Le Guin's Hayiya-if Symbol For Wiscon

Le Guin's Hayiya-if Symbol For Wiscon

: laurieopal; May 2nd, 2014

I decided a while ago that I wanted to make a special pendant for Wiscon every year, starting now. I spent a long time trying to think about what would be wonderful to make and feeling blank. Then I realized what I wanted to do and went "of course".

I'm going to make pendants inspired by books written by Wiscon Guests of Honor.

The first one will be a Heyiya-if pendant, a holy symbol for the Kesh, from Ursula Leguin's "Always Coming Home". It took very long time to carve, but it's done and I will be making the black silver pendants in the next 2 weeks before Wiscon. I'm so pleased that the wax is done and that I'm _very_ happy with it, that I'm not being superstitious and I'm writing about it before they are actually cast.

I am very done for the day and looking forward to Wiscon.

The picture is from Wikipedia

Tags: always coming home, art jewelry, heyiya-if pendant, jewelry, wiscon

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redbird

2014-05-03 03:26 pm (UTC)

I think I want that, despite not having seen the actual pendant yet, and I'm not going to be at Wiscon this year. (Making it I think the second I'm missing since I started attending the Le Guin was GoH.)

laurieopal

2014-05-06 01:27 am (UTC)

Sorry you won't be there this year. The pendants should be cast by the end of the week. I'll be in touch then about price, chain length etc.

I love that she was the guest host at your first Wiscon. It makes me happy I made the pendant.

laurieopal

2014-05-13 04:21 am (UTC)

They cast beautifully. Email me at lte@laurietobyedison.com if you'd like one (they are $60 plus mailing) and I'll save one for you. In this group I only made 6.

redbird

2014-05-14 08:30 pm (UTC)

How large are these?

laurieopal

2014-05-15 03:10 am (UTC)

Pendants are approx 1" by 1". They are a black antiqued sterling silver, with a very narrow small connection between the 2 curves that is silver colored to create a little illusion of space between them. The chain is also regular silver to emphasis the pendant design.

Kesh

donsimpson

2014-05-04 05:36 am (UTC)

Years ago, when Ursula was GOH at MythCon in Berkeley, I made a computer font of the Kesh alphabet, and the convention name badges had attendee's names in both Roman and Kesh lettering. I also got to be a celebrant in the Kesh ritual that was part of the program. I have the edition of Always Coming Home with the tape, and I designed a Kesh dustcover for it, which I never got around to finishing. Looking forward to seeing your pendant.

Re: Kesh

laurieopal

2014-05-06 01:29 am (UTC)

That's great. I love that you did that. Pendants should be finished by the end of next week. (They had better be.)

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