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Rainbow Lion Again

Rainbow Lion got another makeover. I removed all the metal ornaments. On the blanket, I kept the shisha mirrors but replaced the copper spirals and glass beads with fluffly double tassels. He finally feels “right”. He is light, bright, and cuddly now that he’s not weighed down with metal and glass.

ironwing

March 22, 2010

Cats, Needlework

EclectiCelt – Bisbee Radio

Celtic music fans can celebrate the return of EclectiCelt to KBRP Radio Free Bisbee. This two-hour music program is hosted by our friend Jim Mahoney. The show currently runs from 8:00-10:00 (Arizona time) on Monday nights. If you’re on the East coast and don’t want to stay up that late, you can listen to the rebroadcast…

ironwing

March 9, 2010

Nature, Uncategorized

Ironwing Tarot Original Drawings

The Ironwing Tarot is completely sold out and is officially OOP. I have had a few people ask if there are any of the original drawings for sale. This post is in response to those requests. All of the originals for the Majors and Minors have been sold, traded, given away, or recycled, and I…

ironwing

February 12, 2010

Scratchboard

Egg Tempera Paintings for Sale

As the moon wanes, I’m selling the last copies of the Ironwing Tarot Major Arcana (two copies left as of this morning), and putting several egg tempera paintings up for sale on my website HERE. None of them are new (I haven’t done any painting in nearly two years, due to other drawing projects, more…

ironwing

February 11, 2010

Lapidary, Nature, Paintings: mineral pigments in egg tempera

Fabric Cat Mask Pattern

I recently posted about my Feral Black Cat Mask made from cotton fabric. Here’s the white version, for which I shortened the pattern so it covers a bit less of the face. Snowball the Shelter Ghost Mask is made from undyed 60%hemp/40%cotton muslin, a single layer of cotton batting, and a backing of unbleached cotton muslin. This…

ironwing

February 4, 2010

Cats, How-To, Needlework

New Dresses

I made some new clothes to replace several things that wore out last summer. This is a dress pattern that I made in 2002 and have used several times. My cotton dresses last for about five years (sometimes more) of regular wear. They start out as “nice” clothes and are relegated to hiking wear and…

ironwing

January 22, 2010

Needlework

A Cone Bell Amulet

Pendant or amulet, 2 1/4″ long, with two nesting pointed cones. Smaller cone has been given a dimpled bur texture on the inside. Forged from two triangles of 1/8″ mild steel plate, with black steel wire ring. With only two of them (one very small), they are primarily decorative and hardly qualify as bells, but they…

ironwing

January 21, 2010

Iron & Metalwork

Winter Solstice – Iron Torc

My Winter Solstice experiment – a torc made from 14 gauge annealed black steel wire. I like the forged iron torcs better, but they take a lot of time to make and are quite rigid, making them unsuitable for sale on my website since the buyer can’t try it on. The wire torc is springy…

ironwing

December 21, 2009

Iron & Metalwork

Jellyfish Bell

I just put four new bells on my website – they have been lying around the shop half-done for months. Finally got them out of the way so I can concentrate on newer projects. Here’s one of them. Jellyfish is forged from a triangle of 1/8″ steel plate, with the corners split, drawn out, rounded,…

ironwing

December 20, 2009

Iron & Metalwork

Black Cat Mask

Feral Black Cat Mask is quilted, embroidered, and embellished with black steel wire ornaments. Buttonhole stitch binds the eyeholes and outside edges. Made from black cotton fabric (front and back), cotton batting, quilting thread, and #8 pearl cotton embroidery thread. Entirely handstitched except for the ties, which are machine stitched. 8.5″ x 6″, excluding ornaments…

ironwing

December 9, 2009

Cats, Needlework