K Tornheim
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K Tornheim
@arianhwyvar.bsky.social
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SFF+ reader, jewelry artist (colored brass and antique keys), roleplayer, sometime poet and songwriter, engineer (devops), midlife-identified neurodivergent, nonbinary, multi-faceted geek. They/them.

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Two fired silver clay pendants with fold-over bails with a leafy design, slanted to the left. The one on the right has a geometric pattern and a molded spiral shell. The other has a skeleton leaf pattern and tiny decorative silver balls.
October 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I geeked out super-hard to my father in law this morning about silver clay while showing him all the things I made working with it for the first time at the Glass Craft Expo in April. Here's a public patreon post where I put pictures and a big writeup: www.patreon.com/posts/130391...
Ten different pendants made by me in classes I took at the Glass Craft Expo 2025. Five are silver clay: one pointed oval with a vines and leaves pattern and a hidden bail; one with hand-sculpted vines and leaves with several tiny olive cubic zirconia; one fancy 4-lobed patterned piece with a large piece of purplish dichroic glass set in tiny prongs; one crescent moon with tiny blue bits of dichroic glass, a hanging teardrop, and a hidden bail; and one simple patterned tag with a hole. In addition there is one large glass bead wrapped with copper wire in a 'bamboo stone wrapping' pattern; one fancy metalwork pendant with gold, silver, and tiny set stones; and three 'fauxpal' -- false dichroic done with resin and little inclusions of holographic film, in simple commercial round settings.
June 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
After more than 25 years, I've finally posted a recording of Heart's Desire, the elves and vampires song.

www.patreon.com/posts/hearts...
February 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I finally put the Patreon post up with all the new large maple leaf jewelry!

www.patreon.com/posts/120223...

I'm really happy with how these new pieces have been coming out. The ones shown are currently available in the Arisia art show.
A pendant made from a large green-colored maple leaf, with a pointed oval labradorite stone held in the center by antique brass colored wire, which also loops across the lobes of the leaf. The leaf is attached to a yellow brass ring and hangs from a brass chain. A pair of large maple leaf earrings in various shades of green, wrapped with loops and spirals of antique brass wire and decorated with matching color crystal beads. They hang from brown anodized niobium hook ear wires. A pendant made from a large maple leaf colored a deep blue, and sparkling with various sizes of glitter like a starry sky. The leaf is wrapped with loops of dark silver-gray wire, with a blue-purple electroplated rough quartz point fastened in the center. The leaf is attached to a black metal ring and hangs from a gunmetal jump ring.
January 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Before Arisia convention: new hair pins (that also work well as shawl or scarf pins, with rubber stoppers) and alligator clips. First time I've done a big maple leaf. Galaxy feathers remain one of my favorites.
A large brass maple leaf colored green, red, yellow, red-orange, and brown, attached with wire to a long stainless steel double hair pin, decorated with antique brass wire loops and matching crystal beads. A set of five feathers each attached to an alligator clip. The feathers are painted in a mix of colors and covered with sparkling glitter in different sizes and a gloss varnish. Left side, top to bottom: Feather is striped red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, purple; clip is bright copper. Feather is striped red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, purple; clip is golden. Feather is striped red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple; clip is silver. Right side, top to bottom: Feather is colored a mix of blue, purple, and black, like a nebula photo; clip is silver. Feather is colored a mix of turquoise, blue, purple, and black, like a nebula photo; clip is antique brass.
January 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I made small earring and pendant sets (leaves, patterned keyholes) plus new regular-size leaf earrings.

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Top: a pair of earrings made from rectangle pieces of brass with a cutout keyhole, patterned with swirly flowery shapes. They are colored in shades of green and have matching green anodized niobium simple hook ear wires. Bottom: a pendant with the same green-colored rectangle keyhole shape, with a brown patterned jump ring for a bail, and an antique brass dangle with a single matching crystal.
January 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Antique key pendants with colored brass: Set #3

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Set 3: large maple leaf colored orange/red/green/brown, green aspen leaf, fiery red leaf sprig, purple and blue galaxy sea turtle, emerald green triple oak leaves.
A set of five wire wrapped antique key pendants. Each one has a swirling bail at the top for hanging it from a chain; they all have different colorful brass stampings attached with wire, and are decorated with crystal beads in matching colors, and wire swirls and spirals. L-R: 1) a large maple leaf in a ton of different autumn colors: yellow orange red green red-brown, with antique brass wire; 2) a large oval leaf in many shades of green and a toothed edge, with antique brass wire; 3) a sprig of 5 red-orange leaves with golden wire; 4) a deep purple and turquoise sea turtle with starry glitter, with dark silver-gray wire; 5) three emerald green oak leaves, with antique brass wire.
January 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Antique key pendants with colored brass: Set #2

www.patreon.com/posts/119391...

Set 2: large wavy leaf colored red/yellow-green, blue 3-leaf with galaxy sparkle, red griffin, large green fern, small red/orange/green ivy vine.
A set of five wire wrapped antique key pendants. Each one has a swirling bail at the top for hanging it from a chain; they all have different colorful brass stampings attached with wire, and are decorated with crystal beads in matching colors, and wire swirls and spirals. L-R: 1) a wavy leaf in red and yellow-greens, with antique bras wire; 2) a sprig of three blue leaves with sparkly glitter, and dark silver-grey wire; 3) a red griffin with antique brass wire; 4) a large green fern with antique brass wire; 5) a small ivy vine with red, orange, and green leaves on a brass key with a round head, with antique brass wire.
January 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
New antique key pendants!

www.patreon.com/posts/119391...

