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Lucky Peach

(Angelinabeadalina)

Lucky Peach takes its inspiration from Chinese symbols of longevity. Shou Lao, the Chinese god who serves as president of the heavenly administration, determines each person's lifespan. In honor of his hold on longevity, he is worshipped as part of birthday celebrations. You'll see him depicted as smiling and holding a peach, accompanied by a long-lived crane or tortoise. The Chinese symbols for longevity include the Shou, as well as a few more. When the Shou symbol is carved onto a peach, it represents a long marriage. I chose to combine the peach with one of those other longevity symbols to make my Lucky Peach. . . I think any way you look at it, longevity and a sweet peach have to be lucky :)

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Live Long, Live Well, Mystical Woman with Stories to Tell

(Angelinabeadalina)

Live long. That's the Chinese symbol for longevity on her back. Live well. That's the attitude she carries with her wherever she goes. She knows life is precious, knows what she values, knows how she wishes to spend her time and energy. She is past the point of needing to do what is expected of her, past the point of needing your approval, past the point of not being able to admit when she's made a mistake. She lives wholeheartedly, lives for the moment, lives for the journey. She may be you, she may be me, or she may be who we want to be. . .but what she is, that's longevity at its best, and it is not merely a matter of living many years. It is a matter of living those years well, living them with many stories to tell.

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Flora's Passion for Spring

(Angelinabeadalina)

Can you feel it yet? The pulsing of life as the earth gets ready for spring? Flora is gathering her energy, preparing her kind to burst forth with buds and blooms. This Flora waits to hold your tiny treasures from outdoors, one of the first blooms or a bit of broken branch with buds.

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Dagger of Amphitrite Rescued from the Sea of My Imagination

(Angelinabeadalina)

Poseidon pursued Amphitrite. Sea goddess that she was, she still denied Poseidon until a dolphin interceded for him. Amphitrite decided to marry the rumbling God of the Sea, and she bore him a son, Triton. Poseidon, Triton, powerful gods of the ocean. . .who hasn't heard of them? But Amphitrite, who was Queen of the Ocean, do you remember her? Me, either, until now. In my imagination, she is a lovely mermaid who ages gracefully over the centuries. In my imagination, she long ago tired of the duties of royalty, instead preferring to spend her days roaming the floor of the ocean, conversing with the undersea creatures and happily looking for sunken treasure. In my imagination, she carries in her armband this mermaid dagger for prising open sunken jewel boxes and safes from the Titanic. In my imagination, she happily holds up the treasures she finds, sighing and then contently laying them upon the shelf of a reef where the sunlight reaching into the depths will on occasion make them sparkle.

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Offerings

(Angelinabeadalina)

Crow caws loudly from one of those winter-bare trees, wondering what I'm doing looking his way... I am merely scanning the horizon, enjoying the feel of warmth and blooms to come, enjoying the offerings of sunlight and and sound.
While the kiddos gave the feline queen of the deck her due admiration, I was drilling a hole in a small piece of slate to make a display stand for this dark ivory glass sculpture, Offerings. Finished with that task, I carried the sculpture outdoors to take a picture or two.

I'm not sure that my picture taking session met with approval from the noisy, nosy couple of crows who've been roosting in the line of trees that follows the railroad tracks. I could hear them chattering and cawing every time I moved to a different spot to try to take the pictures. Hmm, they make me think of the nosy little old ladies who used to listen to our conversations on the telephone party line years ago. Every once in a while, one of them would forget that it wasn't her conversation and jump in with her opinion on the matter of discussion :)

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Arctic Fox

(KoiCreekBeadworks)

It was -13 degress this morning -- good weather to stay inside and make beads! I feel just like these Arctic Fox beads -- curl up in a ball and wait until spring!

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Sea Otter and Star Fish Hollow Fish Float

(KoiCreekBeadworks)

One of my goals this summer is to find a fish float on the beach in Homer (actually, it's my goal every year and so far I haven't found one). Maybe this year will be my lucky summer!

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Raven Moon

(KoiCreekBeadworks)

Ravens and full moons are a winter staple here in Alaska. This is a 2" lentil bead, and the detail is hard to reveal in a photo since it is a curved shape!

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Blessings of Mother Nature

(Angelinabeadalina)

Already the blessings of spring begin.
Sun rises a bit higher in the midday sky.
Buds begin to form at the tips of maple branches.

