Hold on to your hats and glasses folks, this is going to be a long one. 😅🎩🕶
A summation if you don't have patience for my verbosity: isn't this spectacular? You can't have it! 😆
Larkin and I have a standing agreement that I'm allowed to keep any one-of-a-kind piece I want. They know me well enough that they never bothered putting hard limits on the offer. 🤣Apparently I'm a bit scared of commitment because you know how many I've kept so far? Zero! There is one I sort of regret letting go. 🤷♀️
But this one ticked all of my boxes, and IT'S MINE! ❤️
Before I became a full-time homeschooling parent and (subsequently) on-line slinger of handmade jewelry, I got degrees in chemistry and environmental science. So the round-bottomed flask? Kinda perfect. The texturing Larkin put on the cork blows me away-- who knew solid sterling silver could look so porous and, well, corky?! (Of course, in labs we exclusively used ground glass stoppers, but I'm also a fan of all things fantasy and magical, so no hard feelings! 🧙)
Another sure-fire way to my heart? Slap a tentacle or a dragon eyeball onto something! 🐙🪼🐲 Larkin captured the fluid sinuosity of tentacles so perfectly here, and the detail on each tiny sucker is amazing.
Finally, the stone! This is the last cab from a chert we found on my parent's (Larkin's grandparent's) property in Humboldt, California. It's a stunning stone from a stunning place that our family holds dear to our hearts. The way Larkin created a gentle ocean swell on the surface of the stone and chose to keep some bubbly surface texturing complements the watery theme of the piece perfectly.
The one last-minute disappointment came in the last five minutes of setting the stone into the finished piece-- a small chip fractured from the stone at the bottom edge (I circled it here). The imperfection might make Larkin think twice about selling the piece, but doesn't make me think twice about keeping it. 😉
Look at me; proud new owner of an Idle Talons original! Thank you, Larkin! ❤️