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Dustel
His kind have often been referred to as "false fairy dragons" by classifying wizards with absolutely no sensitivity at all. Not that Dustel will hold it against them. He's easy-going and perfectly content to explore at his own pace, or just to lay back and relax while someone else takes him on an expedition. He's an excellent conversationalist, by the way. Dustel also has a thing for breakfast cereal. But don't we all have a thing for breakfast cereal?
This little guy started out as something very different. I was working on a commission for a snake bracelet, having just finished the head and... no, that wasn't a snake head at all. It had ears, for one thing. So I set it aside and started again. Once the commission was done, I returned to this clearly-not-a-snake and figured that it was so eager to be unique that I should help it along. The result is a strange evolution of bead sculpture and bracelet.
I was very conscious of not wanting anything to be "stiff". What I mean is, I wanted every part to be flexible, moveable. Take the legs, for instance; they are reinforced and held securely in place, but the fingers are still easily moveable, and the legs themselves aren't rock-solid but mobility and "squish" to them. The same with his entire body. So he's very wearable and poseable.
Let's talk about the wing and tail material, shall we? No, I'm not going to reveal my "secrets"; I just want to say how thrilled I am that another ridiculously stupid idea worked well beyond my expectations. They are far less delicate than they look, even. Believe me, I know. *cough*
And of course those are two Swarovski crystals on the end of that chain. I mean, come on.
(For Sale)
Date: 21 July 2012
Dustel
His kind have often been referred to as "false fairy dragons" by classifying wizards with absolutely no sensitivity at all. Not that Dustel will hold it against them. He's easy-going and perfectly content to explore at his own pace, or just to lay back and relax while someone else takes him on an expedition. He's an excellent conversationalist, by the way. Dustel also has a thing for breakfast cereal. But don't we all have a thing for breakfast cereal?
This little guy started out as something very different. I was working on a commission for a snake bracelet, having just finished the head and... no, that wasn't a snake head at all. It had ears, for one thing. So I set it aside and started again. Once the commission was done, I returned to this clearly-not-a-snake and figured that it was so eager to be unique that I should help it along. The result is a strange evolution of bead sculpture and bracelet.
I was very conscious of not wanting anything to be "stiff". What I mean is, I wanted every part to be flexible, moveable. Take the legs, for instance; they are reinforced and held securely in place, but the fingers are still easily moveable, and the legs themselves aren't rock-solid but mobility and "squish" to them. The same with his entire body. So he's very wearable and poseable.
Let's talk about the wing and tail material, shall we? No, I'm not going to reveal my "secrets"; I just want to say how thrilled I am that another ridiculously stupid idea worked well beyond my expectations. They are far less delicate than they look, even. Believe me, I know. *cough*
And of course those are two Swarovski crystals on the end of that chain. I mean, come on.
(For Sale)
Date: 21 July 2012
Past the Illusion
Sometimes there is something even more wonderful, even more radiant, even more unimaginably magnificent hiding just beneath the surface. Go ahead and tease them.
It started with a button. A beautiful, strange, utterly irresistible button. I bought it the moment I saw it because I could not fathom walking away from that button. And then those two cylindrical beads to either side, mirroring the button's peacock hues while throwing in a few tricks of their own. The other beads just sort of... gravitated toward it. I can't explain; I've had these elements for well over two years and it finally decided to come together now. Who am I to question?
There is some serious freaking sparkle here. There's just no way to get the full extent of how amazingly shiny this button-turned-necklace-centerpiece is or how everything else just seems to drape perfectly off of it. It's over-the-top and elegant all at once. Glamo(u)r-punk? (Seeing as how I was on a steady musical diet of The Killers, The Psychedelic Furs and Planet Funk while I was making this...) I'm just so happy it all came together.
I will be completely up-front, however. At times, no matter how careful you are, how many precautions you take, a glass bead will still decide to shatter at the worst, possible, moment. That happened here. At the end. After everything else was reinforced. And so I sought a creative solution. And since I'm willing to bet no one can see the mistake, and it in no way affects the stability of the piece itself, that's all I'm going to say. Success.
(Sold)
Date: 19 June 2012
Heartless Tag Pendant
I couldn't make a Nobody symbol without making a Heartless symbol. That's just not done.
Made up of 213 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).
(For Sale)
Date: 12 June 2012
Nobody Tag Pendant
After the successful Shadow Portrait experiment, I wanted to try something a little simpler... and what better than a classic symbol of both magnificence and hilarity?
Made up of 213 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).
(For Sale)
Date: 12 June 2012
Shadow Portrait
Well, I've been wanting to bead this particular thing for a long time now. Unfortunately the "extreme light and shadow" colors I chose only work at certain angles... but I still like it, so yay.
Made up of 766 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges). I am proud. Let me have my moment.
(For Sale)
Date: 12 June 2012
Heartless Tag Pendant
I couldn't make a Nobody symbol without making a Heartless symbol. That's just not done.
Made up of 213 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).
(For Sale)
Date: 12 June 2012
Nobody Tag Pendant
After the successful Shadow Portrait experiment, I wanted to try something a little simpler... and what better than a classic symbol of both magnificence and hilarity?
Made up of 213 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).
(For Sale)
Date: 12 June 2012