In honor of spring starting tomorrow...

Spring has sprung...

Or at least is at the chocks waiting to pounce...

Tomorrow is the official start of spring, and in honor of the irises beginning to bloom in my mother's garden, and the pending sunshine and warmth, I offer to you an iris on pink Magnisite.

She (yes, they have genders :p) is done in Sculpey III. I haven't fully decided whether she will be on a bail, or if I am going to get more creative, but I do hope you enjoy.

Introducing....

Herald of Spring

New Work!

Well, I have started on the one crescent shaped "stone" and am almost ready to cure it, and have started on the pink magnisite stone. I am very excited to have my hands busy again, and have plans for 4 more pieces using 7 more stones.

I found this wonderful store the other day (it is where I purchased some of my stones from) called Bally Beads. It's semi local to me (well worth the drive) but they do have a website (http://www.ballybead.com/). Walking into their store was fantastic. I did not have my tax certificate with me at the time, but I will be returning with it.

I have made a "new year resolution", though it has come a little late, to really make a concerted effort for my art business in the coming years. I have a lot to look forward to and a lot of things I want to be doing in the future, it's time I began tackling some of them.

See y'all next time!

Inspirations

I love to get new pretties.

I have some new stones to work with. I am completely overjoyed. I have one piece designed, and will begin working on it today. There is a "series" I have planned, but no details worked yet, and a couple of individuals that I am tinkering with an idea or two. Here are the stones before I get started working on them.The top row has 2 shells sliced and carved to show hearts, then a single ladybug charm (he was orphaned and I couldn't leave him behind LOL) and then 2 abalone shell ovals and then 4 fossilized snail(?) disks. Anyone who can tell me what those are it would be greatly appreciated. In the second row there is a tiger eye like "stone" (I think it is actually fused glass), a carbochon of some sort of very mottled black, pink, purple, white, brown, and translucent (I don't know what kind it is), a piece of pink Magnisite, a piece of green and pink Jasper, a disk that looks like a geode, a piece that is green and brown (probably fused glass), and the cresent shaped piece is the one I have a design already made for it. It is most likely fused glass or resin (I think it is glass though). The last row is first most likely pink granite, then some kind of rust, grey, and transulcent stone, then a rosey red, green, black, and translucent stone (possibly a kind of agate), a green and brown agate, then another possibly pink granite, a piece of purple glass, and then a round piece of glass that looks like giraffe spots.

I look forward to working on these. I hope you like them, and like what I do with them.s