A Light Heart
UmberDove
Hazel-Rah - A Necklace for a Light Heart
(Sterling Silver and Turquoise)
I have made no bones about my Leporidae obsession. Rabbits, rabbits, everywhere and always. I think it began the Christmas I woke to find a Velveteen Rabbit in my stocking, the way I knew every breath of that story by heart, the way I tried to sneak up on my most beloved stuffed creatures, willing them to have become "Real" when I wasn't looking. It continued on with Watership Down, which I've read and reread so many times the characters feel like old friends; battle scared, wise and wily, intuitively survival oriented old friends.
A few days ago I sat down in the studio and let my hands intuit the spry light that was beaming from my sternum. Unlike the vast majority of my work, this piece came together completely spontaneously, without a single sketch or pre-drawing (I love to draw and draw and draw out endless thoughts). I confess to never taking a single measurement, to boldly sawing silver without a template, curving, hammering, texturing when and were it felt right. It was wholly organic and when I finally rocked back and held up the final piece I proclaimed it perfect. There is so much lightness in this necklace it nearly levitates off the sternum!
I love it.
Truly.
(if you'd like to know more, she's in the shop now)
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In other news, this week I've squeezed some ham-like baby toes, swilled chardonay from paper cups on a beach boardwalk (gotta hide it from the po-po), and shrieked for joy at the first tiny green balls on the tomato plants. All in all, it's been a pretty grand week. How has yours been?
Happy Day my light hearts!
~ Umber ~