fanciful devices: Over-Pixelated MudrFukrs.

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.

5/8/13

Over-Pixelated MudrFukrs.

So I guess I forgot why I never did auto-sharpen in the Process Multiple Files option in my PS Elements. I end up with such an insanity of crunchy pixelation it hurts to look at. However it saved them all like that and I have my camera on lazy erase-as-soon-as download setting.

So the rest of the day was spent blurring pixels. Here are some simple earrings made w/stones and shells. I dunno, they're different. I'll price them low.

Here's a STATEMENT NEKLUSS.

The hope was that I'd return from VA itching to make and I certainly did.

I've been all about the necklaces, even though they never sell because they're too expensive. Who cares if I'm happy. This one has faux mercury effect on the big glass cab, see?

What else?

Here's something interesting. I gold leafed the wells of these deep bezels, then made five magic symbols (or so I deem them) in steel wire and sealed them in there with encaustic wax.

I'd sort of forgotten how opaque that wax is, even though I was using the supposedly clear stuff. So I had to keep removing more and more so that you'd be able to see the gold bottoms.

Now I'm pleased. As long as they are not left on the dash of a locked up car on a very hot day it'll last many lifetimes. And I will mention that in the description. Also will go into the significance of each symbol and call it something like Five Principles for the Modern Day Occultist. I really love it!

Kiss the Ground 2. Raw Amethyst crystal on chunky oxidized ring.

Ages ago one of you ladies (it's on the tip of my brain...) advised me to oxidize the matte gold base of this-->
But I was lazy and kept forgetting. Finally I did though.

Kiss the Ground 2.

Aaaand it looks much better. So that's it for now. Gotta list stuff. But hubs is grilling Uruguayan food for Dad's b-day so maybe later.

Random inter-species massage gifs always make me smile: [video]

Then I was wasting time on Awesomephilia and found this:

i was teaching my grandma to use computer so we can talk on skype and such but today she went kinda mad at me because “i didnt show her the knitting programme” and i was like what

and it comes out she accidentally opened ms excel and found out its a great way to create knitting patterns

my grandma is 82

(See, just to emphasize that this is not my grandma, I added quotes. My grandma is in Uruguay and, at 90, still rules like a boss.)

6 comments:

Juliette said...: your grandma rocks.

I love all the necklaces, even the fun occultist one. Hah! Love your choices of symbols.

My day got better today, so thanks for your note.

xoxo J xoxo; 5/8/13, 9:40 PM
Wildthorne said...: Your statement Nekluss' rule! I love the five magic symbols ... such a truly fantastic piece. You got your mojo flowing in these. Nicely done lady.; 5/8/13, 10:55 PM
Beatnheart said...: you are pretty dang amazing.; 5/8/13, 11:23 PM
Tribalis said...: my boy will find interesting something in this post.. Hugs to you!; 5/8/13, 11:54 PM
Aleksandra Patova said...: Hahaha your grandma is very inventive. I was searching for a good knitting pattern program and never thought excel would do the same job hahaha
As usual your jewelry makes my jaw drop!; 5/9/13, 8:29 AM
Penelope said...: I happen to like those first earrings A LOT. I think cause they're simple, I'm all up in simple's face right now.

Seeing these gifs reminded me someone sent me this the other day:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/fjelstud/the-definitive-collection-of-cat-gifs

and I knew it had to be yours too. I had to stop and have a break at 7, I laughed so hard.; 5/9/13, 9:29 AM