fanciful devices: Giveaway.

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.

1/4/13

Giveaway.

handmade artisan BROWN enamel 3" nickel pinheads 6pcs

Turns out Jiorji, of the many lovely comments, has an amazing etsy shop (or actually THREE including one for enameled headpins I just bough every item in, and one for bridal head pretties) and is having a giveaway on her blog! Which I just added to my blog list below right. Dude, I had no idea you were such a makestress.

beaded white veil bridal headband with pink pearl beads

When people talk to me all reverently I guess I assume they must not know how to make anything to be that impressed. But that is not the case here, no sir. So on the main shop I found these jewels: recycled tin tribal earrings with recycled glass beads

recycled tin tribal earrings with recycled glass beads

(I'm having an impossible time trying to pick just one or two things here....) aquamarine raw gemstone brass fashion ring size 6.50

and this cozy: green striped long sleeve thermal with lace button cuff small

And the giveaway? YOUR OWN CUSTOM-MADE HOODIE. I mean really. Untitled

Can you guys at least give me a heads-up when you have amazing makies I need to look at? Seriously. I only knew about this because Tribals told me about it. Thank you, T.

6 comments:

Sharon Driscoll said...: The earrings at the top just rock and the bold look of the repurposed clothing - she's got a great sense of design. And here I was at the Goodwill today. Way cool stuff...; 1/5/13, 1:58 AM
darlene said...: too cool of you to share. i just wiped out the rest of the head pins and love, love, her bottle cap earrings. cheers to sharing! xoxo; 1/5/13, 10:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Haven't had chance to say happy new year and continued awesomeness for 2013. Those hoodies are cool. off to take a peak; 1/5/13, 11:43 AM
Jiorji said...: EEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing my stuff!! umm yeah you're such an inspiration for my rustic jewelry :D

(and thanks for buying my enamel headpins ); 1/5/13, 2:29 PM
Beatnheart said...: And is that her in the pics? Such an interesting cute girl?. Fanci groupies rock the universe...; 1/6/13, 9:55 AM
Tribalis said...: you are great Marina.
A great friend.
Best to you in your life!; 1/6/13, 11:51 PM