Kuriosities

Corvus VI
#6 in the series ” A Storytelling of Crows”

“Six is a Thief”

Crow is known throughout different mythologies as both a Trickster and a Thief, two archetypes that intrigue me to no end. He is drawn to all that is bright and shiny, and as I take my pieces out of doors to photograph, you can often see him plotting his thievery from the treetops. He hops from branch to branch, pretending not to be up to devious behaviour, but there is a certain glint in the coal black eye that too quickly looks away.

What is Crow up to this time? He appears to be trying to make off with a bauble of some sort. Is he swooping down to catch it up in his claws, or has it slipped free of his clutches and falling? I wonder if somebody left it out there for him to find, or if he has been watching quietly and swooped in at just the right moment? And what will Crow do with it if he succeeds? Would he cosset this new bauble, keep it safely and shine it up, or discard it for something new? Who really knows the way of Crow?

Hand pierced (sawn) sterling silver plate, bezel set in a sterling silver frame whose back has been hammered to lend Crow texture, and oxidized a sooty black. A rose quartz cab (the bauble) has been set between the plates. Two iolite crystals adorn the bail, a symbolic continuation throughout the crow series. The heavy sterling rolo chain has been oxidized and antiqued, finished with an s-clasp.

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