I've been promising these for days, and finally, they're up: six new works by Wings.

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I've been promising these for days, and finally, they're up: six new works by Wings. Only one is a pair of earrings, but they're fabulous. the other five are all the latest unique additions to his longstanding signature series of Warrior Woman pins, each with a different stone.

First up, though, the earrings:

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This pair is called A Long Rain of Stars, and they are indeed long — three inches in length, excluding wires. All the stampwork is freehand of course, but so is the saw-work, and they're at once bold and very delicate. I love this pair; you can read their full description here.

Now, the new Warrior Woman pins [and yes, this is the one explicitly gendered series he creates, because it's in memory and honor fo his late mother; if you want male, nonbinary, gender-neutral, or other versions, he can do that]. First up is one for this season:

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This pin is called A Medicine Rain, for the literal rainclouds on the crescent moon and the flowering petals on her dress. She carries a deep, bright mossy green jade cabochon in her right hand. You can read her full description here.

The second is the classic Skystone version:

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This one is called Heart Dance, for her sense of motion and that of the hearts that trail along the moon in her left hand. Her cabochon is indeed a Skystone, classic Kingman turquoise in that flawlessly clear blue of the alpine desert sky. You can read her full description here.

The third one is, I think,  my personal favorite of these five:

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In this version, called The Flowering of Night, she wears freehand stampwork imagery of layers within layers, complex and deeply meaningful. She also holds an amethyst cabochon in her right hand, a bright, translucent violet color. You can read her full description here.

The fourth iteration is one with a hidden heart and deep symbolism:

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Here, it's a version called From Wisdom, a reference both to the Eyes of Spirit that trace the front of her dress and to the flowering medicine on the moon in her left hand, the latter growing and thriving through the influence of the former. In her right hand she holds a fiery wine-red sun, a garnet of amazing depth and color. You can read her full description here.

Finally is the fifth pin and sixth work overall:

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The final pin is called A Sacred Wisdom — again, a reference to the imager of her dress and the Eye of Spirit that, here, shields her heart. She holds a hematite cabochon in her right hand, a material said to be grounding but one that holds all the shimmer of the stars. You can read her full description here.

As always, Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We're now in the fourth [and by far most costly] month of this new calendar year and facing complications and costs carried over from the end of last year, and in this week? I need to bring in a good $6K to cover taxes, which means that we will need to make consistent sales, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated. 

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