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LionessElise
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so many beads. and pliers. so many pliers.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LionessElise
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Just came back here to share a more detailed obituary written by her friend for the @thesicktimes.org.

It includes her activism in support of 🇵🇸, and her advocacy and support for people with Long Covid.

thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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I want people to take precautions so the world is safer for everyone—them, me, others.

I want more people ending chains of transmission, which literally saves lives.
I want you to get vaccinated if you can, for everything that you can, to protect both yourself and those who cannot.

I used to have this argument about the flu shot. People I know were all "well i'm young and in good health so i don't need to." Do you care about anyone who is not those things?!
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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This is a sneaky one - this is why I film labradorite, take a look at that glow:

oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4405...

#Handmade #ShopIndie
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
LionessElise sends you Saturday greetings from the imaginary hamlet of Potatoville, where all the inhabitants are learning and refining the art of RESTING LIKE A. POTATO.

Today's hairdo is Fancy Convalescent.
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Outstanding thread.
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
LionessElise sends you Friday greetings from the imaginary hamlet of Potatoville, where resting LIKE A POTATO is an expression of community and hope, as well as self care.
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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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.
wingssilverwork.com
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