Monday, January 26, 2009
Undersea Voyagers Treasury
What a wonderful surprise! I was wandering through the Etsy treasuries and found a gold star, which meant I had been included in a treasury! My little starfish ceramic pendant was included among the other fabulous Etsy treasures.
This beautiful treasury curated by CagedBirdSings, is full of wonderful things of interest to those of us that love the ocean. Please take a few minutes to visit CagedBirdSings Etsy shop to see her gorgeous stained glass windchimes.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sacred Celtic Salmon Ceramic Pendant
Made with love on Grizzly Mountain!
I created the "Sacred Salmon" from earthenware clay. It has been glazed with an earthy rust colored glaze. This pendant hangs from an 18" ball and chain necklace. If you would like to view more photos of this piece, please visit my online store at 1000markets.com.
**The Sacred Salmon**
To the Celts, the fish symbolized knowledge, wisdom, the gift of prophecy and inspiration.
The Salmon of Wisdom were keepers of all knowledge. Mythology tells us that this knowledge was attained by eating the nuts of the sacred hazel tree.
Good Dirt Jewelry can now be found on Twitter! I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do with it, but I have it! :)
http://www.twitter.com/gooddirtjewelry
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Celtic Prosperity Ogham Ceramic Pendant
All of my Celtic Ogham pendants are individually hand carved by me. There are about as many variations of interpretations of the Ogham symbols as there are interpreters. I hope you enjoy mine!
This "Prosperity" Ogham has been glazed to give it an aged look. Each piece comes out of the kiln with it's own unique color! The Ogham writing on this 3 1/4" long pendant has been glazed with a dark blue glaze, and the pendant hangs from a faux suede cord that can be tied to accommodate many necklines. This material is also great because it doesn't shed all over your clothes like suede can. The pendant is accented with an old Tibetan yak bone bead that has been inlayed with chips of turquoise and coral.
You can find more Celtic ogham and Norse rune jewelry in my 1000markets or Etsy shop!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Old Irish Blessing Stone Ceramic Pendant
This unique 1 1/2" diameter pendant has been made to look like the Buckquoy spindle whorl, which was excavated in Buckquoy, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland in 1970. The old Irish Ogham inscription is believed to date back to the 8th century. My pendant was created with earthenware clay and has been glazed with an earthy iron ore colored glaze. No two pieces ever come out of the kiln the same!
The cord is a wonderful faux suede material that doesn't shed all over your clothes like real suede can. It can be tied to accommodate any neckline.
More photos of this piece and other Celtic and Norse ceramic pendants can be found in my Good Dirt Jewelry 1000markets shop and in my Etsy shop.
According to Wikipedia, the inscription was once used as positive proof that the Pictish language was not Indo-European, being variously read as
E(s/n)DDACTA(n/lv)IM(v/lb)
(e/)(s/n/)DDACTANIMV
(e/)TMIQAVSALL(e/q)
however, in 1995 historian Katherine Forsyth reading
ENDDACTANIM(f/lb)
claimed that it was a standard Old Irish ogham benedictory message, Benddact anim L. meaning "a blessing on the soul of L.". The stone from which the whorl was made, and on which the inscription was written, is native to Orkney.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Spiral Hand Ceramic and Turquoise Necklace
I created this Spiral Hand pendant from earthenware clay. It has been glazed with a chili pepper red glaze. No two pieces ever come out of the kiln the same! The bead work consists of two old Tibetan yak bone beads that have been inlayed with turquoise and coral, mahogany obsidian, ostrich shell, carved bone beads, and turquoise. The clasp is copper and the overall length of this piece is 17". This piece can be found in my 1000markets.com shop.
The spiral is an ancient symbol reflecting the universal pattern of growth and evolution. The spiral pattern appears again and again in the natural world from the milky way galaxy to snail shells. The living spiral does not begin or end, it is an ongoing process of innocence, discovery, community, and the essence that connects all things
Friday, January 16, 2009
Grizzly Mountain Arts Now on 1000Markets.com!
I have finally convinced Dave to open a shop on 1000markets.com! I have had one there for a while now for my ceramic jewelry, but knew Dave's coiled pine needle baskets would be perfect for the site.
While I love making the coiled baskets, my hands won't cooperate these days and boy, has Dave ever taken up the slack! He has put our large stash of Ponderosa pine needles to good use, creating some outstanding pieces.
Dave's baskets incorporate some of my ceramic centerpieces, pyrography on wood and fossil ivory with scrimshaw.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
A Favorite Mistake!
This piece is one of my favorite mistakes! I used a combination of underglazes and overglazes that came out of the kiln looking like a piece of raku pottery. I wish I had written down the combination so I could recreate this effect! The earthy green color reflects the rosemary from my garden that I used to impress the design into the clay.
This piece can be found in my 1000markets.com shop!
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