Sunday 3 June 2018

A night sky hare

As you know, I do like hares and have gradually built up a small collection of figurines and pictures.  Recently at a small craft fair, there was a stall with hare ornaments, painted by the stall holder.  I was drawn to the hare above with the night sky colours of navy blue, purple, white and silver (only £2.00) and thought I could definitely add a little something to it.
I had seen similar ornaments in ceramic (which I had coveted) in a local craft shop and also on Moonlight and Hares (Karen Davies makes the most beautiful hares which sell out in seconds, but I do have a hare card and print from her which I love) so decided to zhuzh (or zhoosh or zhush, depending where you look) my hare up.  As she (I think she is a she) had the night sky decoration, this dictated the gemstones I used.  Chris very kindly drilled three small holes along her tummy and I set to work creating the dangles.
I chose to use silver plated wire as it echoed the silver moonlight.  I had a lot of fun deciding which of my rather large stash of gemstones to use, but chose those which said 'night', 'moon' , 'ethereal' or 'magical' to me (and are also some of my favourites).  I used amethyst, rainbow moonstone, coated haematite and blue goldstone on the first dangle (to the left).  The middle one has a pearl, a haematite star and the original moon charm.  The third one (on the right) has a blue pearl, crystal quartz and a labradorite on it.  I created a wire spiral to hang her from and dropped a little silver pearl from the centre.  I am really pleased with the end result and she looks just how I imagined she would (which is often not the case, in my experience).
Here she is hanging up and making me smile every time I see her.
Edited to add: thanks to Briony for the idea - here are some photos with a ruler to give you an idea of her size -
She's about 16.5 cm in length... 
...or about 6.5 inches
...and about 6.5 cm or 2.5 inches from the top of her ear to her tummy.

12 comments:

  1. You don't say how big it is but what you've done really makes a difference, beautiful.
    Briony
    x

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, Briony. I have added a couple more photos to show the size. I am really pleased with how she looks now.
      Best wishes
      Ellie

      Delete
  2. Very cleaver. When I saw the first picture thought it was an ornament to put on a Christmas Tree and was envisioning your collection all on a Christmas Tree, which would be cool.....but, then you only get to enjoy it a short period of time. I like your solution!
    Sandy's Space

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, Sandy. She would look lovely on a Christmas tree, but, as you say, I can see her all the time where she is. Nearby, on a little table, there are two little hare figures and a hare picture, so she does have some company.
      Best wishes
      Ellie

      Delete
  3. What a lovely idea, you've completely transformed her and made her yours, beautiful hare xx

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, Cheryl. It was a lovely project to do and I do feel she is really mine now.

      Best wishes
      Ellie

      Delete
  4. It looks wonderful. I have a hare necklace and people often comment on it. Jo x

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, Jo. I have a hare necklace too but I don't often wear it. I think I need to rectify that!
      Best wishes
      Ellie

      Delete
  5. Love what you have done to your night sky hare. Co-incidentally I am just about to start a book about hares - tracing thier life and their legend (The Leaping Hare by George Ewart Evans and David Thomson).

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, EC. I think I may need to add that book to my collection...
      Best wishes
      Ellie

      Delete
  6. Very pretty, lovely way to personalise your hare, enjoy xcx

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, Chrissie. I am really pleased with how she turned out and she does look very nice in her new home.
      Best wishes
      Ellie

      Delete