curious or not?

After a week of madness, I can finally post again, not really cause I had too little time, but because I was stuck for ideas. Also I'm lazy, I'm on holiday.... so sue me...

Anyway, this post is what I would call stereotypical at the most. After a very interesting long weekend, for we all had easter and I'm sure you all at your fill of chocolate... I can say I saw alot and learned a thing or two. I had the experience of meeting a few individuals who will remain nameless.. But for my research purposes, they would be the ultimate in what I would call sterotypes. The one was a very closeted, "I have a girlfriend, but I fool around with guys" and very jock-like. Another, was extremelly camp, very open, swishy wrists and fondly referred to himself as a "flaming faggot." These two just gave me a little insight as to how people view eachother.

If it wasn't for the fact that I knew Mr Curious was in fact gay, yes he is he actually knows it, I would not have said anything. Walking around watefront with him and friends and noone was the wiser, and he is quite happy being a "guy."

But then it came down to Miss Man, he reffered to himself this way by the way not me, and there was an air of shock value. It was almost like he enjoys the attention. I mean this is a guy that was walking around with mascara and lipgloss in his bag, yes there was a handbag.

Both these men are gay, but both have different viewpoints. One is scared of being chastised and the other embraces it. It makes me wonder what kind of world we live it to have to either hide your identity orflaunt it to such an extreme....

tick tock tick tock....

Here's one of my favourite pieces, a clockwork heart brooch. I've been known to call my heart, the beaty thing, the organic pump, machine that needs to stop... yes I don't like emotion, yet I thrive on it. This piece was one of my "ten piece" collection. It was inspired in part by a friend who designed a piece of jewellery based on Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, a vilian from the hellboy series, who has a clockwork heart, read him up on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ruprecht_Kroenen , i do not condone wikipedia as the information is unsourced and though mostly right does contain some errors). The piece was also inspired by a bit of an emotional setback I had and I wished at that time to be able to turn my heart off like a machine, hence silencing the beaty thing. The brooch is large about 6 cm in diameter, the outside is flypressed quite shallow and pierced in a cracked and beat open manner. The bottom gears are soldered onto the back plate and are slightly smaller than the tope gears. The top gears sit ontop of cheniers cut .2mm higher than the bottom gears. These in turn can move and connect. The inside was oxidised and scratch brushed to give a worn and old manner like the heart has been through much damage and abuse.

beep beep beeeeeep

I really have to start putting current work on... But why bother? These hearts are a 3rd year enamelling project for Limoge. Our brief was kintetic, my earring sway very lightly from side to side but the actual "movement" is in the enamel, an E.E.G monitor. The front side has a heart beat and the back has a flat-line. There is no soldering on this piece and the two halves have a scratched texture and are sown together with fine silver wire (.3 mm in diameter). They each have two little garnet beads to cap them. As these are dying hearts I thought they would be apropriate to my mood at the moment.