Playing in salt water

Playing with etching metal in salt water.  

These little disks are samples for a class I will be teaching at Benicia Beads in the fall.
It will be a fun class.

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Shibui

Crafted

I just watched this short film about people who make things by hand and why they do it.

Nice, quiet, thoughtful. Why we sit and stitch one seed bead on at a time or saw out a piece of metal by hand or ... Reflective.

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Shibui

Wire wrapping boho beach pendants

From found stones and shells.  

Just listed a few little summer pieces on my website and on my Etsy place, ShibuiDaughters.

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Shibui

Agave and babies

Last year in May, husband and I found a bunch of agave and aloe plants at the green waste.  Someone had cut them out of their yard.  We rescued them. Here is what they looked like when they came home with us.

Poor little guys! Well they were quite large guys. We put them in buckets of water for a few months.  Grew some mosquitos in the process. Fast forward, they all made it and this is what they look like today. Some are three feet wide.

And they are starting to have babies!

They look great!  Now when I go to the green waste, I make sure to look around for any more plants that need saving!

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Shibui