fanciful devices: First Raffle Pick

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.

10/18/14

First Raffle Pick

Hello my lovlies- so far we have raised $232 for Wildthorne! Thank you so much, lets keep it up. Today I'll do the first drawing for these one-of-a-kind speckled polymer beads. Springtime. 5 speckled polymer beads in mustard, coral and light blue pastels. 10mm.

Springtime. 5 speckled polymer beads in mustard, coral and light blue pastels. 10mm.

Anonymous asked if she could pick her prize but if people pick their prizes they'll pick all the big stuff first and then there'll only be little things to win and I'm trying to raise some moola here, ya see?
Anywho, the winner is: Lori Ackerman!!! Please convo me here.
I've removed the one name from the pile, the rest of the name slips stay, including any other entries by someone who already won. So you could win more than once. Everyone else would probly be pissed, but it could happen.
I've been making my own chain, the process of which is in no way related to this entrancing gif I wanted to share:
how-chain-link-is-made-gif

It's on a page showing how all kinds of things are made.
See you in a couple days for the next drawing and another gif!

4 comments:

Unknown said...: I just donated a little, I wish I could do more, but I hope this helps a little...; 10/18/14, 10:44 PM
Unknown said...: OH and I LOVE the Coraline one! One of my favorite movies of all times!; 10/18/14, 10:46 PM
Angi in hana said...: U are so dang sweet for doing this! I just donated a little, like the first comment girl said, wish I had more, but u are right and really made me realize, every little bit helps esp when it is the shitty bad times! Aloha marina, angi in hana; 10/19/14, 8:11 AM
betweenreader said...: I made a treasury for Wildthorne today. https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzYwODU1OHwyNzI2OTM1ODE4/wildthorne?ref=pr_treasury
Hope this brings some well to do customers and they just clean the place out! xoxoxo; 10/20/14, 11:26 AM