Tiny miracles, each one.
Remind me that Mother Nature has not left us alone.

Blessin... being scattered across my backyard.

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BirdWoman the ShapeShifter 3/15/08

(Angelinabeadalina)

Some say shamanistic cultures have been with us since humankind could communicate with one another. I'm just beginning to read The Quest for the Shaman by Miranda and Stephen Aldhouse-Green. Whether or not you like the word "shaman," the concept of someone who intercedes with the spirit world and uses this to heal others is a fascinating one. In some cultures, these chosen ones shift from human to another form of being, often to that of the spirit that will guide them in the astral world.

BirdWoman the ShapeShifter comes from all the things I've read about different cultures, from Egyptian to Tibetan to South Americans. She could be called a composite, but for me, she is simply who she is. . . a woman who can commune with the birds, learning from owl's wisdom, sharing longevity secrets with the cranes, singing with the songbirds.

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Black Ice - Wire Tree Sculpture

(SalVillano)

Black Ice - Wire Tree Sculpture
9" X 7" X 7"Made of 26 Gauge Black Steel Wire.
Clear glass fringe beads are woven into
the branches and twigs. Mounted on
a round clear glass base using jewelers
bond mixed with small glass bits and pieces.
# B 111 $220

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Nosy Cat Not 4 Sale

(Angelinabeadalina)

This is Abundant Flora Spirit Peeking from the Leaves, but I just had to include this picture as the main one when I listed it on Etsy. This cat of ours lets my daughter haul her around like a floppy baby doll, but does she let me snuggle her? No, not unless I'm trying to do something else. Then, the cat urgently needs my attention. I couldn't snap the picture of her when she had her nose up to the sculpture because she was wound so snugly between me, the glass, and the camera strap. As soon as I untangled myself, I took the pic :)

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The Wayward Spirit of the Rock

(Angelinabeadalina)

Wayward Spirit of the Rock

We found her fossil rock, Mother and I, one late winter afternoon. On the verge of spring, we were looking at one of Mother's bigger flower gardens, talking about where she might put the dahlias this year, bending down occasionally to sift through the pebbles and rocks covering the pathways. Eventually, of course, the treasure hunt for pretty and unusual rocks among the pebbles takes over the conversation.

... I return home, I find myself thinking about the spirit in this fossil, wondering what he or she looks like if you're allowed to catch a glimpse. It's fascinating, this idea that every rock, every plant, all of it, they have their own elemental spirit within. An elemental akin to the faeries and pixies but not quite the same. . . and here is the sweet and delicate but wayward spirit who came out of the flame when I thought of this rock. Yes, she is wayward. No, the photo is not askew. I kept moving her while the epoxy that fastens her to the fossil dried. I would stand her up straight, she would lean. I would prop her up, once wedged between the kitchen wall and the handle of the coffee pot. . .she would lean.

Finally, I got her message. All is not as you think it should be. All is the way it should be. I was trying to set her in a stone, but what I was really doing was trying to follow what's set in stone-- keep the figure standing straight or laying down, but not leaning awkwardly. Ha! There is nothing awkward about her! She is standing as she wishes, a spirit hovering near her rock, a spirit flowing and moving with the waves of nature and time.

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Mystical Island - Wire Tree Sculpture

(SalVillano)

Mystical Island - Wire Tree Sculpture.
18"H x 14"W x 13"D. Created in 24 & 26 bright coated copper wire. Hundreds of clear glass fringe beads are woven into the branches and twigs. When displayed in bright light or direct sun, the clear beads reflect and refract the light producing a magical kaleidoscope of color. The roots of this tree sculpture are interwoven and bonded with sea sand and pebbles then mounted on an island of dark gray slate. The slate is bonded to a 1/4" piece of beveled edge plate glass sea sand mixture is painted in several coats of yellow, green and white India ink. The color and texture of the surface of the mound gives the feel and appearance of moss covered earth. All the colors used are "light fast" and will not fade.
# 28-07 $1,575

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Lady #8 a break through!

(SheilaMorley)

I call this a break through because SHE came out really really to my liking. The colors do not bleed into eachother. looks like paint, but nope! ALL WELDED glass.
Very exciting to a figure sculptor!
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