Tuesday, January 9, 2018

My four wands

Ok this is about the wands I made over the years.
I have made fore of them so fare and there all uniquely
different from each other. The first two are plain wands
with wavy bits carved in  front part of them. As seen in the
photos below. The dog got to the second wand and now
it has mite marks in it.
The first wand is on the left and the second the rite.
I think there made from an apple tree both cut from one long stick.
The first wand is from my inner elbow to the tip of my middle finger. 
The second wand is what was left over. The tree had to be cut down
do to it rotting at the base of the tree.
As you can see there are wavy marks in it not deep enough to show up.
I carved it and debarked it with a pocket knife back in 2007. I painted
on minwax stain by hand. I tried to put ceil a peace of my own hair in 
the end of the handle of the wand the best I could, but it kind of failed.
So I don't know if the hair is there or not but this wand works the best
out of all the wands I made so fare.
Here is the front of the second wand how you can see the wavy marks on this one
I coted it with polyurethane. You cant see but the other side has the bite marks on it.
Theses are my third and forth wands I made last year in 2018
third on the left and the forth on the rite as you can see its not coated yet.
Both are made from a thorn less honey locusts one branch cut in half to
make both of them from my inner elbow to tip of my middle finger of my right arm.
I had the idea of a rose flower with leafs around it fore the third wand,
but I did a different for the third wand. Then I did the design for the forth wand
instead, the third wand is curved from my inner elbow to my middle finger tip.
So in actual length it is longer if it was straightened, the forth wand is what was left.
Witch ended up being the perfect length from my inner elbow to my middle finger tip.
I debarked them with a pocket knife and a chisel.
I wanted a glow in the dark blue star on it so I traced it on, then I erased
it because it wasn't perfect. then I wanted a swirl carved in it so I raped regular
clear tape around it and traced it with a pencil. And it went perfect and missed
where I wanted to put the star, then I carved it out with a chisel cutting my self in
the process close to my left thumb. So my blood went into making it. After it was
carved out and sanded I started out with drawing out the star. Then I carved it out
and how I got the star was I have glow in the dark crayons I have hade séance
I was a little kid. I shaved out some if it on a condiment container lid, then melted
it with stick lighter. I then mixed epoxy and more melted wax, I then used a tooth pic
to help put it into the carved out star. I continued melting the wax epoxy mixture and
shaped it with the tooth pic tell it was the shape I wanted it. Then after I let it set fore
some time I celled it with more epoxy.
Thin I knew it wasn't finished and it needed something else on it. So I
wanted to steampunk it up So I used the gears I have but I needed
to attach them some how then I remembered I had a peace of purple
ribbon in my purse. I celled the gears with polyurethane to protect them.
I put the ribbon where I wanted it tied it in a bow, the I sowed it with black
thread so the bow wouldn't come undone. Then I looped the ribbon around
the gears and sowed it with the same black thread, I haven't permanently
attached the bow to the wand yet so that is how it sits fore now.
Here is the stare glowing the box of crayons sais it glows yellow.
But I find it actually glows green. I had a heard time getting it
to glow to take the picture. So I used a black lite and that seemed
to get it to glow bright enough to take the picture. I call this wand
my star wand, so it is a steampunk star wand I like to call it.
Now my forth wand I took a small stick of the same tree, and I tried to glue
it on with hot glue but it kept on coming off. So as I made the leafs bigger
on the bottom and smaller on top going around the wand and the stick
like a stem on a flower. I also glued it on with hot glue and it was worse
with them falling off. The leafs are made out of polymer clay, And I didn't
have paint to put in the grooves of the leaf to make it stand out more. So I
found a ball point pen worked out in my favor. I took everything off and
the hot glue as well making sure the stick was dried out. I then glued it
on with after getting E6000 and the leafs, stick and rose never fell off
séance using E6000.


This is what the rose looks like and the smallest leaf, after
several months after the E6000 has set up. I plan on putting
polymer clay glaze on the rose and leafs to protect them
then celling the rest. I'm not sure what color I want the wand
or just leave its natural wood color. My mom made the red rose
because I wasn't sure how to make it and it was to big so I piled off
the outer layer before I baked the clay. The rose is scolpy brand red pearl
witch in the right lighting it sparkles. The leafs are the same brand the
color is leaf green. So theses are my real wands I made, not like those
cheep ones you get in a magic shop or the kids costume Harry Potter wand.
Theses are the real thing and made by me.
 
I hope you enjoyed and hade fun reading this post as much as I had
righting it, and making the wands. I encourage you to be creative
be your self what makes you happy, I wish you the best in your
journey of discovery of who you are.
 
