#Celtic Jewlery

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[goawaygoongit]

oough i need a good tournament outfit for 6 degrees celsius...i like to dress up a bit to offset the SEA of jogging pants and hoodies as well as to channel that elle woods energy...but not too fancy (bc i dont want to be sweaty and the fanciest outfit i would go for makes me look like a high strung fiddle player at a music competition circa 2013 who wears a lot of celtic jewlery)

anyway i think im going to go for this blouse i have thats lavender with large puffy sleeves and one of those ruched waists... and a big pink heart locket (standard ripped high waisted jeans tho) bc ill show up and itll be like get a load of this ditz but then ill DESTROY everyone with FACTS and TRIVIA

[theriverbeyond]

DEATH FIRST TO VULTURES AND SCAVENGERS

🦴 Harrow, photo editing, bones et al by me! 📸 photo and harrow robe by @trickstercheshi

took these pics like 2? months and then totally forgot to post them here! anyway Harrow currently features 122 hand sculpted bones (86 of which are in the rosary!), not counting the spares I made or the 336 resin teeth I bought & drilled for her bracelets and waist chain.

my central requirement for this cosplay is basically that every bone (except the face/ear jewlery) HAS to be made as close as possible in size and shape to an anatomically accurate human bone, because I am nothing of not committed to the inherent wonder of human anatomy. this means: no bone tits, no sizing bones up or down as convenient for aesthetics, no animal bones. I think it turned out great and I'm soooooo excited to make EVEN MORE bones for when I wear her next >:3

rigcage progress is documented on tumblr here, and under the cut are some extra ramblings & detail photos of her rosary & stole!

the rosary is based off of normal catholic rosaries, altered it to fit Ninth House aesthetics. a normal rosary has 5 sections ("Mysteries") made of 10 beads each.

MY rosary has nine (9!!) sections for the Ninthefold ressurection, with each section being made of 8 bones. specifically, each section is made of carpal bones, and there is one carpal bone per section to represent each populated House. anatomy fun fact! humans have 8 different carpal bones in the body (one set in each wrist) all of which I lovingly sculpted to attempted anatomical accuracy.

phalanges are the "separating" ("Our Father"?) beads, and the hanging centerpiece is a metacarpal articulating with 3 phalanges -- "the knuckle of your great-grandmother that represented the Rock, and the Universe, and God." (HtN p. 118).

I went back and forth on what I wanted the centerpiece to be, because "knuckle" has an original anatomical meaning (the talus bone -- of like, sheep, so not an option here per my central requirement) but it also has several colloquial meanings. I've heard "knuckle" being used to describe both the interphalangeal joints of the fingers and the metacarpalphalangeal joint as well. I actually did end up sculpting a life sized human talus bone to test how it would look as the centerpiece, but rejected it due to it simply looking very goofy due to scale and size (it was too big 😔). I also learned how to do a proper hail mary knot for this!

anyway: behold some more pics

for Harrow's stole, I was inspired by @/thatbonejunky's art here as well as @/bondibee's art here! I really wanted to lean into the religious leader aspect of her character. Harrow as not the Reverend *Daughter*, but the *Reverend* Daughter -- especially as this is, due to my own proclivities, definitely a Butch Harrow™ cosplay. The fabric is this cool celtic pattern from JoAnns and the skull is applique + hand beading! I went back and forth on if I should give her tassles on the bottom or not but honestly it came down to tassels just seeming more dramatic, and Harrow deserves this

phew ok that was a lot of rambling. all bones are made of creative paperclay, an air dry clay, and painted with basic acrylics. did you know you can find hundreds of free 3D models of bones free online on sketchfab or by searching "[bone name] 3D model". what was i saying. anyway. i love bone :)

[chronically-enthusiastic]

Hmm I'll do a run down without pics of the clothes:

Jewlery: clip on tankard earrings, green and gold cufflinks, amber triangle celtic (?) symbol necklace [all pictured below]

Green homemade pirate shirt with poofy sleeves and v neck front (same colour as cufflinks). Black straight trousers with super high button-up waist. Single dutch braid and black eyeliner.

DO YOU SEE THE VISION?!? I LOVE LOOKING LIKE A PIRATE!!!

I wish I could post my outfits just not on me - I am dressed very piratey today and slightly obsessed with this look

[cwantwm]

Some of my new earring designs that will be on sale this Friday for the -`Awen´- collection!

Set a reminder & visit my website if your interested in Celtic themed three of a kind pieces of jewellery 💫🦋

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/QuantumMoonCrystals

[mageintime]

[Distant hammering noises]

[ixcheldreams]

Etsy listing available in my shop

Check out this item in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/944585639/celtic-silver-studs-silver-earrings

[the--stag--king]

Exactly two years ago.

