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spandexfan88 · 4 months
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dumblr · 6 months
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yza · 21 days
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some shiny and miscallaneous things from my collection
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katarinanavane · 2 years
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Two new curio collection charm necklaces with winged eye centerpieces (real prosthetic eyes and 17 year cicada wings). Just added to my Etsy 8/18/22 (link in bio) if you want one!
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borninwinter81 · 1 month
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Collage box collection
After discovering that I had a reasonably big stash of interesting flyers, greetings cards, guidebooks and other bits of ephemera, and seeing this tutorial, I was really inspired to use it all for something.
This was helped by the fact that recently I've found a lot of really nice wooden boxes in charity shops for very cheap - all the ones pictured here were £2. Either I've been extremely lucky, or these things turn up very often and I just haven't been looking for them.
I've posted about some of these previously (here and here), but they were only half done and these pictures are better! Plus there is one new one.
First was this wooden chocolate box. Before...
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And after!
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You can tell this is my first one as I oversatured the paper with Mod Podge, leading to it bubbling and creasing, but for a first attempt I don't think it's bad at all.
All the pictures I used were taken from an exhibition guide for an event I went to called "Exploring the Gothic" which contained a lot of beautiful pictures. The floral parts were from a pad of scrapbooking paper, which I also used to make the individual compartments (they are origami boxes, see a tutorial for how to make them here) and I then filled them with pieces from my collection of beads, charms, and broken jewellery.
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I also had a guide to a William Blake exhibition I'd been to, and since there was an entire plate from "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" I had to make it into a miniature wall plaque.
I did this one at the same time as the first, and again you can kind of see that I oversatured the paper which caused it to tear slightly, however thankfully it wasn't in an area where there was any writing.
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(BTW, if anyone is interested in the meaning of this section, Blake is describing his creative process, albeit in a fantastical way. This blog post gives a good analysis)
The next one was a beautiful little cabinet with a broken handle.
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And here is what I did with it. I kept the collaging to a minimum, only on the inside, though I might add something to the outside in the future. The replacement "handles" are a pair of my earrings!
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I used some more of the gothic exhibition guide and scrapbook paper, and also a flyer for a ballet version of Dracula. I need to find some more interesting things to fill it as it currently only contains my resin crow's skull and a miniature book of Tennyson poems. Also my Cthulhu candle gets to sit on top and be worshipped by the skeleton on the right door.
I did much better with the collaging process on this one. I was a lot more patient, used less Mod Podge for each layer and allowed them to dry fully in between, resulting in no tears, bubbles or creasing.
The final and most recent is this plain box. I noticed it originally came from somewhere called "Palmyra Hardware" which instantly made me think of the Palmyra Wolves (I'm a fan of MrBallen and saw him tell the story on his YouTube channel) which gives a pleasantly creepy angle to this one before I even did anything to it!
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After collaging
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The central image on the outside is another William Blake painting, an illustration to Dante's Inferno, which includes the famous quote "Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here". The writing saying "The way, the truth, the life" came from a religious leaflet that a friend of mine was forcibly given, and which he ripped to shreds, but I saved this part because for some reason I liked it.
Inside we've got a very famous Blake painting called "The Ancient of Days", the praying skeleton again as this image was reproduced several times in that guidebook, and a block printed demon from a handmade birthday card that a friend gave me several years ago. I'm very pleased to have finally been able to use him for something!
I've enjoyed making all of these immensely and no doubt I will do more in the future as I collect more papers and find more nice boxes 😊
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ruzhuzhu · 11 months
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The less time is left before my math exam, the more insane i get
Not to go nuts in the process i went completely mad beforehand so i drew this,,,,,,, i'll regret posting it but not now, so feast your eyes upon the blursed product of my mind
mushroom man
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xiaq · 8 months
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Ok the lighting is terrible because the sun has set but. Ahhh!! @shaych03 sent me a pre-matrimony care package and it is full of shiny things and my Corvid brain is delighted. The hair clip will definitely be part of my elopement travel day fit and the pearl bracelet will part of my accoutrements the day of. Internet friends are the best. I’ll also have my bff pin from @plagues-and-pansies pinned somewhere secret on my dress. 🥹♥️
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akaanir-of-starfleet · 5 months
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Opalized fossils in matrix
7 cm
Queensland, Australia
Source
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themaskofthephantom · 9 months
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The bedside table of a crow. …Caw!
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photozoi · 10 months
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False Julii corydoras...
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... and a Guppy.
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trinalwilliams · 19 days
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Treasure
One day it all
Came to me
You didn’t belong
To me
Lost in the ocean
Lost at sea
Figuring out what
We were supposed to be
Buried in my soul
Like a sunken treasure chest
When I found it
I looked inside
It was you
So shiny and bright
A potion, a notion
I let go of the fight
You came to me
From the bottom of the sea
Tlw
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stormyblankets · 1 year
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I share my treasures
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eclecticcollectics · 7 months
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🌶️ Peppers & Pottery 🫖✨
Crafted this darling pair of charm earrings recently~ they were such a hit, these have found a home already & we’ve already been requested to make another set! These feature gold-rimmed, ceramic pots with flower designs, faceted Azurite & Golden Tiger’s Eye beads, along with glass lamp-work beads shaped like little Chili & Bell peppers, on stainless steel with gold-plated chain accents~
I’ve always loved miniatures & charms since I was little. Getting to combine two of my favorite things with my passion & creativity is so much fun ❤️‍🔥🙏
I’ve been making “Trinkets & Oddities” charm necklaces, and have now made a couple bracelets & pairs of earrings. What fun charm accessories would you like to see next? 👁️
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stinkman007 · 11 months
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I LOVE PICKING UP SHINY STUFF UP OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
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archaeologysucks · 2 years
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This week I am working at a location that used to be a stained glass workshop.
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