 

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Old purple steampunk fairy door

Ok this is the fairy door I made, Its about 7 inches tall judging by
a fairy being 6 inches tall. I wanted to make an old steampunk
door and I wanted it to be purple as well. I made it out of an old
Styrofoam take out container, I cut out the peace's for the stone
work and glued it on with hot glue and the hinges and door
handle as well. I colored it with water colors be dry brushing it
on. And I made it look like wooden slats and hinges by using an eye
pin to indent the lines. And I also used an old hard bristle hair brush
to make it look more like its wooden, by scraping it across it. Then
after I painted it I used an old container of sculpey glaze that dried
out, I broke up the dry bits and I added water to it. Then I carefully
added it to the door making sure not to let the paint run at all, I
put it out side in the summer sum to let it dry. After it fully dried I
placed it upon the fire place mantel.





This is what it looks like in normal lighting. 

Friday, September 29, 2017

My Steampunk lesbian self filigree ring

This is the newest peace of jewelry I have made. I was thinking of how I could show I'm a single lesbian with out saying anything, Because I'm a feminine transgender women who is also a lesbian. So I was thinking of a laughed ring that maybe has a rainbow heart on it. But I decided not to because I couldn't find one. So I thought of the lesbian triangle to show I'm a lesbian but then again I didn't find a laughed ring with this on it ether.  I also wanted it to be a steampunk ring so while I was at Michael's in the jewelry section I seen a set of filigree rings but I didn't get them at that time. So I was on there website and found them there and some key charms I was looking for, I bought them then. So I decided on the lesbian triangle but I didn't have black polymer clay, So I mixed leaf green and red pearl. It didn't go black like I thought it would like with oil paint when you mix a certain shade of red and green it will go black. But I wanted it to match the filigree ring and the polymer clay went a reddish brown and it sparkles in the light. So I made the triangle anyways and after I baked the clay I glued it on with E6000. And the next morning I started wearing the ring. It is a steampunk lesbian self filigree ring. Here is what it looks like finished.
 
So this is what it looks like from my view wearing the ring.
The white looking dots is what is sparkling in the light. The ring also represents to
be true to ones self for who they are and for me that is. No matter what happens in life how
I question things I'm still a transgender women Who is also a lesbian. To be happy and except my self as so, no matter what happens through life. So of at this post I'm still a single transgender women who is also a lesbian. So any takers?

Monday, September 18, 2017

My Steampunk head bands and jewlery I made.

I hade planed on this post a few years ago but never got around to it. SO here is my latest things I have made.


This is the first head band I have made from an old shirt and gears I have sown on,
and the Blue one is the second one I made as you can see below it is made the same way.
By sowing two peace's of fabric together to make it longer then folding it in half, and
sowing together then turning it right side out and the last end stitched in the ditch to
close the end. Then I sown the gears in place like there working gears, and theses are
the first two steampunk headbands I ever made. I may make a different kind of headband
in the future made of metal etc. to create a different steampunk look.

This next one is a butterfly pendent made out of polymer clay. The wings I made
them look like leafs. I put the same kind of chain on it like my heart pendant, so
its like a choker the top image is the front and the bottom is the back of the butterfly.

This next one is a cameo style of a rise of red flower I made this out of polymer clay as well.
I also glued on green rhinestones there plastic ones. And how I did the back was, I took a safety
pin and put it evenly in the middle and sandwiched it in between the clay before baking it. And
I could use it on the middle of the color of a elegant shirt, or as a broach or hang it on a chain
 like a neckless will work as well.

This last one I made is a cross I was thinking of making a steampunk cross
and this is what I came up with. It is also made out of polymer clay, and the wire at
the bottom of the cross. The wire is two scraps from two eye pins bent into shape
and places in the clay. And the design on the edges of the arms of the cross makes
 it look more finished, reminds me a cactus its heard to see but there lines going around
the edges of the arms. The last design the dot with the lines surrounding it reminds me of
the sun or that bright light that is explained as when you pass away and enter the light. So
this is the best I could come up with for a steampunk cross.




 

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Steam Girl (Demo) steam edition





This is a song I have been working on its a transgendered lesbian steampunk love song.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Steampunk goggles

Here is A pair of steampunk goggles I made from mason jar rings for the eye cups. and padded with the cuffs of a shirt stuffed with cotton from Aspirin bottled And sown on with beading thread rated up to 20lbs. The straps are peace's from an old pair of shoes and every thing is held in with paper clips. the eye lenses are cut out from a container cookies come in.