[raining-tulips]

this artist makes beautiful pieces. 1000/10 recommend supporting if you can.

i’m about to leave a toxic environment where i’ve been for more than 10 years with mental illness and being neurodivergent, but when my body began to fall apart too (that’s why i’m kinda silent the last years and rarely new shop stuff sryy) i realized i have to get away or else. my shop situation could become unclear in future as i have to find a new place to live but now i desperately need help. my shop is the only source of income. please reblog, share my /tagged/jewelry photos and photography, maybe shop link. supportive words are appreciated very much too, just anything that may help to keep my head above the water. thank you.

[silentassassin10]

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[hypnopastashepherdlight2]

Runes and magick

History

Runes started as letters from the Germanic aplhabet in the form of Elder Futhark. They soon expanded towards the Scandinavian region, where the alphabet would then, arround 800 CE, be reduced from 24 to only 16 runes, creating a new version of the alphabet: Young Futhark.

With their arrival to the British Islands as well as to the Frisian region, came the creation of both the Anglo-Saxon Futhork and the Anglo-Frisian Futhorc.

Finally, with the arrival of catholisism into Britain, runic characters mixed with latin ones, producing what is called Medieval Futhork.

Alphabets

Here are some of the runic alphabets previously mentioned. I mostly use Elder Futhark, but learning to recongize other alphabets is also important.

Elder Futhark

Image obtained from here.

Young Futhark

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Anglo-Saxon Futhorc

Image obtained from here.

Medieval Futhorc

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Magick Uses

Different writings and retellings describe runes being used not only as letters but as tools for magick as well. From their use as divination tools to their use for incantations and amulets/talismans.

In modern magick, their use in incatations is not as prominent, but one can easily find them in both amulets and in divination spaces.

How to use as amulets

Different runes can be carried aroun for things such as good luck or protection. This can be in jewlery or in some other place. Typically, runes can be found carved/painted in wood, stone or metal, but most surfaces will do.

How to use for divination

No definitive method exists as to how you can use your runes. Similar to a tarot deck, each rune has its meaning, and a rune set can be used in order to gain answer. However, each diviner reads their runes slightly different.

Runes can be either grabbed one by one after making a question, like one would do with a tarot or an oracle deck, or they can be thrown into a designated space (usually the floor or a white cloth) after asking a question.

With the first option, you shuffle/mix your runes as you ask a question and then pick one. That’s your answer.

For this style, many spreads exist, similar to what we can find for tarot. A common spread that I started with is the Celtic Cross spread:

When it comes to the sencond, rune-throwing method, there are many ways to do this, and I do recommend further reaserch if one is interested, however, here’s the method I learned:

You ask a question and throw the runes (either a handful or the entire set) into a white cloth with a big circle drawn on it. All runes that fell out of the circle, as well as the ones that have their back side facing up, are discarded.

Depending on what fits the best for the reading, the runes can be read in two different ways:

The circle represents the present. The closer one gets to the center, the farther into the future you’re reading.

The center of the circle represents the self. The closer to the center, things will happen closer to the person.

In both situations, the runes are read clockwise and from the circle’s borders all the way to the center.

If two runes fall close from one another, they are read together.

[midas-or-khaos]

The Ones Above Us. Prologue.

Device:-Sony Handycam DCR SR85

Input:-Film

Location:-Ireland Peat Bogs

Date:-September 2008

Time:-6:35.

Title:- YouTube vlog 68, metal detector finds.

Hi, everyone, it’s Neil again. Today on this lovely misty autumn morning we’re back on the peat bogs of Ireland for another early treasure hunting session. I’m here today with Mark- Mark say hi to the camera!

Hello everyone.

Mark’s here with me again afterrrrrr, err, god how long has it been?

Three or four months, give or take.

Three of four MONTHS. Bloooody hell. Well, it’s good to see you again. I hope you lot watching at home appreciate this too! God. Anyway, let’s get on with today’s episode. As you already know, these bogs are well known for harbouring very early bits of Celtic jewlery, coins, knives etcetera back from the Iron Age, so hopefully the peat will be kind to us, though probably not with these conditions, and our combined shit luck. Ground’s gonna be solid. Never mind. Mark, you ready to start?

Yep.

Great, let’s get started!

How far the land goes on when undisturbed by human intervention, it almost makes the world seem endless from human perspective. Of course, these factors wouldn’t dampen the hopes of these history hunters, these foolhardy men. No, they knew what they desired lay within this earth they stood upon; this largely untapped treasure trove of history. And with miles of potential at their fingertips, where to begin?

