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I began making limited edition Christmas geisha last year. Here is my collection for 2007. Each one is carrying their special gift and I melted silver foil to create an evening sky full of stars on their kimono. The guiding Star of Bethlehem is represented by a cubic zirconia embedded into the front of each kimono. The brightest star among many.
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Magi traveling far from the East...
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The myrrh magi. Myrrh is an ingredient of perfumes and incense, was highly prized in ancient times, and was often worth more than its weight in gold(wikipedia). I chose to show it as a liquid in an ornamental bottle on this geisha.
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The frankincense geisha. She's holding a small decorative chest that would contain the resin pieces. The Japanese name Rika means valued fragrance.
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The name Kin means "gold" in Japanese. She's carrying her tiny wooden (glass) chest of gold.
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I began Lampwork late May of 2005. Something sparked inside of me when I began melting glass and I just took off from there. My mother showed me how to light the torch, melt the glass and wrap it on the mandrel. Other than that I'm self-taught from books and lots of PPP. Up until June 2008 all my work was created on a HotHead torch. Now I'm using a GTT Lynx and LOVE IT! My work is available on my website, Tracybeads.com and also on Ebay under the id azcowboygirl.
Tracy Jerrell-Akhtar www.TracyBeads.com MI US http://www.TracyBeads.com
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