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Wax Working a Zircon Engagement Ring

Slowly working on this new wax carved zircon engagement ring in an organic design. I'm still in a bit of pain from my recent surgery, so everything I do is slower lately. I love the scalloped style carving of this design, its a lot of fun to work. Also, that blue wax is eye-searing! I tend to work in the harder green wax usually as I find the melting point of the blue wax too low (and the colour too headache inducing).

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Playing With Colour on Metal

Playing with silver patina, a little enamel and some beautiful new metal colours I received from one of my teachers at uni from a looooooong time ago. The first ring is a silver and gold inlay ring with liver of sulphur patina, the second is an enameling experiment which I'm still on the fence about, and the third is a silver piece with a mix of liver of sulphur and red dye-oxide from Sculpt Nouveau. Such a pleasure to just play with the materials without thinking about purpose. ♥️

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Torres Del Paine, Patagonia Chilena

Marzo 2023

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General Carrera Lake, Marble Cathedral, Chilean Patagonia: One of the world’s most remote regions, Chilean Patagonia astounds visitors with its magnificent & imposing natural landscapes, fjords & glaciers, together with highly diverse flora & fauna. In the far south (General Carrera Lake and the Marble Cathedral, San Rafael Lake, Carretera Austral, Torres del Paine, Punta Arenas and the Strait of Magellan etc), which extends from between 42° south latitude to Cape Horn, the Andes & the South Pacific... Formed over 6,000 years by wind and water, the Marble Cathedral rises from Lake General Carrera, its swirling blues a reflection of Patagonia’s untamed spirit... General Carrera Lake is a deep lake located in Patagonia and shared by Argentina and Chile. Wikipedia

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Puya Alpestris aka The Sapphire Tower.

One of the most unique plants in the world.

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Ghost in the Shell (1995)

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I love when household beasts are like whoa. You were gonna piss all on your own? No backup or companionship or anything? Babe. I got you. I'm right here. You don't have to be alone during this difficult time (pissing), and you won't be. Ever. This is not a discussion.

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studio ghibli movies are like if someone took all of your fondest, softest childhood dreams and put them into a film

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Blue and Green Mandala

An older drawing with a shiny new animated veneer ;)

Available last week on my patreon.

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Manufacturing here as as well; if people can work from home then they bloody well should be allowed to, clearly it isn't hurting anyone.

Video transcript:

Person 1: Did you know that employees are quitting instead of giving up work from home?

Person 2: So, as someone who was not able to work from home–um, I’m in a manufacturing facility, I, that’s not an option for me. I’m in this bitch right now on a Saturday. So, really not an option.

But. I wanna be really clear that we support y'all. The people that can work from home fucking should. Cause it’s better for us too. There’s less traffic, parking’s easier, uh, there’s just, there’s less stress in the whole world which benefits everybody.

People in this plant can work from home. And when they do, I can park outside easier. And I can still get up with them by calling their phones, emailing them or whatever.

This should be normal now. This should be normal. We were told it was the new normal and they tried to take us back. Fuck that shit. Work from if you can and quit if they won’t let you.

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Red Star Mandala -  Ripples in muscle fibre, sunset, and flame tips. Drawn in Sketch for Android, animated with Pixaloop.

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Ice Crystals and Light.

Original drawing, without the animation found here: (public post).

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With a little animated version on my insta:

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The first part of that unlearning had to do with the idea that the disabled body is inferior because it can’t produce as much as other bodies and is therefore not as valuable. This is a view that a lot of people subscribe to even if they would argue that they don’t. It’s what fuels the fact that disabled people get paid less than others; it’s why the able-bodied don’t necessarily fight for things like higher disability allowances or the right to fair wages for disabled people, because there’s this unspoken assumption that they can’t contribute meaningfully to society. We tie the worth of a human being to how much they can give to society.

The Stories We Tell About Disability: A Conversation with Amanda Leduc (via probablyasocialecologist)

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The United Kingdom is, as its name suggests, a feudal arrangement—not just in the metaphorical sense that Carens appeals to, but quite literally. When citizens pay taxes they pay them to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs; when they commit crimes they face the Crown Prosecution Service. Legislative power is exercised by the Queen-in-Parliament; executive power by Her Majesty’s Government; even spiritual power, in the form of the Church of England, is vested in her person. The concrete expression of this structure comes once a week, usually on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., when the prime minister, who serves at the Queen’s discretion, is obliged to visit Buckingham Palace to account for himself. All of this is well known and yet from a certain point of view it remains shocking. If we ask ourselves by what right one human being could hold such power over others, assuming the equal worth of all, we will not easily find an answer. The system is a historical inheritance that reflects past power struggles; there is no principle of justice that would recommend it.

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