I’ve been wanting to:
Work in the third dimension, more.
Build things.
Construct them like one would a house.
I dreamt of a flower necklace, a few months ago.
One that could sit with tactile and dimensional form in
the suprasternal notch at the base of my throat.
A throat flower.
[a friend asked me, “what will you make next…”
i told him, “a large flower that settles here (i raised my hands to my throat) and then falls down in lengths of draping chain to here (i raised my hands to my core)…”]
AND THEN I DID.
INSPIRED BY:
i will wade out
till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers
i will take the sun in my mouth and
leap into the ripe air
One who wears snail shells for shoes.
The one who has silver hair that flashes green in the dark night waves.
It’s a necklace for a prairie child.
A girl who knows where the crocus bloom.
A girl who pins her hair up with shards of the Northern lights.
It’s a necklace for a mountain darling.
The one who runs the slopes barefoot in alpine sun.
The one who roots the conifers deeper when she takes a moment to embrace a tree
and commands the sky pilot to burst purple.
A throat flower.
To sit over the box that holds your voice;
a steady and strong lexical charm.
Gorgeous forever blossom! You outdo yourself with each new creation 🙂
Wow, Jillian, I love it! It is really neato! groovy. funky. chunky. sweet…
wishing on it's petals….
EEEEKKKK…… I love this! WOW. And as an eternal optimist I am always drawn to floral. I love my floral vintage dresses, and as a teenager I actually decorated my room…not with Kirk Cameron pictures…but thrifted floral dresses. I am coveting, coveting these new floral pieces. Not for my wall this time, but for ME! 🙂
Pretty…
xo
Andrea
Beautiful, Jillian! The world needs more blossoms…
a sea witch? : ) Then that would be a very pretty sea witch!
xoxo
love the ee cummings poem. love love love.
and the necklace.
of course.
Oh, gorgeous. Love the imagery, the poetry, the concept of this piece and all that it grew from. <3
yeah the poem is gorgeous. and I AM that prairie chile and I KNOW where the croci bloom. Just sayin.
love you lady – i flew over red rock country the other day on the way to Denver from LA. it was beautiful.
oh my.
hmmmm. the previous oh my looked less like i was in awe. but it was an in awe oh my. believe me!
Holy Moly!
I have run out of words.
I have been following your blog for quiet some time now.
And now I feel I have to leave a comment …..
What a warm feeling you get from reading your stories and comparing them with photographs
It is a fantastic blog and amazing and beautiful photographs.
Inspiring and captivating.
1000's off Compliments!
Beautiful necklace! I have unofficially followed your blog for a while now and this is my first posting. I just love your pieces. I think this one is my favorite : ) So feminine and pretty!
Health and happiness to you,
Angela
http://angelawalkerjewelry.blogspot.com/
Wowsa!!! I love jewelry flowers, but this one really rocks!
No, *I*m sayin. I am that sea witch whose silver hair flashes green in the dark night waves. And as for commanding the Sky Pilot, oh yess. As for hugging a pine tree, oh yess. The necklace must be mine! What an amazing post. Stunning.
LOVE that.
🙂
Thanks Darlins!!!