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wild_irises; mostly on body image and art. I was having tea with my friend elisem; a while ago, after a panel we did on fiber, beads, metal and high geekiness. She convinced my that lj was the right place to start writing about this part of my work.I'm used to writing more formally for Body Impolitic and I'm looking forward to writing in a more conversational way. I'll also have much more "relaxed" spelling and grammar.
I've been carving a wax for a silver pendant of at fire bird from the Russian legends, for quite a while. Today, I carved the fine detail in the feathers and figured out how to make some feathers that simultaneously look like subtle flames. It has 3 antique Hungarian garnets in it's tail They're a dark blood red. This kind of detail takes a lot of focus and I've run out for today, so I'm here starting my journal.
A firebird sounds so very fine. Wax carving is one of those fascinating arts-inside-the-art, it always seems to me.
What do you carve with?
(I'm going to link to this post and send some people over to say hi. I'm so glad you're here!)
Hi, Laurie! Welcome to LJ-land. Are you doing the firebird as a special order? I would love to see it when it's done.
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elisem,
I carve with a hook that looks very much like a dental pick. Will probably write more about this later.
harvestar,
It's a pendant. A ring is interesting to think about.
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I'm Nevenah Smith. I used to do a lot of lost wax casting until I turned my sights on carving glass with a sandblaster. Perhaps we'll have a chance to talk at WisCon?
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