Memento mori

[gurdymonkey]

"Golden" horn and bone. 

Comments

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Those beads are beautiful!

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Much nicer skull beads than you usually see. I can understand why you splurged on them.
Very nice.

[xrian.livejournal.com]

Nice one! And I agree about the skull beads -- most of the ones for sale look like they were created by a three-year-old with a blunt knife. These are really nicely done.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

The juzu is going to look positively dowdy by comparison, but that's OK.

Stone and glass are so cold. I really like the feel of the horn, bone and olivewood beads though - especially prayer beads are all about being touched.

I stuck that extra bead under the big skull because it had such a big drill hole I was worried I wouldn't be able to tie it off satisfactorily.

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

Nice!

[pooklaroux.livejournal.com]

really really well done!

[bronx-baroness.livejournal.com]

Oh that's lovely. Great job and yes, where did you get those great skulls. I spend a lot of time searching for decent ones.

Go you!!

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Baubles and Beads in Berkeley. Unfortunately the only thing on their website is class offerings, so I don't know if they'd do mail order.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Beautiful work. The colors blend really nicely, too!

I agree about the "warm" feeling versus "cold" for prayer beads. That tactile feeling is important. For me, it helps me focus on the prayer.

[helblonde.livejournal.com]

That's very nice!