fanciful devices: Two more raffle winners.

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.

10/25/14

Two more raffle winners.

I was bumming about the fact that after the initial rush of donations, my fundraiser for Wildthorne stalled at about $274. But then I decided that:
1) This money is still super helpful to her.

2)This means the amazing people that contributed have a huge chance of winning something cool.

3)All the prizes were things I was considering giving away anyways.

So I've decided to be OK with it. But really what it means is that my period came and I'm regaining my sanity. So in celebration of my sanity, I'm drawing two winners today. First this guy:

Rocket Kids beach glass charm with solder and ephemera.

Will be going to my good friend Emmannuelle!

Sale. The Faithful. Asymmetrical assemblage art statement earrings. Antique vintage recycled, orange ivory gold.

And this pair will be going to Claire Fabian. Etsy convo me with your address so I can mail them to you and thank you so much for donating!

3 comments:

Saraccino said...: Oh, you made my day! :)

Thank you!

*waves*
Claire; 10/26/14, 5:12 AM
Jiorji said...: it's so great getting your period isn't it? it's like we're all raging demons who want to run everyone off the road(what?!?! no...i never thought of doing that...) and then you get your period and it's like...awww KITTENS!! life is so magical isn't it??
it's bullshit is what it is!

maybe do a reminder info post about the raffle?; 10/26/14, 12:02 PM
Wildthorne said...: Thank you again Fanci for holding this raffle for me, everything that you have done helps, and I am so very grateful. <3; 10/26/14, 9:20 PM