simple string #9

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I like purple, so this one’s all about the purple.

“So powerful, in fact, is simple string in taming the world to human will and ingenuity that I suspect it to be the unseen weapon that allowed the human race to conquer the earth …” — Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years

They’re not strung on string but they’re definitely strung. I couldn’t resist the reference to one of my favorite nonfiction books. Very much worth reading.

(it’s NOT a cross, it just maybe LOOKS a bit like a cross)

Availability: Only 1 left in stock

• the thick-ass grey wire came from a field near the house • there’s an OLD old well there • yes, old enough they used aluminum wire • y’all that stuff is HARD to bend

• the thin grey wire comes wrapped around each roll of hardware cloth we buy • hell YEAH i’m using it • it’s? probably aluminum?

• many of the beads came home from Pennsic with my roommate • a talenti jar full of POSSIBILITIES

• there are also beads from my Aunt Ann • & from a friend named Elizabeth • thanks y’all!

• the chain also came from Aunt Ann’s stash • SO MUCH FUN

 

it's this big:

• this pendulum is 15 3/8″ long

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