Elise Matthesen

So I mentioned that this necklace happened because I was sorting aquamarines and I found a bunch of them that looked (to me anyway) like waves in sequence.

If you lay the necklace out flat and consider it as a sort of zoetrope or flip book or something, the waves come to the shore one after another. I'm pretty sure it's a rocky shore, but those of you who live near a sea and know it better probably are the ones to ask.

These aquamarines are a long way from perfect, and that's why I love them. Those of you who have heard me rhapsodizing about "rasty tourmalines" and the like will know this already. Back in the days when I had several dozen Beads of the Month people, I used to have a lot of fun buying significant quantities of beads and pulling all the well-formed ones with uniform color and qualities, so as to make the Beads of the Month packages equivalent. That left all the weird beads for me, which was a true delight. (I still do that to an extent, but the number of packages I need to pull is smaller since I moved it to Patreon.)

Anyhow, let me know what you think of the beads. The piece is here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1550006235/will-the-sea-remember-me-short-necklace

I am determined to make it to the workbench.

There will be an update after that.

Today's perfume: Strawberry Ginger Fizz from Haus of Gloi

UPDATE: I have had WORKBENCH YESSSS! Made an aquamarine necklace about the sea and memory, and with any luck I will get it into the shop soon. Should I put photos here too? Probably some people will like seeing it. These are very imperfect aquamarines and I am fascinated by them.

So. Workbench. There was workbench and it was good. And now I need a bath in order to be fit to sleep.

After I work at the workbench, I have a happy tiredness. (As distinct from various chronic tirednesses and so on.) Do you have something that gives you a happy tiredness?