fanciful devices: Giveaway winner and other things.

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.

5/2/11

Giveaway winner and other things.

So I thought I'd print out the names of my giveaway contenders and hold them out to my dog. I was hoping that after a sniff or two, one would get stuck to his wet shnozzle. Instead he just aimed his muzzle at the heel of my palm and gave it a deep and happy tongue bath. So instead I tossed them all up in the air and caught one: NuminosityBeads.

So email me at marinarios@yahoo.com with your address to get your special earrings, Numi!

In other news, here's some stuff-

The Heliopause. Victorian Tribal Sci Fi Choker.

Oh yeah, I wrote victorian tribal sci fi in the title. I'm shameless. And I'm not sure which picture should be first, again.

But I'm pleased with this one. It's got a nice balance of styles but in a simple piece. Oh yeah, I'm all about the balance.

Spirare.

This one only has those top seeds on the tribal side, so I'm not sure.

Aarti.

These have lotsa oxidation to pull it toward the rustic side.

Oh- I have a new oxidizer! Oh yeah, this is big, people. It's this stuff called JAX but you have to pay a 'bio-hazard' shipping fee of $25 per bottle! Above and beyond the actual shipping fee, I mean. I got 2 bottles. And yeah, I clicked 'order' before fully realizing that. But it friggin' works on friggin' aluminum! Or as my mom would say, aluminium.

Sun Souled Lucifer.
Here it is with fancy effects:
Sun Souled Lucifer. Earrings.

What else? I have no idea what those big seeds(?) are.
Imna put together another lot of goodies to sell here, so keep an eye out folks.

5 comments:

~Debi said...: omgosh, $50 a bottle!?!? yikes! But working on aluminum? Awesometastic!; 5/2/11, 7:13 PM
stregata said...: Bio-hazard, huh? Shiver....
I don't know what those big seeds or pods are either - but I do know they are awesome!!!; 5/3/11, 12:05 AM
steufel said...: Aluminium be aware she is coming after you:-); 5/3/11, 4:56 AM
Jennifer Valentine Morford said...: what the hell?????I missed a giveaway?
crap.
imma check out that Jax tho....
love your new things as always...and I want to make some long chain earring things too...only mine won't be as awesome as yours........sigh.; 5/5/11, 12:45 PM
Numinosity said...: I finally got hooked up to my internet enough to finally find this post. We were in transit form Arizona to Alaska
this week so I missed it.
Thanks! and the address is coming to you via etsy convo.
xoxo Kim; 5/7/11, 1:34 AM