fanciful devices: little post

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.

4/29/14

little post

So last two days I've been feeling somewhat better and it's just led to mad makages.

But then I realized I was all stressed thinking of all the photos I had to take.

I decided I'm just gonna do a series of mini posts every couple days to catch up and not stress out so damned much.

Or end up on an 8-hour photoshop marathon driving myself crazy blurring out lint and bits of shine until I'm hallucinating.

Oh I have news!

In June I'm going to Uruguay. Hadn't said anything because I thought there was more time between April and June somehow.

That's why they call me No-Temporal-Sense Rios.

Also y'all- polymer is hard. You have to put hours into it to make it interesting and still then people sell the beads for next to nothing so.

Don't think I got it all figured out. I just keep on messing with stuff because I'm never satisfied and it's easier than moving from where I'm sitting.

Oh my god, that's the secret to my success- my stationary nature!

Y'all think I'm kidding.

Guess this wasn't such a short post after all.

I realize I might have given the impression last post that there was snot and influenza all over my breads. That is not the case.

I wash my hands so much I have to sleep in gloves with moisturizer in them sometimes. Just so you know.

I had to break for some kitteh rejection.

If you want this and a buncha stupid shit that made me chortle, you can go look at my tumblr I guess.

Oh look! More earrings by Emmanuelle using my beads!

here

And here

So, when my mom hears I've blogged she rushes to her iphone, looks it up and scrolls right down to the end to see if there's a cute gif.

So here's another one for Mom.

3 comments:

Unknown said...: Wow, so many lovely pieces there!
How do you get your oval tins to be so.. oval? Smooth?
Mine always look more ragged. I like the look, though. I like both. I'm babbling!

Thanks for showing my earrings... you're a doll.; 4/30/14, 9:56 AM
Unknown said...: What - what - only one comment. NO, say it can't be so. Marina's the queena so everyone needs to get those fingers moving folks. Love the new earrings, I'd love a pair but we are saving for surgery for our puppy. You'll have more and I am patient. Go Queen of ears go!; 5/2/14, 12:06 PM
Beatnheart said...: to make polymer beautiful takes a lot of steps...
i go through at least 5 steps to get it to look right ...
so thanks for mentioning that...

you new layered pieces are beautiful...; 5/2/14, 8:38 PM