodness! A matching arcane label is carefully hand-applied to the outside of the bottle and the sturdy cork is securely seals in the contents! (At least until it uncorked so as to read the message and fish out the goodies inside!)
This is all done by inspiration and intuition so that even I don't know what message and treasures are in which bottle once the corks are on!
Photos ahead!
The scroll and bottle:


The finished bottles:


The finished bottles in their display box:


As you can tell, I had a lot of fun with the great amount of informal structure and freedom to create with these and rest assured that more will grow into creation in the future!!

Fini Friday!

Hello Everyone!!

Today is a quick post as I prepare for the Psychic Faire at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community Center!!

I'm returning to this wonderful little Faire in a beautiful building nestled in the magnificent heart of Uptown Minneapolis!

So!! I have the finishing touches (or perhaps not.. if I get wild and create pendants out of some of these!) on the Fairie Shapes that you saw on Wednesday!

I poured resin over the shapes, some of them were painted with hand-coloured resin, some accented with glitter. This was a lot of fun and I'm pleased with these as a first batch! My vision was to use the resin, particularly the coloured resin as a slip on the polymer clay, much like the slip and glazes ceramic artists use on their clays and ceramics. Indeed, it seems the concept hold true for these differing materials! YAY!

There are a few other pieces that I hand-coloured in that photo as well but you'll just have to stay tuned to see what happens next with those!!

Whee!

Whimsy Wednesday!

Hello Hello!
Late is better than never and so here we are with this week's Whimsy Wednesday post!!

I've had the idea for a while now to do Fairie Objects d'Art so I broke out my polymer clay and created some beads and knick-knacks or pendants.. whichever they become.
These are stamped with words echoed and inspired by Messages from the Fairies themselves and I had a lot of fun with this first batch of creations!

Here we are, all of them, after the baking...



Next up:
Painting them with resin! Glitter or iridescence of some sort will definitely make an appearance!
Stay tuned!

Fini Friday!

A little later than usual, but here is the Fini Friday post!!!

I can show you this now as the partner to this Creation should have received this and might even be wearing it as I type this!!!

This is a Custom Creation for a very special gal as a Graduation present!!!
She requested an Ouroboros .. which is a snake biting it's own tail. This symbol is said to represent infinity, and the never-ending cycle of life.

Here it is:
Title: Ouroboros: More Than Meets the Eye
Ingredients: Czech-pressed glass, Memory Wire, Copper Wire.


See how the clasp was created so that the snake would look like it's biting it's tail? I bent the Memory Wire at an angle so that it would hook over the body just before the tail section, and then wrapped it with red copper wire because, really, I loved the whimsy of representing a snake sticking it's tongue out!
The mixture of textures and patterns in the snake are subtle details and reinforce the "more than meets the eye" intention as does the whimsical tongue-clasp.

So that's it for Fini Friday!!!
I'll see you next Wednesday!!

Whimsy Wednesday!

The wind is ushering in this Whimsy Wednesday post! As you might have guessed, the wind is quite strong in my neck of the woods today, keeping a little bit of a chill to an otherwise sunny and beautiful day.
Perhaps that is why I was drawn to work with highly polished (wind-swept), precisely cut materials (a cutting wind) today?

So, there we have it.. the theme of the day must be Wind and Whimsy!
I have two pair of earring creations to show you today! Both were created from repurposed heart charms and Swarovski crystals!

Title: Vibrant Heart
Ingredients: Swarovski crystals, repurposed metal heart charms, glass, metal, gold-plated surgical steel earwires (hypo-allergenic).

I love the way the crystals play with the light as they swing back and forth in the middle of the heart charm! Pure whimsy, say I!

Title: Heart's Jewels
Ingredients: Swarovski crystals, repurposed metal heart charms, glass, metal, gold-plated surgical steel earwires (hypo-allergenic).


I love how the little rhinestone "jewels" peek out from behind the Capri Blue Swarovski crystals! Also, I've always loved the royal combination of blue and gold (Egyptians, anyone?).

These creations speak to me of summer fun... the nicely finished heart charms get a kick of whimsy, motion and colour from the vivid crystals. These are perfect for dressing up or dressing down!

And with that, I'm whirling away!
See you Friday!

Fini Friday!

Just a quick entry for Fini Friday as I pack and prepare for the Saint Paul Art Crawl !

I've had the idea for this necklace creation for more than a few years... In fact, the idea (and subsequent title) popped into my head as soon as the focal stone found it's way to me at a trade show! The rest was bringing the materials together and the development as an idea grows into life.

Here it is...
Title: No One Told Her She Was Beautiful
Ingredients: Agate, Opal, marcasite, hand-dyed fiber (USA),sterling silver, recycled chain, hand-finished brass filigree, lead-free pewter (USA), thread, permanently-coated copper wire (USA), metal.


The clasp (marcasite & sterling silver):


And the focal that started it all:


This and other wonderful creations will be with me this weekend as we perch on the 5th Floor Atrium of the Lowertown Lofts building at The Crawl!
Stop by, in you're in town and have the time! There is so much wonderful art to share.
Also!
On Saturday, Todd Madson of Aliensporebomb will be soundscaping from noon to about 3pm! (Click the photos on the page for samples of his music!

See you sooooon!!!

Whimsy Wednesday!

Welcome to this week's Whimsy Wednesday!

I have a little snippet of studio life to show you today, as I prepare for the Saint Paul Art Crawl this weekend!

About a week or two back, on the same trip that rewarded us with wooden shutters, we happened upon a military surplus store and found this!


It is a military field desk!
Where is the whimsy in that?
I anticipate it will become part of my show set-up as well as opening possibilities for a mobile studio!
Some may say it's just plain crazy, but I say it is whimsy when a company named Sprite Creations has, as an integral part of it's show set-up, a military field-desk! Just the juxtaposition alone greatly amuses me!
Also, I get points for "being green" (HA!) as I am 'recycling' a very useful thing!
Also, also, I score yet more points on it being practical, pragmatic and just plain awesome!

In the photo, you see the cover of the entire set-up is hinged onto supports, with the table leg folded down. The table leg folds into the table top or cover, both little seats fold into themselves and strap inside the foldable table leg and the whole works secures as a cover onto the little cube of a desk!
The space for the drawers on the bottom right are perfect for jewelry display trays and the various file drawers and etc. are perfect for mobile studio stuff, paperwork, bags, and etc. that are useful at shows.

The desk even came with a lock and two keys!...Unfortunately not in working order.
So, here we are then, at the end of another Whimsy Wednesday!
Stop by and see me sometime!
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