fanciful devices: 2 more

A Stone Is Nobody's

A man ambushed a stone. Caught it.
Made it a prisoner.
Put it in a dark room and stood guard over it for the rest of his life.

His mother asked why.

He said, because it's held captive, because it is captured.

Look, the stone is asleep, she said, it does not know whether it's in a garden or not. Eternity and the stone
are mother and daughter; it is you who are getting old. The stone is only sleeping.

But I caught it, mother, it is mine by conquest, he said.

A stone is nobody's, not even its own. It is you who are conquered; you are minding the prisoner, which is yourself,
because you are afraid to go out, she said.

Yes yes, I am afraid, because you have never loved me, he said.

Which is true, because you have always been to me as the stone is to you, she said.

Russell Edson

FAQs

1. Are you a Southeast Asian dancing girl from the 1800s?

No, sorry to disappoint. My avatar and banner images are from an ancient book I found in the depths of my grandmother's cabinets. More on that here.

2. How do you make everything look so old?

First, you need a good oxidizer to brush on every bit of metal you can reach. I'll tell you all about it here.

Then there's this wax. I first mentioned it here. You'll have to scroll down a lot.

3. How can you be so productive?

I'm insanely obsessed and I have no offspring. I do nothing else- I don't have a day job, I don't clean my house or cook, I spend all day in pjs, often completely abandoning personal hygiene... I only interact with other humans when I walk my dog. And I like people! But I prefer dogs.

And I'm sloppy- but I make that sloppiness work for me.

4. Any tips you'd like to share?

No! Except for these 16 posts about techniques and this one about how to find your aesthetic.

5. Would you be offended if I took some inspiration from your designs?

Well, I'd be happier if you outright copied them.

No really, imitation is how we learn. I have enough ideas to go around. And even if I don't- please. No one's going to do this obsessively enough to threaten my business. (Probably.) I learned by copying others and I've seen others copy me as a step toward developing their own voice. So feel free. (I'd love if you tossed me a link in my comments, so I can feel like a proud momma.)

6. What do you look like?

Why, what have you heard? Really? Wow.

11/8/10

2 more

so I put this one up from yesterday:

Terrifying Angels. White Assemblage Bracelet.

It has that crazy MOP cufflink from here.

I finished and photographed this but I'm waiting to see if this one disc bead will hold up. It broke in half b/c I put too much pressure on it. I'm trying to glue the 2 halves back together but something tells me it might not work. I'm rough on my materials. Better they bust on me than when a buyer has them, that's for sure.

The first disc is the one that broke. You can sorta see the seam. These pictures look weird. The chain is my cheapanddirty version of a missficklemedia saffron chain. Somehow mine ended up w/a greenish cast. Still, fun to try, and I never would have without the inspiration, thanks missfickle!

4 comments:

~Debi said...: Ooooo Star Guy turned out great. :); 11/8/10, 4:58 PM
stregata said...: May I make a suggestion? Instead of trying to glue the disc - which will probably not hold up - why not work with the two halves? I can't quite see - did you solder the disc? Then you could put them together by soldering - making the break look intentional. Love the look of this piece and the colours are intriguing.; 11/9/10, 12:28 AM
Malin de Koning said...: Wonderful! I was thinking the necklace with the saffron-green chain looks rather colourful to be you .... ;-). I love it!; 11/9/10, 2:46 PM
Unknown said...: heehee. You said "cheap and dirty".
;)

I love these pieces so much and their mix of color and texture and materials makes me swoon.

You are an artist who creates from within, Fanci, and no component of mine even comes close to capturing what you got going on.; 11/13/10, 2:21 PM