Trinket #74 - Wild Woman Bracelet

Yep, another sideshow-themed piece. I'm still not back up to speed after traveling during the Daylight Savings time change. Either that or working a weird schedule for a few days has really thrown off my system. I promise to offer up something different as soon as I can!

This bracelet was made with red nylon cord and wooden skull beads. Oh, and lots and lots of knots.

Trinket #54 - Sideshow Choker Necklace

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, step right up and see with your very own eyes! Two of natures most lovely creations, Garnet and Amber, are together on the very same stage - bound for eternity in antique bronze wire.

Okay, off of my barker's box for a moment. I have had gypsies on the brain since yesterday's post (which prompted more than an hour of drooling at homemade vardos on the web.) That train of thought always takes me to the same station - the traveling circus. I'm not quite sure yet, but I may be onto a theme this week. I made this trinket with the Bearded Lady in mind - something feminine, yet strangely masculine at the same time.

Trinket #35 - Freak Show Friday

Let's revisit my fantasy life for a moment, shall we? I would drop everything for the opportunity to run off and join the circus. The difference between me and most of those other nuts who would do the same is that my whole family would come along with me. Yep, we're a package act!

One of my favorite things to paint are vintage-style sideshow banners. The most fun is making up the freaks featured on them. I have yet to paint one of myself, but I can tell that it's not far off because I've already chosen my "talent". After much deliberation, I've decided to go with an illusion act since I'm not physically strange enough to pull off a "nature's oddity" attraction.

My favorite illusion act is the Electric Girl. She sometimes goes by different names, but the act is still pretty much the same. A girl sits in what appears to be a real electric chair and is unharmed as sparks fly. She can illuminate light bulbs with only a touch or send sparks off of her fingertips toward giant metal columns that flank the stage. While it looks treacherous, it is merely a fantastic show of nature's coolest tricks!

The Electric Girl takes center stage on this necklace, and her crew consist of a black grosgrain ribbon, copper wire (of course!), and a single faceted jet bead. I should get to work soon on the rest of the freak family...