Dragon Scales

Hand Woven Silver Bead Fabric

 

One thing I love about this material is its allusiveness.

First it reminds me of scales – lizard scales, or dragon scales – cool at first then warming to the touch; next those shimmering flakes of sunlight that dance upon a lake when the light dazzles one’s eyes on a summer afternoon or clear, moon-lit night.

There is a sense of delicious, sensual weight. I can’t help but think of Milan Kundera’s words in the beginning of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The densely-woven silver feels so pleasurably heavy and at the same time gleams and flows so fluidly, utterly responsive to the slightest dip, hollow, or bodily movement.

I weave this metallic fabric weaving one bead at a time into every other bead, yet it acts as a whole: Many into One. The meditative attention spent in this manner infuses the material with a kind of energetic resonance so that it becomes a sort of aesthetic armor with the feel of elemental Fire, Water, Metal and Earth.

When I patinate the silver the fabric takes on a wondrous dark hue with great depth and a subtle gunmetal shine. Left bright, the facets catch the light with purity and read bright white.

I then match my hand-woven silver fabric with the earthy brilliance and sparkle of natural druzies so that they really come alive: Modern Talismans for this age of challenge and change.

 

Dalmatian Druzy Bracelet with Diamond

One thought on “Dragon Scales

  1. Jamie Lemnotis says:

    Hi Winnie I have not seen you in so long! I’t been 3 years since I was trying to put together the right bracelet for my sister’s 50th birthday with that lapis stone.
    I just had to write and tell you how much I LOVE this dragon scales bracelet.
    So nice
    Hope you are doing well
    well wishes
    Jamie

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