Latest Goth Necklace

 

Not a very good photo I'm afraid, this necklace is black and purple crystals and the spiders legs are made of black rainbow bugles.  It's caught something red and tasty though.

Thanks Melanie

Thanks for the lovely flowers Melanie, they are beautiful.

Gothic Spider Necklace

Black and gold Gothic Spider necklace.  

I used black crystal rondelles in three different sizes for this necklace, which is the first necklace I've created in ages. 
Hope you like it and if you do and would like to buy it, its £10.99 with free p&p. (it will be in a gift box).
Even if you don't want to buy it, I would love to have a comment from someone about it.

Helios - Titan god of the sun and guardian of oaths

Helios - Titan god of the sun and guardian of oaths.

One of these days, when you're sitting in the pub and its quiz night, you're going to thank me for all these Greek gods.

Hemera - Goddess of Daylight and the Sun

Greek Goddess, Hemera. 

Her colours symbolise the sun and daylight. 

Many thanks to Melanie for the beautiful bead.

Pandora

Pandora

In Greek mythology when humans had received the stolen gift of fire from Prometheus, an angy Zeus decides to give men a punishing gift to compensate for the boon of fire.  Zeus commands Hephaestus to mold from earth the first woman, a "beautiful evil" whose decendants would torment the race of men.  When she first appears before gods and mortals "wonder seized them" as they looked upon her.  She was "sheer guile, not to be withstood by men".

On Ebay at the moment, 1 day left.  Look her up in jewellery under the seller's name of getitoffpat

Selene: Titan of the Moon

Selene, Titan of the Moon is a huge spider, she measures 14cm x 12cm when she is standing with knees bent as in the photo. 

I love this one, must make some more with the extra large bugle beads.

Arachne and Athena: The story of the weaving competition

In ancient Greece, Arachne, the daughter of a famous Tyrian purple dyer was adept in the art of weaving.  Eventually, she began to consider herself a greater weaver than the goddess Athena herself and challenged the goddess to a weaving contest to prove her skill.  Athena agreed to this and wove the scene of her victory over Poseidon.   Arachne wove a tapestry featuring twenty-one episodes of infidelity amongst the Gods of Olympus.   Athena was angered by this and although the goddess conceded that Arachne's weaving was flawless, she was infuriated by the mortal's pride.  In a moment of anger, Athena destroyed Arachne's tapestry and loom and cursed Arachne to live her life with extreme guilt.  Out of sadness, Arachne hanged herself soon after.  Athena took pity on Arachne and brought her back to life as a spider and made sure that she kept all of her weaving skills.
 

Ref: Cultural depictions of spiders.  Wikipedia

Bling Ring

A fabulous party ring made of amethyst crystals and clear/silver lined matsuno seed beads

on a silver tone base.  £8.99

If you would like to buy this or anything else please email me.

My Spiders have been framed!

A beautiful spider in a 16cm sq gold coloured box frame.

Can anyone think of a nice name for her?

A little golden brown spider in a wooden box frame 18cm sq.

HOPE YOU LIKE THEM

3 Black Magic Spiders

Morgana - Sold Out

Merlin

Mephisto

All at the same price £4.99 with free p&p

10% discount off any additional purchases.

Introducing Bumble Bees

I tried all sorts of combinations of beads to make the stripey bodies, in the end I made the beads myself from polymer clay.  I think they are rather cute.