fanciful devices: Final nexts

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.

3/29/16

Final nexts

Oh boy finally.

Winding Path.
Here's a sweet double wrap in feminine whites with all kinds of connectors.

Thing is by now I don't feel much like talking about these, I feel like complaining about myself again.

All of last week I've been wandering around like a zombie unable to get descent sleep and I haven't gone to the gym the whole time.

Mountain Sky
Ugh I can't even listen to myself. Anyways, look at this lariat.

I quite like the coin rimmed in solder, it really adds a nice frame.

That gorgeous lariat cab, along with two others, was given to me by RomAntiqueSoul... except that now she has a new shop but I can't remember the name to pimp it, I'm useless! Whaaaa.....

Oh guys thanks so much for snapping up all those destash lots! Actually right now there's ~~still~~ ~~three~~ ~~two~~ ~~one~~ none left-
~~Black Lot 1---------- $38~~ SOLD

~~Black Lot 2---------- $55~~ SOLD

~~White Lot 2-------------$59~~ SOLD

And people have been getting tons of extra stuff in those priority boxes... in fact I may not have anything left to stuff them with... Well, I'll find something.
But after these are gone there's no more.
funny animals funny animals

animals funny dog funny animals funny things

Now I need to cheer my groggy self up with some cuteness.

2 comments:

Beverly said...: I would like to buy the white lot, please tell me how to do this.
Thanks; 4/5/16, 1:56 PM
emmanuelle said...: Take care of yourself :)))) you'll go to the gym when you feel like it.
Gorgeous double wrap and lariat, wow!!!!; 4/7/16, 2:51 AM