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the chronicle of a perhaps overly cerebral jeweler trying to get my brain to buckle down, shape up, stop wandering, and start helping my hands wrestle some jewelry out of the ideas and stuff that the universe throws my way.
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Tether · 5M ago

Why make objects: Proust

Untitled, originally uploaded by kaitschott. I feel that there is much to be said for the Celtic belief that the souls of those whom we have lost are held captive in some inferior being, in an animal, in a plant, in some inanimate object, and so effectively lost to us until the day (which to [...]
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Tether · 5M ago

Stuff in my head

1. thinking, 2. garden earrings, 3. Eko-Lab at (Re)Fashion fiber Exhibition, 4. [Dalen, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway] (LOC), 5. Restoration project II, 6. footstool, 7. ivory,bone,steel,stainless,silver,wood & leather, 8. kristen-mcmenamy10, 9. Industrial Scroll, 10. AllSaints SS2011 rosalina
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Tether · 2Y ago

Look, it’s done!

How to work the toggle clasp, originally uploaded by kaitschott. Filed under: 2010-1, Material Evidence, Projects Tagged: "The Garden of Earthly Delights", basswood, carving, Hieronymous Bosch, jewelry, process, project 2010-1, whittling, wood, woodcarving
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Tether · 2Y ago

done carving, ready to paint

done carving, ready to paint, originally uploaded by kaitschott. That faint music in the background? Unintentional, but I think we were listening to this or this. Filed under: 2010-1, Material Evidence, Projects Tagged: "The Garden of Earthly Delights", basswood, carving, Hieronymous Bosch, jewelry,
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Tether · 2Y ago

working on the cowlick

working on the cowlick, originally uploaded by kaitschott. One of the things that I didn’t anticipate before working with wood for the first time is how crucial the direction of the wood grain is to the form that one is trying to carve out. It is not that the direction of grain makes certain things
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Tether · 2Y ago

Playing catch up

So the piece for Replanting the Garden is done!  Carved, painted, packed, and shipped to the gallery.  The last month was very much a case of don’t-have-time-to-post-must-carve-every-free-minute-with-only-the-briefest-pause-to-take-some-photos-along-the-way. Whew!  But I did take photos along the wa
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Tether · 2Y ago

refining

refining a leaf/petal, originally uploaded by kaitschott. I have been documenting the piece at various stages of progress. However, I have been too busy to post them, as I have been spending almost every free moment doing this. I will post the step-by-steps and some thoughts on things I’ve learned a
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Tether · 2Y ago

refining a leaf/petal

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } refining a leaf/petal, originally uploaded by kaitschott. refining a leaf/petal I have been documenting the piece at var
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Tether · 2Y ago

starting up

More at Flickr. Filed under: 2010-1, Material Evidence, Projects Tagged: "The Garden of Earthly Delights", basswood, carving, Hieronymous Bosch, jewelry, process, project 2010-1, whittling, wood, woodcarving
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Tether · 2Y ago

La deluge

flooded island, originally uploaded by kaitschott. As I whittle away, the Mississippi River flooded for the first time in the nine years since we moved here.  I’ve heard that it floods about every seven years, so it is a bit overdue.  It crested about a week ago and is on its way back down again.  [
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