fanciful devices: 4 newbies

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.

11/14/10

4 newbies

C ervantes.

The Million-Crested Sun.
The Million-Crested Sun. Double Eyed Bracelet.

Four Branches of the Mabinogion.

Brythonic Languages. a.k.a. Star Guy. I tried to fix my last teal disk and boy did it not work. Glue didn't work and soldering sure as hell didn't work. It looked like a mess and all the heat turned the glass black. Plus the copper tape didn't want to stick to the disc to begin with. How come sometimes it's disc and sometimes it's disk?
My gutulence is stuffed w/sushi right now, oof. My tattoo looks like a layer of lava grew over my arm, but its healing great and feels just fine.
Oh and I wore this necklace out and got compliments.

I mean, it was just out to sushi but thats how rarely I get out. I worried it was too heavy when I made it but it's quite cozy.
Hope you all had a relaxing weekend.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: I just purchased Cervantes. It's beautiful! It's my first piece from you. Yay!; 11/14/10, 11:35 PM
stregata said...: Beautiful new work, fanci! Does that last necklace have carved tagua nut beads?; 11/14/10, 11:43 PM
Spirited Earth said...: i'm crazy for what you are doing with color..beautiful; 11/15/10, 7:13 AM
~Debi said...: Fantabulous stuffs as always. You may be using more color now, but every piece still has "fanci" written all over it. Awesome work girlie :); 11/15/10, 10:32 AM
Pascaline Loricourt said...: Your creation are fabulous! I particularly like Cervantes. It is a mix of glamour, antique and tribal. Perfect association !!!!; 11/15/10, 12:40 PM
Anonymous said...: I just made a little blog post about Cervantes here: http://www.fancylinda.com/2010/11/recent-purchase.html; 11/15/10, 2:47 PM
fanciful devices said...: aw! thanks so much everyone!
actually, no stregata, i dont think it has a nut... tho im not sure if you mean the star guy or the one i wore. but i dont think either of them have nuts. i have nuts, but they're in my brain.
imna go look fancylinda....; 11/15/10, 5:42 PM