I am truly thrilled to have another full class at the
CASTLE this weekend - my ever popular 'Reliquary Class'! Yesterday I made a few new samples for the class, inspired by Antique Reliquaries. As always its the little bits and pieces that make them special...
Sizes vary from two inches to two and a half inches.
This round reliquary has a wonderful vintage 'flaming heart' as the centerpiece. The spines are actually porcupine quills that I've had for some time, and not known what to use them for... The Music paper is old French and the quote from a vintage love poem.
I've had a tiny bag of 'Mouse Skeleton' bones laying around for years, and finally decided to use the ribs in this piece. Beautiful Dresden bits surround the bones, and found words give them provenance. The background is old wrinkled red silk.
This one started with the black sequin net on red background. The cross is cut from a antique piece of ecclestastical silver ribbon and overlayed with a brass finding, with a old watch wheel at the bottom. I adore the little silvered glass fish - tiny antique beads from my stash. The quote is from an old found poem.
You can't see the background on this one, but its real butterfly wings! Gold Bouillon, Dresden, quilling and a vintage cameo make this reliquary special. Butterflies are the symbol of the soul, and here also dreams...