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Mjolnir Pendants and Life After Hate

Mjolnir Pendants and Life After Hate

On January 6th, 2021 several Heathen symbols were front and center during the siege on the US Capitol. I watched my inclusive and largely LGBTQ Heathen (and Heathen adjacent) community become distressed that, once again, our symbols were being associated with hate and bigotry. Lea wrote a pretty great argument for defending our symbols, and that along with the conversations I saw online made me…

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Making Rings When I Have No Spoons

Making Rings When I Have No Spoons

Originally posted to the Lapidify Ko-Fi Account on 12/15/2020. One of the hardest things for me to tackle as an artist can sometimes, weirdly, be making art. Some days I’m struggling with a pain flare up and it makes sitting at the bench difficult, and other times I might have a bad mental health day no spoons to approach an elaborate, time consuming piece. And sometimes I’m totally fine, but…

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Fired Figments Collaboration

While lurking in the 2020 Faire Relief Facebook group, I came across Fired Figments (and immediately bought a jug for use at faire when things are less pandemic-y). Stephanie’s work was even more beautiful in person, so I reached out to her to see if she could help me up my bottle-pendant game. Oh my goodness, did she ever:

The bottles are food safe, sturdy, and gorgeous. The possibilities…

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Hey you guys! I’ll be set up this week at booth 646 at GalaxyCon. Come by and see me!!!

There will be MANY shiny things. I promise.

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GalaxyCon Raleigh 2019 Hey you guys! I'll be set up this week at booth 646 at GalaxyCon. Come by and see me!!! There will be MANY shiny things. I promise.

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This is going to be a bit of a long, rambling post. Here are the take home points:

I am moving to Des Moines, Iowa in July.

My jewelry will continue to be available at Raven Moon Emporium and Sanctuary Imports.

The Lapidify Etsy shop will be closed part of June and all of July.

I an not accepting custom orders until August.

I will be vending at Free Spirit Gathering, Galaxycon Raleigh, and East…

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Fordite, also known as Detroit agate, is old automobile paint which has hardened sufficiently to be cut and polished. It was formed from the built up of layers of enamel paint slag on tracks and skids on which cars were hand spray-painted (a now automated process), which have been baked numerous times.

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New Item Sale Item #17

$32 each - Free US shipping on orders over $30

Approx 2.5" rainbow obsidian dragon fang pendants. (A string can be put through the space in the mouth)

One will be randomly selected for you.

*Only 20 pieces available*

To claim items and order, please read and follow the system I have set up:

Reply to this post (those who are unable to reply for whatever reason can reblog) saying “sold�� or “sold (x amount to indicate quantity)”. It’s important you do this so we can see who claimed first in case anything sells out.

Keep a list of everything you claim. Once I’m done posting, please send me a message on the instant messenger.

Include the following information in your message:

Your email address for the invoice, the country you live in (for shipping purposes), the list of what you claimed including the item numbers.

All invoices will be sent tomorrow. Invoicing will be done through our website - it gets sent to your email and you get the option to pay with a paypal account or with a credit or debit card. You don’t need to have a paypal account to pay.

Payment is due by Monday night (May 20th)

All US orders over $30 will ship for free!

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A close up of the chain on the Baphomet Rosary I made for @octoberleigh. Sterling silver, onyx, and red brecciated jasper. #NFS

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In the episode 4x05 (”Highland Games”) Queen Mary wears this sold out Jennifer Behr ‘Stevie’ Gold-Tone Crystal Headband.

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Some process shots for a project I’m working on.

A sweater-guard style brooch, made from sticks cast in sterling silver, set with garnets and rubies. 

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Telluric Tarot- Hematite quartz and Pomegranate

Tarot equivalent to The Lovers- Love, union, sexuality, cooperation

Something pure, crystal clear and blood red, full of iron and sweet tart seeds

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A PUDDINGSTONE ‘BASKET-WEAVE’ SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Sotheby’s - As far as we know, no other example of a basket-weave design puddingstone is known. Presumably because the natural markings in the stone were so evocative that in most cases no further decoration was felt necessary to augment the material and the form. The pebble-inclusions also play no obvious role in the symbolism of a basket, nor in the appearance of such woven protective coating for oil and other liquid containers, which were vulnerable to damage if unprotected.

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The White Wings Collection, Hong Kong, 1997

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Puddingstone snuff bottle

China 18th to 19th C.

The green matrix of this bottle is very unusual. Puddingstone is the general term for a conglomerate of sedimentary flint pebbles in a matrix of chert - both part of the large quartz family.

Christie’s

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A GREEK MOTTLED RED JASPER SCARABOID WITH PERSEUS CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C. 3 cm long

Christie’s

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Sketch Tuesday - Citrine

Citrine is this week’s gemstone! The aim of these gemstone pieces is to use a brush I’ve rarely used and see how much economy I can get out of it.

I’m torn on keeping this brush. This brush was labeled “dry oil”, which was really meant for highlights and texture flourishes at the end. Using this brush to paint from scratch was a bad idea. The pressure sensitivity on it was so light and paint barely came out of each stroke, which makes sense given its nature. I wound up painting with this brush on 100% opacity and removed all its settings so I could just fill in color.

In the end I had to rely on the default round brush to make up for this brush’s weaknesses. It was a good learning experience though - I might try this brush out as a highlight for other Sketch Tuesdays instead.

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A GREEK MOTTLED YELLOW JASPER SCARABOID WITH A GRASSHOPPER ATTRIBUTED TO DEXAMENOS OR A CLOSE FOLLOWER, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C. 2.1 cm. long

Christie’s

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