Kuriosities

It has been a busy week, and I have been absorbed in various projects, and a small flurry of exciting custom pieces- a collaboration of creativity resulting in gorgeous pieces that someone will truly love. It pushes me forward, expands my limits. love it. I will have new pics of the custom pieces to post sometime next week. Etchings and clockworks, and combinations of the two.

I am taking some time off from work this week – for the first time in four years! I am so glad that I am doing this. I need a break from the constant demands of running a business and the constant flow of work that never seems to end. I went out and bought a hammock last night, and will be installing it on my front porch, so that I can lie down and read, sip homemade iced tea and gaze at the ocean while the peacocks and chickens wander around the grass below me, and I can hear my horses munching away. Bliss and peacefulness.

Except…that it is raining! Arggh. Stuck inside the clammy house with my book, and antsy. I want the sand, I want the tiny lapping waves, the sun on my skin, my shoulders bared to the breezes.

 I have made a Thaumatrope that I am willing to share – it has been tested and works well. I may do some more work on the design of it, but the idea of this one is there. A two girls dance on one side, gazing at each other. On the other side is a girl alone, gazing at the ground. When you spin the disc the lonely girl appears to be dancing with the other two. But even so she still seems somewhat detached from the scene – more introspective than the other two, perhaps, or feeling that she doesn’t really quite belong there…it kind of reminds me of female friendships, and how they never seem to work in threes. How there is always the odd (wo)man out. But I was also thinking of the feeling of being departed from friends, and the sense of nostalgia for times past, and how remembering those friendships, those times of connection can actually be painful, can fill one with longing and illuminate how the current scene is void of connection.

You can print this one out at home and try it out. I retain all copyrights, and you cannot reprint or distribute this image elsewhere. It cannot be copied and sold either, etc. It can also not be posted elsewhere on the internet.

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2 new record player pendants (maybe 3 actually) have made their way to their new homes, . I am so happy when they get there and people are happy with them. I remembered that I forgot to post pics in the blog, so here they are – they are also in the gallery. I’ll be adding a ton of new stuff there this week…

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