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March 29, 2008

Pre-Colombian Talisman

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A patterned stone in violet with a brilliant gold center, surrounded by cinnabar.  The outer rim has a pattern of pale peach-tinted scallops against a background of blue, beige, orange, and gold.  Kinda weird.

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March 10, 2008

Springtime Remembered (c. 1977)

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A metallic mandala-like flower in violet, platinum, blue, red, and spring green on a charcoal colored background---with stripes in blue, red, and pink.

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February 18, 2008

Hippie Bride

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Tie-dyed fabric in mottled red, rose, blue, and indigo surrounding--and woven through-- a double golden ring. 

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Bronze Flower

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A bronze starflower with a silky texture in peach and brown against a metallic 'stucco' background in brown, gold, and bronze.

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A Map to the Maze

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A beautiful carving in stone (in royal blue, azure, emerald, and amethyst, surrounding a charcoal colored central circle.  Each circle is surrounded by metallic circles in rose gold....

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Book of Changes | Hexagram 16: Energetic Commitment (Two Versions)

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BOOK OF CHANGES. A simple mandala in blue and beige/platinum with a rusty orange/cinnabar/red jade.  The central image is a 10-petalled flower surrounded by a single ring in cinnabar.  The outer 10 petals are square.  You can choose from a lovely luminous button or a more two dimensional version!

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Book of Changes | Hexagram 61: Candid Heart; Honor

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BOOK OF CHANGES.  A core of integrity and essentail honor protected from without. Red and chartreuse cloisonne ring surrounded by rings in chartreuse and spring green, and an outside ring in orange.  The innermost core is a delicate 'flower' or 'starflower' in shades of rose..  The rings are held together with pewter-colored clips. 

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Gathering Petals in Winter

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HIPPIE ART:  Abstract slices of 'orange' within a ring of dark red and blue ceramic.  Background is mottled blue and green.  Colors of the 'plate' are platinum, gold, and bright orange.  There is a central 'flower' surrounded by 'petals.'

The contrasting/dissonant colors are very sixties/seventies.  Trust me:  I was there.

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February 16, 2008

Inscrutable

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Dark flowers (charcoal and silver) surrounded by a rose and violet colored  Oriental carving---all floating against a background of indigo and black. 

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February 09, 2008

Lily Pond

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"Ceramic" lily pads:  rose and blue in a "pond" of mottled blue and green leaves.

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