Pines & Pancakes

She/her. dedicated sideblog for @homoeroticsubtextinspace where i go into detail about all the stuff i make . all medium, all sorts of stuff. most of the pieces of jewellery will be on sale on my etsy shop once i set it up

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I'm a writer, I draw, I'm a seamstress, I'm a blacksmith, I'm a jeweler, I'm a woodworker, I'm a tattoo artist, I'm a drummer, I'm a shoemaker, I'm a bowyer, I'm a bookbinder, I'm a modelist, I'm a flint knapper, I'm starting pottery and I'm not gonna stop there.

I'm not good at any of it. And yet i keep trying. I have to remind myself I'm doing these for me. Productivity was never the goal.

There will never be enough time to master any of them. Truly i will be a master of none my whole life but i want to be at peace with that. I will not be a specialist. And that's ok.

I started shaping the world around me when i was pretty young and it took me 26 years to understand i could also shape myself and my body to reflect who i am. All my life i have been obsessed with understanding how to transform materials into things, tools, art. I'm not "good" at any of it. But i AM transforming. I'm doing it, there's so much to learn, so much to shape, so many materials to try, so many transectional skills and approaches. All fascinating, all wondrous.

In 2 weeks I'm starting something that will take two years and an enormous ammount of energy out of me, it's my choice, i want it, i want this masters degree and it is in my head one step closer to becoming the closest possible thing to a starfleet science officer.

But I'll still be all of those things. I'm writing this to force myself to remember when i feel fucking worthless in my bed at night that whatever happens i will still be all those things. All those things that bring me the infinite joy of shaping the world around me.

Yeah im becoming Nora the archaeologist but i will forever be Nora the craftswoman AS WELL. Bitches know i contain multitudes :3

Catch me in 5 years being a super hot doctor in archaeology with a background in Every. Single. Form of craftsmanship

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Bone threaded needle i made in the experimental archeology module yesterday:)

I only used paleo tools so it was a bit of a challenge

Out of a bos taurus vertebral zygapophysis.

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I made a knapping gauntlet:)

Just a quick leather project:) it's still soaked, I'm wearing it for a few hours to shape the leather to my hand.

Specifically made for pressure knapping but it will work just fine to hold the cores in place

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Working on my plans for my bottom surgery

I made models out of clay to bring them into reality and see how they'd work in 3d

The first one is the one i have in dreams usually, while the second is inpired by an orchid picture i like

Besides fucking up the dimensions on the second one i also think it allows for a lot of possible errors by the surgeon so it is probably less realistic. (Fucked up the colours too with my makeup kit)

It was a fun little exercise:)

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New lion:)

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ONE DAY BUILDS

Damane costume from the wheel of time

For a costumed party

Kindof a rush job, i only had 9 hours to do it from design to finished product so it's a bit wobbly at times.

The linen dress was the fastest thing to do except the sleeves which i did last and didn't even try on before going to the party.

The A'dam was particularly challenging ngl, i didn't have money to do it in fabric covered eva foam so the fabric is a bit shit but I'm still happy with the result for such a small project.

There is a hidden zipper in the front.

I didn't have big metal rings for the back so i made the black one by removing the core of one of my shibari ropes to replace it with an electrical copper wire

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I made bone points this afternoon.

The bone itself was kinda shitty, it was a bovid humerus.

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Tried pressure flaking for the first time today:)

Heat treated flint worked with copper point and moose antler hammer.

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Took the time to draw today :)

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New wall paintings:)

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Silex time

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First prod from my scientific drawing class:)

Adult Red Deer tibia , left, 1/1 scale,

Around 3h, pencil and fine ink marker

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Cave lions part 5

Really Bad week so i added 6 more lions

More machine use on these one because i needed the pain and the the angle was difficult.

Only 8 left and the black stuff will be done for this tattoo! There's a little bit of shading to do and some white and ochre to add to bring a more nuanced background. I will also touch up the red dots and the line. Not visible enough for my taste

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Cave lions part 4:

While the angle and position was challenging (my joints can only bend so far) it was relatively quick (less than 1 h total)

I also touched up the La Marche Lion because some details were too light or gone. Added some shading on the eye

As i have now done roughly 26 tattoos (at least 26 tattoo sessions) i see that one of the issues i have is puncturing too lightly. So the ink doesn't go deep enough to stick.

I will keep being careful not to overdo it and make blowouts but it also means the need for touching up so i gotta find a balance

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From bone class:

Rhinoceros skull and mandible.

I don't get much time to draw lately so i was glad to get the opportunity today. In bone class.

It was tapir/rhino/equid day. At least the morning. Afternoon was mammoths and it fucked. Love that shit.

Working on understanding better how to only draw light on black paper and it's HARD.

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Cave lion sleeve, step 2

4 out of 24 lions , +two sawtooth/scorcher

I was bored.

Handpoke and coil machine (first use of that machine)

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Step 3!

The la marche lion!

2h, handpoke +coil machine, two inks.

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Cave lion sleeve, step 2

4 out of 24 lions , +two sawtooth/scorcher

I was bored.

Handpoke and coil machine (first use of that machine)