[Jewelry making - Article 00721] - Re: [Orchid] Initial impulses for self adornment

[Roseann Hanson]

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    Dear Sydney, I love your post! Great brain starter here at dawn in
    the Sonoran Desert where it's spring and extreme allergy season. So
    with my kleenex in hand, a few thoughts. . . 

    Adornment for all animals is and always will be about . . . that
    three-letter-word ( s e x ), or, rather, about attracting a mate or
    potential mate. It's tempting to say it's a human thing but of
    course it's not. Fabulous feathers, amazing fur ruffs, incredible
    colors. And animals besides humans make adornment - there's a crab
    that scours the seabed for beautiful bits of detritus and plants and
    carefully creates its own special adornment (called, of course, the
    Decorator Crab). How far off from that little crab are we when we
    pick that special pearl necklace and sexy drop earrings, or guys,
    the Rolex or diamond cufflinks? 

    And then with humans adornment has also and is also about spiritual
    beliefs (let's not restart the mean threads about crystals; while I
    don't adhere to that belief, I do come from a Catholic family so I
    know all about objects that invoke spirtuality - rosaries
    especially, which in my opionion is the same spirit, if you will, of
    a crystal necklace). We like to wear things that remind us of
    something larger than ourselves, or of a special ancestor or friend
    or place. I just finished a piece made from Biggs jasper (from
    Galarneau's -- Gerry, I have to send a pic!) that so reminded me of
    Fangorn Forest (yes, I'm a Tolkein nerd) that I made a tableau of
    Fangorn....now I don't want to sell it! 

    I must add I hate it when anthropologists seem to just always assign
    all unearthed gems, necklaces, brooches, rings as somehow spiritual
    or religious. Hey, why can't it sometimes be just because it's
    pretty!? When those early Vikings when raiding, grabbing up
    beautiful gold and amber...they weren't thinking of Odin, they were
    thinking of that lovely lady back home who was going to be upset
    about him being gone so long and more upset if she didn't get
    something beautiful to make up for it! Sexist? No - realistic! I got
    a Namibian tourmaline and a big Tanzanite from two trips to Africa
    (on which I could not go) made by my darling hubby. ;-) I'm hoping
    he'll go to South Africa soon . . .I'm missing a big certain stone
    that's common there. 

    Finally,  one of the messages I try to brand on my website and
    giveaway materials is "enjoy life and adorn yourself!" I meet too
    many women who say, "Oh I love that piece but I wouldn't know where
    to wear it." I say wear jewelry every day -- it makes us feel
    special, attracts compliments and attention (which makes us feel
    special), and it's also just plain fun to put together outfits and
    jewelry. I encourage women to wear their favorite pieces with little
    black dresses and Jimmy Choo shoes as well as with Levi's and cowboy
    boots (can you tell I love shoes too? There's another new
    discussion: has anyone seen the amazing adornments going into
    women's shoes right now? Blahniks, Choos, Versace? ooooh la la --
    jewelry for the feet). 

    Ok, back to work. 

Roseann


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