Silmarillion, oh yeah, got the first edition as a b-day present as a child (dating myself here) and got hooked. I love all the high tragedy of the Feanorians, and the Narn I Hin Hurin retelling of Kullervo. Now tell me I'm not the only one so pathetically geeky as to have all twelve volumes of HOME in hardcover? I mean, studying Tengwar, well that's just an offshoot of my calligraphy, but those books are DEEP NERDING OUT.
And nice colors...sodalite, lapis, silver knotwork, I like! You're working on tigertail? Much much faster for sure, I've tried it but prefer the knotting as silk drapes better (and if your necklace should break, you're less likely to lose the beads!). It's not that hard, really, and still really quick going compared to the seed bead work that I learned as a child...you've got a good eye for color and pattern and that's much harder to teach than technique!
(I'm a bit embarassed by the praise, though, as this is in no way whatsoever a showcase of my best work...it's just a record of those few pieces I've kept. I'm a fine example of the cobbler's-children-have-no-shoes syndrome, all of my biggest, most ambitious pieces have been done as gifts and gone unrecorded, and I'm lucky I've managed to hang on to these scraps! I can do better work, honest. Well, at least as so far as beading and embroidery goes -- those crappy sketches are as not-good as I can get for works on paper. Frustrating since I finally have an idea for a second tattoo which I desperately want...but it's non-calligraphic and thus beyond my skill, boo hoo.)
As for the hairstick/charms...not quite identical, as the larger of the glass beads on this have an odd opaque white core -- but the smaller aqua beads are awfully close to the ones you used there.
Weird, weird, weird. Here, let me friend you so poor merimask doesn't have to yell at us for taking over her journal!
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And nice colors...sodalite, lapis, silver knotwork, I like! You're working on tigertail? Much much faster for sure, I've tried it but prefer the knotting as silk drapes better (and if your necklace should break, you're less likely to lose the beads!). It's not that hard, really, and still really quick going compared to the seed bead work that I learned as a child...you've got a good eye for color and pattern and that's much harder to teach than technique!
(I'm a bit embarassed by the praise, though, as this is in no way whatsoever a showcase of my best work...it's just a record of those few pieces I've kept. I'm a fine example of the cobbler's-children-have-no-shoes syndrome, all of my biggest, most ambitious pieces have been done as gifts and gone unrecorded, and I'm lucky I've managed to hang on to these scraps! I can do better work, honest. Well, at least as so far as beading and embroidery goes -- those crappy sketches are as not-good as I can get for works on paper. Frustrating since I finally have an idea for a second tattoo which I desperately want...but it's non-calligraphic and thus beyond my skill, boo hoo.)
As for the hairstick/charms...not quite identical, as the larger of the glass beads on this have an odd opaque white core -- but the smaller aqua beads are awfully close to the ones you used there.
Weird, weird, weird. Here, let me friend you so poor