#Celtic Jewlery

[yourcoffeeguru]

Large Celtic Key Embossed Pendant Necklace Silver Plated Vintage

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[realboysrep]

[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 :)

[hollowboobtheory]

Re: advice for looking more Alt

Im getting some black nail polish, but wearing metal or plastic jewlery bothers me for some reason, are there any wooden bracelets that read less "bohemian" and more "stop assuming im going to agree with your racist bullshit just because im also white"?

ok that's actually a tough one. plus idk your exact sensory preferences so i'm just gonna throw out a bunch of spaghetti at your wall here.

so wood is kinda tough. i think wood grain and the color brown are kinda inherently boho-leaning so that's already a bit if an uphill battle.

i think there are some "witchy" symbols like a celtic cross or tree of life that overlap with boho but can also read as gothy. i'd say the design of the jewelry makes a big difference, and keep in mind there is a not-inconsiderable overlap between boho and witchy goth. like a wood carving of a skull? that's def more alt than boho. you can also try charred wood, that'll be a lot more black.

also, wood, metal and plastic aren't your only options for jewelry materials. you've also got leather and woven cords, which you can use with basically any pendant you want and they're usually adjustable. tbh even just a plain leather cuff i think reads as pretty punk/metal. plus there's a whole world of rubber bracelets with band logos/names.

also, having something around your wrist doesn't just mean jewelry, arm warmers are usually pretty comfy and tend to read very emo or scene depending on what else you're wearing. or i remember back in the early 2010s people would just cut thumb holes in their long sleeve shirts and i think that counts as "something around your wrist." for a wedding i recently went to i wrapped a thick satin ribbon around my wrist a bunch then tied a nice bow and clipped a little rose on it. also as i've already said, even just a hair tie/scrunchy counts.

also everything i say in both this post and the other one are just suggestions. that wasn't like, a required checklist. be creative the whole point of "alternativeness" is to be an individual and express yourself. so as far as that goes i hope this helps get your creative juices going.

[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

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Young Futhark

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Anglo-Saxon Futhorc

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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.

[subiysu-chan]

Pyroxene Drow fashion through the ages

Pre-human contact, the archaic period:

(1000 BCE to 200 BCE)

The period is quite long, but the overall, the core fashion was for both men and women consisted of a pair of leg warmers made of thristle cloth, loin-clothes and slippers made of fishskins and ribbons made of spider silk, arranged in various patterns. Macrome sashes were worn by mostly women, as clan leaders and a symbol of their power. Both male and female drows wore their hair quite long, braided at the nape of the neck.

Celtic contact period

(200 BCE to 43 BCE)

Two introductions are made to Drow clothing: the belt and the pants. The pants are made from a single rectangle of fabric that is pleated to fit around the waiste or the hips. To hold up these pants, belts are made, either wide and at the waist for men, covering most of the soft tissue, and low for the women, forming a "belt-skirt".

Roman contact period

(43 BCE to 498 BC)

Floral motifs start to be incorporated into jewlery and embroidery, and belts for men tend to widen and get even more elaborate and protective, doubling as armor. Hair is still worn long.

Elven hunt period:

(489 to 558 BC, sometimes going as long as 620 BC)

During this period, there would be a return of the loincloth, as well as the apparition of robes for men, inspired by the togas. Hair tend to be worn in shorter styles by both genders, but for women, the hair is almost shaved saved for the crown and bangs, which are kept barely 5 cm long, although sometimes, longer sideburns are kept to hide the ears to the maximum. Earrings dissapear entirely, as well as necklesses. Styles tend to be closer to the body, save for the robes worn for discression. Chastity piercings appear in women's fashion with locks, some of which incredibly decorative and embedded in precious stones. Macromé sashes entirely dissapear from fashion, as well as tattoos. Fine silk cloth is put over the eyes for both sexes.

