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[BobForPresident]

Oh, it just occurred to me that Cox's real destiny is to play McCoy anyway...after Braveheart, that's how it should be, dammit.

McCoy:(Scottish Dialect creeping in) First, learn to use... (taps young Harry's head)...this. 
Then, I'll teach you to use...(holds up an oak staff) this.

[MouseWynne]

Resurrecting this thread - Cause a few people have expressed an interest in
my jewelry and photos.

http://photobucket.com/doughertymw

Critques are welcome

[Blaze]

Nice work, how long do the fetish dolls take for you to make?
 
Have you ever crocheted the seed beads?  You can get the most amazing ropes that way!  Thanks for resurrecting this thread.  Seems like the board spends too much time on TouchyTopics, and not enough admiring the skill of people who create beauty.

[Chianacat]

^agrees with Blaze.  Awesome work Mouse!  I can't wait to see more and to get some pic of my jewelry up!

Let's see more pictures from everyone of their awesome skills!

[MouseWynne]

Blaze,Chiana- Thank you both very much.

Blaze - the dolls take 50-60 hours each depending on how many interruptions I get.  I have pictures of some
others that I need to post.

I've been meaning to tell you the I love your calligraphy and illuminations they are purely gorgeous.

Chiana - Hurry and put your work up! I wanna see it!

As I avoid the TT thread like the plague I heartily agree with the thought that we shoudl spend more time admiring each
others creativity.

 

[Persephone]

M... I love your pictures of the beach!

And as far as this thread goes I'm hoping to post more pictures here soon. I just got a new camera. *still over the moon about it* So I would love to get feedback.
And yeah, I'd love to hear actual criticism if there's anything I need to improve upon!

[Blaze]

Here is one of my biggest ever beading projects! 

http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Nordenhal/AandS-pages/pillow.html

[MouseWynne]

Blaze - That is beautiful work!  Do you happen to remember what size beads
you used?

Also - I got photos of the rest of the dolls up Saturday if you want to see them.

Persephone - Thanks - I'm pretty happy with those beach photos myself, trying to catch
the waves at exactly the right moment is a lot of fun.

[Blaze]

gorgeous gorgeous work, both of you!

The beads were seed beads and bugles, the seed beads were 11s and 12s.

This is what I meant by a crocheted bead rope:


Those are also seed beads, and the rope is wonderful!  Smooth, and almost like a snake skin in texture,

[MouseWynne]

Blaize - First thanks again.

Second - that's a lovely piece of work.  I've seen and handled crocheted
bead ropes - in fact I have 2 that are about 60 years old.  But, I don't
crochet so I've never made one.  I keep thinking that I ought to learn. 

[Blaze]

Yes, you should learn, because they are a relatively easy thing to make, and you would use them all the time in your work! 

*hugs*

[shadrad]

I'm not entirely lame after all, I managed to find the thread!

Anyway, my name is Shadra, I'm new here, I draw things. I was pointed o'er this way from Introductions and figured I ought to get some opinions on some current work.

If you want to see older stuff I haven't updated in a while, I'm afraid to admit that they're all fully visibly online at http://shadrad.deviantart.com/.

Due to the unfortunate nature of my work-surfing environment I can't upload my images like a decent web-savvy person to a given FTP site, and apparently I can't upload them here either, so I guess you're stuck seeing my old stuff boo. I'll try to upload something from home tonight, though, if I can remember.

[The Mrs Geek]

Nice stuff Shadrad!

[shadrad]

Thanks!

And now that I'm home, I can actually share what I wanted to share, which was this:



You can follow a direct link here: http://pics.livejournal.com/shadrad/pic/0012qdkk for a bigger size, as this forum automatically shrinks them (thank goodness)

Anyway, It probably looks funny and a little too murky/dark because it's only half done, but what I'd actually really like from the folks here (since one assumes a majority are the fantasy-inclined) are some ideas of what kinds of patterns to put on the domes of the jellyfish. I'd really like something that looks distinctly abnormal, but I've yet to find anything that really calls to me.

It's been suggested I try some celtic knotwork but I don't think I'm quite -that- insane, but without other ideas I may be left no choice. Still, can anyone suggest anything?

[Blaze]

Calligraphy?  You can use calligraphy to make statements on the domes of your excellent jelly fish.