Season of the Witch

Sarah Lynne Bowman modeling Gothic-style
headdress and jewelry

It's great being back in Austin, for a whole multitude of reasons, but jewelry-wise, it's great being back among a network of friends who will model for me! This latest shoot features Sarah Lynne Bowman, whom I met years ago through other friends, and who's a LARP afficionado and fond of corsets, costumes, and fantasy. She was all too happy to don various outfits of a "witchy" sort, and showcase several of my headdresses and Gothic-style jewelry.


I posted an album of our shoot on Facebook; hopefully this link will work even for non-FBers:

Season of the Witch

Enjoy!

Winter Queen

This past Saturday, my Mom and I got together for a little photo shoot. Like I said in my last blog, I've been making lots of fantasy-style headdresses lately. By "lots" I mean about eleven, so far, because they take forever! Somehow, marathon bouts of "Castle" on TNT seem to help. ;)

Anyway, I think the shoot went really well. We did about three different "looks" for my Mom, all as some variation on a "Winter Queen" (that's much preferable to the "crone goddess" theme I initially mentioned to her!) I had two different white/wintry headdresses, and we practiced makeup effects and face painting.

Hopefully this link works; it's to the Facebook album I put together, so you can see more of the shots: Winter Queen Album

I hope to do more photo shoots. I have this ambitious idea of putting together a whole calendar's worth of fantasy/goddess photos, then doing a big show at the end of the year. Perhaps that will all be easier once we move back to Austin, in the next couple months. In the meantime, hopefully I can set up one or two more sessions with models here in Fort Collins. Fingers crossed!

Fantasy Headdresses

I've been on a kick lately of making fantasy-style headdresses. Partly because I just like that sort of thing, and partly because I'm hoping to appeal to a specific crowd: LARPers, Ren-Faire aficionados, cosplayers, and, well, anyone else who likes to dress up!

Like most jewelry-making, it's both fun and tedious. How can something be both, you might wonder?

Well, the tedious part is easy: wire-wrapping all those beads, tweaking everything so it lays just so, and, um, did I mention wire-wrapping all those beads? I tend to watch a lot of TV when I do it, and I can remember what shows I was watching whenever I look at a piece later--little flashes of "Castle" or "Sex and the City" or some cheezy Lifetime flick, as they're ideal since you don't have to pay much attention to the plot.

The "fun" part comes in when the piece is done. Then you have something pretty to admire, to try on, and ultimately, hopefully, to sell! I like to imagine that my pieces will all find good homes someday--that they'll end up with someone who likes to admire them as much as I do.

Anyway, that's what I've been working on lately! Eight so far, with hopefully more to come!