#ThrowbackThursday: Hope's Flame Burns Bright

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all rights reserved.

It's #TBT at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #ThrowbackThursday featured work from one of Wings's longest-running signature series, an entry that dates back some fifteen years almost exactly. It's the Warrior Woman, wrought in his classic design but with utterly unique detailing and a fiery amber jewel to contrast with the imagery of rain, a reminder that hope's flame burns bright, as do those of medicine and breath and life and love.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. This work will never be duplicated exactly, but if the general style speaks to your spirit, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; Wings can create a version uniquely your own. It's March, taxes around the corner, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.    

It has been *a day*.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Some pretty cloud formations today. The wind, not so much. 

Out of order tonight because it has been a day, We're back, I've got dinner in the oven, and I want to get the quicker items out of the way while we're waiting for it to get done. After dinner, I'll get to the NDN Silver stuff.

Hopefully, I'll even get those five new pairs of earrings live on the site. But I'm operating on no sleep last night, and after today, that depends on whether I can stay awake long enough, and with a functional brain. These days, that latter is never a safe bet even at the best of times.

Because this week's been like every other for the last five months, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Never enough hours.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Did I mention a necklace? I'm pretty sure I mentioned a necklace.  

As you can see, beads are done, but he hasn't gotten the findings on it yet. It's been a day, and there are never enough hours in it.

That's going to be the case at least until the weekend, so tis might not be up on the site until then. [Of course, that might be the case for the five new pairs of earrings, too.] Oh, and if you're wondering about materials? That pendant [and the larger rondels in the strand] are all Petoskey stones, which is a particular kind of fossilized coral from my homelands. the rest of the strand of high-grade turquoise in two sizes [suspect Chinese or Persian; it was pricey enough for the latter]; two grades of Labradorite, one from Madagascar; and both sterling and fine silver beads.

I'm still hoping to have the earrings up yet tonight, but given everything else I have to get done, once again, it's not looking promising. Once again, late with everything. Because absolutely everything else takes precedence, and I'm so freaking tired. 

So I'm not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

The Sun's Celestial Fire

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork for all the shades of the sun, and all its gifts of life and breath and medicine, too. It's a necklace wrought in extraordinary fashion, three powerful and utterly unique cabochons brought together and suspended from a strand of incredible hand-selected beads, together manifest in the blessing of the sun's celestial fire, a daily gift of warmth and light and breath and life.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes around the corner, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.          

A little Art Nouveau, a little Art Deco.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

One of four new pairs he finished today, in addition to a new pendant [that is going to be a full necklace, and he still has string the beads tomorrow, so no photos of that yet]. This pair is amazing: a little Art Nouveau, a little Art Deco, and those stones . . . . 

I'm hoping to have the earrings up yet tonight, but as late as it is, it's not looking promising. Once again, late with everything. Because absolutely everything else takes precedence, and I'm so freaking tired. 

So I'm not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

 

Red Willow Spirit: The Constant Flame

Photo copyright Aji, 22026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for cold days and hard times, when spring arrives too soon and trickster winds make it feel like winter still. It's two images linked by a single new work of wearable art, reminders, all, of the constant flame that warms and illuminates and heals, that makes us brave and keeps strong and committed to the work of truth.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes around the corner, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.         

More work in progress.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

More work in progress. This one's going to be a pendant, he thinks: Petoskey stone, which is a specific form of fossilized coral found in my own homelands.  It's gorgeous cab, too.

Four pairs of earrings coming tomorrow:  small silver feathers; rose quartz big ovals; matched pair of deep blue turquoise, looks like probably the more recent Turquoise Mountain material; and those gorgeous Edwardian-filigree-looking ocean jasper dagger marquise-cuts.

Meanwhile, I'm drowning in paperwork and other nonsense.

And as I said yesterday, once again, new month, and here I am, late with everything. Because absolutely everything else takes precedence, and I'm so freaking tired. Of everything. Mostly of assholes. So I'm not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.