Icky

I must introduce you to our dear child...Icky. He is very sweet, although a bit clumsy. He waddles about the cottages and has a little spot where he can keep an eye (well...eye socket) on me. We hope to have more children in the future, as Icky would love someone to play with. For now...he is our baby.

Autumnal Musings

Greetings Shadow Children...

I am feeling positively giddy. It is a beautiful cool Fall morning. Dawn is creeping up over the horizon. My energy explodes during this time of year. I wilt and fade in Summer and dream of the season's turn to the darker side. I love the scent of dying leaves and the dry dust of the earth. I wait all year for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos to arrive.

Crosses and Oddities

I've made several new crosses lately and some shadowbox oddities...all scheduled to be available at the Conjecture Convention, October 18, 19, 20 at the Town and Country hotel in San Diego. Whatever doesn't sell there, will be going into the Gaslight Gathering Steampunk Convention next May. I love making these items. It gives me great joy to create oddly beautiful things.

Order of the Winged Scarab

I am fascinated by Secret Societies...those dark and shadowy schools of mystery. I am creating objects for a local science fiction and fantasy convention - Conjecture - and some of the items will be things that relate to these Societies. This cross - Order of the Winged Scarab - is my creation of a Society that might have existed in the 1800's. I like embellishing with Egyptian motifs as well as stars and keys...all relative symbolism to the time period.

Thoughts of the Night

The hour grows late and the shadows are dark within the corners of the room. The velvet curtains hold back the heaviness of the day that has passed. We are in the world of the Night Spirits now. They hold us close as we drift across the thin membranes that separate this reality from the next.