doodling

i very much admire the work of alexander calder - 

he created adornment as well as mobiles and sculpture... 

i had been wanting to start an initial pin for my aunt, 
but hadn't yet as it will be of a heavy gauge wire &  i needed to figure out the shaping and hammering sequence - so it is a serious project which i naturally have to get right the first time i do it. (go ahead, you can laugh at me, i do these dumb things to myself all the time... if i am lucky, i catch myself, then just shake my head at how i hold myself back.)

peace

love

joy

om

it's kind of funny how things can get you moving... 
beth hemmila posted this the other day - 
it took the pressure off and got me back to experimenting... 


i played with steel in a smaller scale, with a lighter gauge and less hammering...

quiet work

complete - 


and in its new home at 'eyes of the world', cookman avenue, asbury park, nj... 


waiting on some large tile to do some proper images... necklaces are challenging to photograph on a good day, but extra long focals take it to another level... saw a great dress mannequin at an antiques shop but it was nfs... 


so we keep experimenting - 

'... with intention'

clay thai amulet


tibetan double terminated quartz crystal (not a herkimer diamond, they are double terminated  as well but mined only in the area of herkimer, ny, usa) with a bit of rainbow trapped inside... 


red is an auspicious color in tibetan culture offering protective qualities...


muslin stamped with 'thoughts, words, actions'


if we choose them with intention, our inner and outer worlds come into harmony... 

btw

'words are the voice of the heart.'

~ confucius

thoughts, words, actions ... 

crazy heart
soul sister
brave heart
sisu
heart song

soulmade

~ confucius

choose them with care... 

in pursuit of freedom

(it's mine)

the power is yours

you create your universe

'watch your thoughts, for they become words.

watch your words, for they become actions.

watch your actions, for they become habits.

watch your habits, for they become character.

watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.'
~ author unknown

the zen of earrings ~

'when you seek it

you cannot find it.'

~ zen proverb

truth...

i wanted to make a necklace because i needed to make a necklace... but it just wasn't there - the flow, the inspiration... but the little pile of earwires and resin paddles called to me... and i was actually able to get into a stop-start, mom kind of flow... 

here is what i found:

'to thine own self be true.

~ william shakespeare (hamlet)

with pearls for wisdom and amethyst to connect you to your higher spiritual self...

'the meeting of two eternities - the past and the future...

is precisely the present moment.'

~ henry david thoreau

be mindful of it, grown in it... with small gaspeite stones which are believed to bring spirituality to into every day life... 

love deeply, love daily

green pearls for the beauty and wisdom of adapting a loving attitude... soft fibers and pink petals to connect to nature, flowers, growth... 

'tenderness and kindness are not signs 

of weakness and despair

but manifestations of strength and resolution.'

~ kahlil gibran

fragile strength - opposites coming together in beauty... antiqued grey wire, soft fibers, translucent blue-grey iolite... delicate and not... practice loving kindess, show that caring exists... 

'yes mother. i can see you are flawed.

you have not hidden it.

that is your greatest gift to me.'

~ alice walker 

we keep wrapped up tightly, guarding ourselves... and not usually even sure against what... to open up, to present oneself honestly... to share with our children, our friends, our family our humanity... is a gift... unwrap yourself and share... 

thoughts, words, ... destiny

as a follow up to yesterday's post, i am beginning this one with a smile! this beautiful, mona lisa -type, filled with contentment but suppressing a giggle smile came in the post yesterday from the studio of lisa peters... i just love it so very much ~ and i couldn't think of anything better to show it with than a buddha stamping from cindy at alchemy of life... 

'watch your thoughts for they become words.

watch your words, for they become actions.

watch your actions, for they become habits.

watch your habits, for they become character.

watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.'

i love working with words, resin and metal etching have really freed me to explore this... so yesterday was an earring day, because a few days before were a resin paddle day, and so on and so on!! so i did the work i am not so fond of - making ear wires... i really admire people who do this with such proficiency... i think my free flow style runs right up against the precision and sameness required for these... i can make things match, i can... i just often choose not to! 

for the haiti by hand shop i created these earrings ~

lespwa/hope earrings #1

#2

for my shop ~

'everything you can imagine is real.'

~ pablo picasso

now i don't know if that is true or not, but i am not going to let it stop me! it all just comes down to keeping in touch with the authentic self... i picked 'nascent' as my word for the year and things just keep coming up to reinforce that ... like being here as my authentic self... and allowing things to flow and happen... purple seemed natural for these earrings, floss from myfanwy at sassalynne was used as well as labradorite... this stone is known for purging negativity and giving insight... 

'i do not seek. i find.'

~ pablo picasso

what do you find when you listen to the song in your heart? do you hear it any longer? is there something you want to share with someone else? these earrings are meant to remind you to do just that... 

'difficulties mastered are

opportunities won.'

~ winston churchill

turn corners with confidence (one of my personal goals)... you have everything to gain... these earrings are made with gaspeite, a stone known for aiding in assurance and opening the mind to new possibilities... 

'i have found the paradox,

that if you love until it hurts,

there can be no more hurt, 

only more love.'

~ mother teresa

hammered copper discs, rhubarb colored pearls and fiber by sassalynne... 'the paradox' unites  different textures, materials and colors... these ones are nagging at me a bit, i don't know whether they need some words glued on to them... 

your thoughts lead you to your destiny, be mindful of patterns... and keep looking forward (while being present)... 


- and thanks for your not asking me if i am on something as i continue to change my template, i am feeling skootchy with it, unsettled... and so i returned to the calming brown i like! until i can find something else  :0)  -