You start east, I’ll go west. Nice and easy, take your time.

Heading west, Mark with crows feet beginning to form at his eyes and a steadying decline in an ability to accept change, lacked the years of experience his jovial east-bound counterpart possessed, but with at least seven previous sessions under his belt, easy to use equipment and an expert within earshot, nothing could go wrong, right? Just scan and dig, how hard could that be?

Right, Mark’s gone east and while he’s off I’ll start with the introduction to the land we’re on because you never know when someone new is going to see our channel.

Harder than either could have anticipated.

Peat bogs form when plants don’t fully decay in acidic and anaerobic conditions. Anaerobic being a fancy word meaning without oxygen. Peat is made up of mainly wetland vegetation, like mosses, sedges, and shrubs. As it accumulates, the peat holds water which slowly creates wetter conditions that allow the area of wetland to expand. Despite now present conditions, these areas used to be land occupied by early human tribes and thus explains why you can find old jewellery, trinkets, even bodies sometimes, in these bogs despite them being uninhabitable now. And yes, you did hear me right, bodies. Well preserved bodies actually. Unlikely to find any of those though, seeing as we have metal detector and not a sniffer dog, Heh. Plus they’re usually found about a meter deep in the ground, and they blend so well that you probably wouldn’t recognise it as a body if you were just scanning the ground. Ah well, let’s keep going.

Peat preserves bodies near perfectly, save for the flesh becoming black and having the texture of tanned old leather, plus the hair going bloody red: dyed from the acid. The mummy of Old croghan Man (who was discovered in these very bogs) was so perfectly preserved, that the first archaeologists whom discovered the corpse, disclosed after they finished that they felt queasy examining the remains, as the torso was still retaining the vivid wounds of severed flesh and a cut spinal cord frayed with ends of a thousand year old nervous system where the man had been decapitated and disemboweled violently after death. Bones are one thing, you can’t quite empathise with something lacking a familiar face and form. Seeing something so akin to a recent murder is quite another.

NEIL!

Yeah!

NEIL! COME QUICK!

EYYYYY, looks like our amateur may yet be a masterrrrrrrrr! WHAT YOU FOUND?!

I DUNNO, BUT IT LOOKS WEIRD!

Mark hadn’t gotten far at all, barely a few yards; today was a lucky day indeed for the pair. Jogging over, letting his own excitement bleed through, Neil was by Mark’s side in a moments' notice with a full blown grin, gums peaking through. What could it be?! Pointing to a nearly glowing spot in the earth that seemed to reflect the moody sky with its blinding bright whiteness, the two kneeled down together to look further.

Neil, where’s the spade?

Here! You dig first, it’s your find.

Being handed the spade, Mark began stabbing the rock solid earth, frozen through as all that trapped water became solid ice.

COME ON!

They should’ve bothered more with chipping away at diamond, might’ve made more progress then the two were now. These tools were inefficient. This piece of history didn’t want to come out.

We got anything else, Neil?

I’ve got a chisel?

Let’s have a go.

It was time for harsher methods. Neil marked the spot with the chisel tipped in a minor dip in the earth. Mark became the hammer. STAMP! Nothing. STAMP! Still nothing. SSSSSSSTTTTTTAAAAAMMMMMMPPPPP- CRACK! A fault burst open like a spider’s web. Small, but there.

YES! Keep stamping!

There was no stopping now. So close now! Uncovering buried treasure like the archeologists of Egypt finding their next greatest discovery. Would it be silver? Gold? A rarity beyond material that could shake the very foundations of history as we know it?!

SPLIT! At long last, the earth shattered beneath the determination of man. The unnoticeable became revealed. Flesh. Bone white flesh so large, the pattern that made up the texture of skin could be seen clear as day. They’d found a corpse

...Mark, call the police.

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"Forged in the fires of earth" from a little chunk of copper, decorated with runes and flanked by dragons. This copper arm band weighs in at 3 oz. Fits a 7.5" wrist, when totally pushed closed, but will easily fit a much larger wrist. This will be available at the @carrenfest this weekend, unless one of you picks it up first. Feel free to DM or follow my bio link to my shopify store. . . . #thepxsmith #joshaweston #forgedinfire #anglosaxon #armband #cuff #jewlery #celtic #ancient #copper #dragons #forged #coppersmith #metalsmithing (at Pixel Smith - Josh A. Weston) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ozqGIj7Qg/?igshid=zmil80mzls5