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so many beads. and pliers. so many pliers.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LionessElise
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And our last sale was a whole week ago.

That rate will not begin to come close to getting us through *this week*, never mind this month or next month.

We urgently need to bring in multiple sales now.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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As always, Wings never duplicates any work exactly, but we have on Warrior Woman currently in inventory, and he can always create a version uniquely your own.

Contact form is here: wingssilverwork.com/contact/.

Or just e-mail me directly at NDNSilverByWings [at] gmail [dot] com.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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The serpent over her shoulder is formed of sterling silver pattern wire in a sculpted marquise/barrel pattern, both wrapped and overlaid. Bear pawprints, symbols of strength and medicine, ring the crescent moon, and she holds a stormy royal lapis cabochon in her other hand.
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Her dress is simple: a single textured, stylized triangle, with a concave base, paired to form diamond shapes, the pairings repeated three times. That diamond shape signifies the Eye of Spirit, a powerful symbol of wisdom and guidance.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Here, two simple stamps form her eye on a face shown in profile, and her traditional hair bun. Her necklace is an old-style gorget, created by inverted radiant arcs edged with elk-hoof prints, evoking beads fringed with other materials.
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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It's not an easy process, but Wings accomplishes it, always moving forward, never back; that includes the tight spaces and sharp angles between shoulders and head, between the fingers, in the arc of the moon, and at her feet.
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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As noted above, the whole pin is saw-cut freehand using a jeweler's saw, which is a large upright frame with a filament-thin blade strung at center. The blade is metal, but it resembles an Eversharp lead.
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Each one wears traditional dress and jewelry, which leaves plenty of room for unique designs; and each has a great heart, but occasionally, as here, it's implied from behind the other stampwork.
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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All share certain characteristics in common, of course. While the orientation may occasionally be reversed, all are saw-cut freehand in this same basic form and shape. All include a crescent moon in one hand, a gemstone cabochon in the other and a serpent over the shoulder, denoting prosperity.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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This week's #TBT featured work dates back to 2008 or so, one in Wings's long-running signature series, "The Warrior Woman." Of the scores, perhaps hundreds of them that he's created over the last three decades, every single one is unique.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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The other figurative pin is a Pueblo Fat Man pin, this one called "A Man of Prosperity": wingssilverwork.com/a-man-of-pro....

Sterling silver; old green turquoise with copper/red siltstone matrix, likely Kingman [L, natural light; R, with flash]:
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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First up is "For the Pollen and the Light": wingssilverwork.com/for-the-poll....

Sterling silver; citrine:
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Now, tonight's inventory selections.

Today's feature is a Warrior Woman pin from 17 years ago [shown below], this one set with royal lapis.

We have one very different Warrior Woman in inventory, plus one other figurative pin.
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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I'm raising funds to support Scarleteen and y'all got me to my initial $1,000 goal so quickly that I want to push for $1,500! Thanks to a donor matching overall donations up to $10,000 if we GET to $10,000, your dollars will count twice if you help us reach our goal.

www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
Our direct services are world-famous, award-winning, and provided by real people who care deeply for the young people visiting us to ask for help. Help us raise $40,000 to support the health care needs of the people doing this work. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
LionessElise sends you Thursday greetings from the imaginary hamlet of Potatoville, where resting LIKE A POTATO is nigh unto an art form.
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Morning #Bluesky

This cute wee puppy is available on my website.
She is handmade from textiles and wears a beautiful red polkadot skirt. Oh, and she is holding a little bone saved for a snack later 🙃
littlebirdofparadise.bigcartel.com/product/a-sw...

#MHHSBD #art #dog #bsnm #originalart #artsky
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
LionessElise sends you Wednesday greetings from the imaginary hamlet of Potatoville, where the main occupation is RESTING LIKE A POTATO.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Sent all orders today!

There are still 3 October Booklets left!

It would be great if they found new homes!

skullsandsheets.etsy.com/listing/4392...
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the misty blues of the November sky, and for the winter birds who wear its colors on their wings: wingssilverwork.com/misty-mid-au....
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Interested in #RosalindFranklin? With help from her family, we published an anthology of stories in honor of her work and struggle, edited by @bogiperson.bsky.social and featuring stories by authors whose names you will recognize! Give it a look? For you or your local or school library? #Booksky
Rosalind's Siblings, edited by Bogi Takács
Fiction and Poetry Celebrating Scientists of Marginalized Genders
www.atthisarts.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Telling my Senators emphatically to hold the line and DO NOT CAVE in to Republicans got me a little out of breath so obviously I still have a bunch of recovering to do.

Worth it, though.

Could you please also call?
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.

If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Democratic leadership:
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.

Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
LionessElise sends you Sunday greetings from the land of REST LIKE A POTATO.

Am recuperating. Have put on nice clothes because I dreamed about them and wondered if I felt well enough to do that. Turns out I do. So I shall recuperate in style today. Stylish potato!
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM