I'm the cephalopod loving redhead behind Ginga Squid art jewelry. I love sourcing interesting and rare natural gemstones and fossils for my work & love color - bring it on! I also like to use fair trade materials in my pieces & experiment with new things.
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Another sad one - with vintage 1940s 'blinking' dolls eye.
This time I made it darker by antiquing the sterling silver 'tears' with liver of sulphur.
Also with copper, purple merino wool, natural raw diamonds, Faux bone & UV resin with purple...
Just finished this one - she is crying natural, freshwater pearls!
With Faux bone & merino wool, copper, 1940s blinking dolls eye, sterling silver, UV resin.
Yay - I soldered the lights back onto the battery pack and must have got my +s & -s round the right way as my yarn lights up! I plied some more of the same colour wool with glow in the dark thread to give me something easier to knit with.
So far...
I haven't been pracitising my spinning for a while now as I've been up to my armpits in felted soaps as they are going down well as Xmas gifts.
And then the day after Halloween we put up our Xmas tree (for the kiddies of course) & it got me wondering...
Fun & quirky (if a little creepy!) - & managed to get some merino wool into this one so I'm happy.
It features a vintage 1940s 'blinking' dolls eye. The eyelid 'winks' when moved from horizontal to vertical (just as in a doll). I'm getting low on my...