The hiding period:

(558 to 1552)

Long hair reappears into fashion for both sexes, somewhat more flowing for women than for men, and it replaces the function of cloaks, now that they lack the materials. Chastity belts are introduced. Anything other than fishskin loinclothes, slippers, work gloves, chastity piercings and belts dissapear. Belts for males still cover everything from the diafragm to the love handles, while for women, they remain quite narrow strips of fish leather, with some work tools hanging out. The apparision of generalized wing-cutting rituals also marks the fashion of wearing the bandages of healed wounds as items of celebration, for men as elaborate sashes covering the entire belly and back, while for women, it's worn in a way more similar to a skirt. It also sees the apparision of chastity belts. Spider silk ribbons are used to make sometimes greately elaborate hairstyles with many braids. Belts for men would get increasingly elaborate with symbols of power.

Re-entry period:

(1552 to 1639)

It would mostly consist in the re-introduction of leg warmers, as well as the introduction of simple shifts with key-hole necklines and various sleeve styles (often times, just what ever they could take from human settlements). More consist and localized style would appear nearer the 1630s, were thristle cloth would be re-introduced as a technology.

Diplomacy period:

(1639 to 1780)

The style of shift would be changed to having a rectangular necline (allowing to make the gussets without using additional fabric) and sideslits, the sleeves cut straight for both men and women. Legwarmers would get more elaborate hems. Clothing would become more punitive and restrictive for all genders, with the loin-cloths originally made of fish-skin would turn into very crudely spun and knitted thristle G-strings for the pore, and to tin chastity belts so restrictive it makes evacuation of bodily waste from both ends impossible for the wealthy and middle class. Chastity piercings would get at their heaviest during this period. The demand for a diplomatic class would encourage their men to systematically cover their necks, with their hairstyles and hankerchiefs and jabots, and women would start to wear pleated skirts to hide their lower body, although much more toned down than anything human women wore at the time. The amount of wing mutilation would be somewhat reduced, forcing clothing to adapt and somewhat free the back. Hairstyles for women would change drastically to always keep the neck bare, and the hairs around the neck are typically shaved bald, while bangs are kept as long as possible. The slowing down of wing mutilation is somewhat controversial, and there is a strong distrust of Abrahamic religions.

The discreet times:

The XIXth century:

Nothing would change much in terms of the Pyroxene Drow fashion, exept an abandonning of skirts in the women's clothing, to adapt to a more nocturnal and discreet life style. The industrial period would lead to great points of tension, with some immigration from other elven and human cultures pushing for even more torturous undergarments for all social classes, with even the poorest wearing them barbed. There's a return to the loincloth. A strong rejection of fast-fashion is present, with a rejection of dyes.

The second elven hunt:

1910s to 1940s:

While not much change, some cotton does start to be introduced into their fashion, mostly as plain muslin cloth used to make short cloaks. The extremely torturous underwear would still remain, sometimes getting quite elaborate. Public nudity would be still very normalized, with scars always kept on proud display of martyredom. Leg warmers are still present. Garder belts and panties are very rejected, same as short dresses, bras, briefs and tight artificial curls and short hair for men. The need to hold on to traditions remain strong.

The second diplomacy period:

1950s to modern day:

The combination of torturous underthings, simple legwarmers and jabots for men, leg warmers for every one, and the ladies need to keep their neck bare, are pretty much still in place. Acrylic knits are introduced, as well as patch work, to make more personable legwarmers. Some groups of young rebel do sometimes wear panties and briefs, but they are considered scandalous and a sign of political alignment with those who persecuted them. Dresses, shirts and pants are reserved for the diplomatic class. Sunglasses are very appreciated goods, especially in surface dwellers and diplomats, and are seen as a sign of wealth. Chemises and shorts are somewhat present in children's fashion, mostly because some diplomats send their kids to western schools. Shorts for children are considered somewhat controversial in their culture, as it means their children are "less ready for discipline", and are considered looking too juvenile for adults, so many girls are put in skirts for school environments. Distrust for western and eastern outsider cultures is present, and the religious and intellectual groups strongly argue about the "unethical nature" of simply not torturing themselves 24\7.

[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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