Saturday, July 9, 2011

Paisley Butterfly Sculpture is featured in a new Etsy Treasury

I'm kind of a blogging fool today, but what the heck. I love this Treasury! I can't help it if I'm stuck in the '60s. Like Abby Hoffman said, "The sixties was such a great decade it stole three years from the seventies!" http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTI2MzM4OHw0MzA5NTQ0MDc/patterns-of-paisley

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I couldn't wait! Sonoran Sunrise.

Sonora Sunrise, which is from the State of Sonora (Mexico), was the hot new rock and the Tucson and Quartzite Gem and rock shows! The green is chrysocolla, the red is cuprite, and the black is tenorite. This material makes some very unusual and beautiful pieces.

I've collected and slabbed a couple of rocks, but so far this is the only cabochon I've finished. I've been too busy with other things to cut this material. Ever gotten too busy? Well, it happened to me, but I couldn't wait to show this cab off. I may even cut some intarsha cabochons when I finally get caught up.

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Green Imperial Jasper

Imperial Jasper from Mexico is the latest entry in my website update.  This jasper forms as nodules and usually has a soft white chalky exterior. The colors shades of pink, red, and green are what makes Imperial Jasper such a beautiful and dramatically versatile stone. The spider web patterns on the Jasper are known as streamers which form when the jasper is fractured, which results either from stress or shrinkage. These fractures are then filled in and sealed with more jasper. An endless variety of patterns can result with subtle shifts in the color of the jasper filling these voids.
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Bloodstone (also called The martyr's gem)

My quest to update my gemstone website continues. This is interesting material to cut; kind of like that Forest Gump thing, you never know what you're going to get. I was hoping for some bright patches of red mixed with green but got a kind of specked red and yellow-orange, still very pretty.

Bloodstone is a green jasper dotted with bright red spots of iron oxide; an attractive chalcedony quartz is also known as heliotrope because in ancient times polished stones were described as reflecting the sun. Medieval Christians often used bloodstone to carve scenes of the crucifixion and martyrs, for which reason it was also dubbed the martyr's stone. According to the legend about the origin of bloodstone, it was first formed when drops of Christ's blood fell and stained some jasper at the foot of the cross. Even today, finely pulverised bloodstone is used as a medicine and aphrodisiac in India. Perhaps that explains why it is now rather difficult to find fine specimens of bloodstone on the market. In ancient times, bloodstone was thought to be able to stop hemorrhages with the merest touch. Some believe Bloodstone relieves stomach and bowel pain, and strengthens blood purifying organs and improves blood circulation. Bloodstone has a positive influence on a bladder. Bloodstone is also believed to be a very magical stone. Bloodstone is found in Australia, Brazil, China, India, Kathiawar Peninsula and the USA (Wyoming).
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Monday, July 4, 2011

How Lucky Could I Get?!!! Faery Lucky Indeed!

When I won first place in Deborah Robinson's "Name the Red Dress" competition I was very pleased. Anyone who knows me knows how I love to win. I received my prize a few days ago. When I opened the package I was delighted to find a Wee Faery! I have a feeling this doll is lucky, so she'll find a place of honor in my studio. Thank you so much Debbie. You can see Deborah's creations at: http://www.etsy.com/people/dibbledabble1dolls
Or on her web site at: http://www.freewebs.com/dibbledabble1dolls
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Deborah's sculptures have been featured in "The Evening Tribune", "Dolls United", and "Goddess Dolls Yahoo Group". Her sculptures been displayed at "Dimensions in Doll Making" in San Diego, "AFIC" in Columbus, Ohio, "Teddy Bear and Doll Expo" in Washington, DC, "Ontario County ATA Art Gallery", and most recently at the "Rocky Mountain Sew Expo/Denver Doll Artisans Art Nouveau Challenge" where her sculpture won a Blue Ribbon and Best Story Category.