hoppy spring

March 20, 2017jillian rose

awakening rainbows

blooming stars!

my first little batch of hand-carved wax returned from the caster today, magically transformed into silver! my mother made this patchwork quilt and gave it to me for my birthday last month -- love, unity, diversity. such beautiful colors coming together.

"it's a beautiful time to be alive"

"is it?"

and I suppose it is.

this past weekend was 72* in the mountains. the birds are starting to sing again, and their music is all just so pleasing. Sol took the happiest dust bath of his life yesterday and today I felt the earth with bare feet for the first time this year. there are bunnies in the bushes and tassel-earred squirrels in the trees. a frog of some sort comes out in the evening, along with a resident owl who sounds like a dove!

enjoying the light, hope you are too xo

jillian

categories bloomsandshrooms
tags lost wax casting

magical little leaves

December 28, 2016jillian rose

magical little leaves ☾

>>the process<<

I once met a farmer/geologist/builder who was looking for permaculture tenants. That part didn't work out, but somewhere between pulling hard at burdock root and learning how to eat stinging nettle, I fell in love with his medicinal cannabis garden. He cut the most beautiful bouquet of leaves for me one day, and we admired one particular 9-leafer against the sunlit cliff. It was especially fine.

From there I drove back up the mountain, a happy camper, ready to experiment more with both clay and subject. The leaves were placed in a vase. I studied them, picked them apart. Deconstructed, I arranged them before me, making molds from my very most favorites...

Each leaf reflects one from this story and is hand-cut from fine silver clay. The pieces are fired at 1500*F, cleaned up, soldered to sterling silver ear posts +/ wires, oxidized with liver of sulfur and given a matte (er, "satin") finish. Truly OOAK and ready for your cosmic adventures!

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