Set 1: Fire ivy vine, large green maple leaf, red/orange/yellow-green aspen-ish leaf, small green ivy vine, fiery sun face.
A set of five wire wrapped antique key pendants. Each one has a swirling bail at the top for hanging it from a chain; they all have different colorful brass stampings attached with wire, and are decorated with crystal beads in matching colors, and wire swirls and spirals. L-R: 1) a large red-orange ivy vine with golden wire; 2) a large green maple leaf with antique brass wire; 3) a large single oval leaf with a toothed edge, in red-orange with a bit of yellow-green, with antique brass wire; 4) a small green ivy vine with dark silver-grey wire; 5) a sun face in bright red/orange/yellow, with antique brass wire.
January 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The first batch of new antique key pendants in months! Individual photos at www.patreon.com/posts/118928... (my patrons get first dibs on everything I make).
10 wire-wrapped antique key pendants in two rows of 5 on a grey background. Each pendant has a swirling wire bail to hang it from a chain or cord, colorful brass leaves or dragons held on with wire, and matching crystal beads decorating the whole pendant. The wire is antique brass colored unless otherwise mentioned. Top row left to right: 1) 3 green leaves, 2) bright red 5-leaf sprig with silver wire, 3) large green ivy vine with leaves in different shades of green, 4) red winged serpent with breasts, with gold on the wings, 5) small ivy vine with lavender, blue, and turquoise leaves Bottom row left to right: 1) a single large oval pointed leaf with ridged edges, in light and dark blue/purple, 2) a large rippled-edge leaf in deep green with gold at the center, on a brass key, 3) a spray of three oak leaves in orange, red, and green, touched with gold highlights, 4) a pair of green beech-type leaves, 5) a red dragon with a slightly dog-like head and tufted tail, turned to the left. Golden wire and a touch of gold on the wings.
January 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I've started the 'make new jewelry before Arisia SF convention' blitz. Patreon post is up with new hair pins (shawl pins/scarf pins) and antique key pendants, with brightly colored brass decorations. www.patreon.com/posts/118928...
Eight hair pins with colorful leaves, crystals, and wire decorations, on a grey background. In each case the leaves are attached to the top of a 3" long stainless steel U-shaped hair pin, and the crystals match the leaf colors. L-R: Sprig of 5 bright red leaves with silver wire. 5 large green leaves with antique brass wire. 5 large lavender, blue, and turquoise leaves with antique brass wire. 5 large leaves in yellow-green and red-orange, with antique brass wire. 5 large leaves in various shades of teal/blue/lavender, with silver wire. 5 large green leaves with silver wire. 3 antique silver leaves with clear sparkling glitter and silver wire. 3 feathers, red, orange, and yellow, with antique brass wire.
January 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Another piece I'm particularly happy with from the key tarot: The Devil. People have asked to buy several of the pieces individually, but I really want to keep the set together. I'd at least like to get them professionally photographed for a possible future deck.

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A large antique key pendant almost completely covered in antique brass colored wire and spirals, with metal decorations. Crossing the top of the key at an angle is a yellow brass rectangle with the words THE DEVIL stamped into the metal and colored with black ink. Below that is a silver tone circle with a five pointed star, point downward, with a baphomat horned face on it. Below that is an antique brass stamping of three stylized nude bodies shown from neck to knee, wrapped around with a silver tone chain.
December 22, 2024 at 4:43 AM
It didn't previously occur to me to share actual pictures of my art here, but I can! Most of my work is very color-focused these days, but one of the projects I'm proudest of is the Tarot major arcana as antique key pendants: www.patreon.com/posts/key-ta...

Here's the high priestess:
A large pendant made from a wire wrapped antique key with metal charms and stampings, all attached with antique brass colored wire which forms swirls at the top. Like a sign post, a brass rectangle across the head of the key reads "THE HIGH PRIESTESS" in stamped letters colored black. To the left side of the shaft of the key is a silver-colored pillar with a fancy top; to the right is a yellow brass matching pillar. In the center of the key's shaft is a square silver metal charm with a woman's face on it, looking down with a calm expression. Above the face is an antiqued silver round disk like a full moon; below it is an antique silver crescent moon with points facing up.
December 21, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I am so excited about this book. Full disclosure, my spouse wrote it, but no matter how many times I've read through it before the reenactors always make me die laughing. Everyone knows those reenactors, even if this is reenacting the current 'modern world'. Out in January!
A wraparound cover for a paperback book, showing the front cover on the right and the back on the left. The front cover has the title, London's Calling, superimposed over a crossed musket and an electric guitar painted with blue flames. "London's" is in matching blue block text and "Calling" is in red-pink that matches the swirly smoke-like darker red-pink background. At the bottom it reads A Nu-England Novel Adam Brink On the back it says: The Ster used to be a modern city before the magical storms swept over the planet. Now it's protected by a tall wall and Agents like London. London has given the city almost everything: their job, their magic, even their right hand. But their superior, the Saint of Discretion, wants them to take a safer job. London, who can barely get their boots on in the morning, finds it hard to disagree. An invasion of ghostly soldiers puts all that on hold. In the chaos London has to look after their father, the last auto-mechanic in a world without technology, as well as an over-enthusiastic reenactor troupe with an extremely tenuous grasp of history. At least they've got their attending physician to assist. It's a shame she's only four inches tall. But injuries don't make an Agent; experience does, and London's got loads of it, along with a stubborn streak a mile wide. They have their orders, and they have their electric guitar. And when an old enemy reappears, London's choice between their job and their calling might just kill them. www.adambrinkwriting.com design by sleepyfoxstudio.net
December 12, 2024 at 11:49 PM