Posted by nightphoenix on Aug 16, 2010 in
Art,
News,
Wands I have observed, through my mysterious webmistress powers, that “wands” and “artwork” are two very popular categories, always among the most looked at, and yet they probably have the least content. I’ve begun working on fixing that.
As you may notice, I’ve added a page on top with pictures of all the wands and such that I’ve made. Like the Projects page, I will be updating it from time to time as I finish new pieces.
I’m also going to add an Artwork page, but I haven’t quite decided whether to restrict it to art that’s related to my writing, or have it just be anything and everything. What would people like to see?
Tags: artwork
Posted by nightphoenix on Sep 30, 2009 in
Creative,
Wands I think I briefly reviewed The Mortal Instruments trilogy by Cassandra Clare on this blog somewhere. Well, I had this small palm branch that I could never figure out what sort of athame to make out of it…so instead, I decided to make a stele. A stele, for all of you that haven’t read the books, is a writing instrument that Shadowhunters use to draw angel runes on themselves. It is made of special glass, is somewhat bigger than a pen and smaller than a wand.
Obviously mine is not made of glass, since working with glass is not (yet *cough*) among my list of artsy skills. Mine is also more intricate than the canon Shadowhunter version (which, as far as I remember, is just basically a glass wand).
Yay for iridescent white paint. The swirly design is blue twine that I super-glued to the body of the stele. (Yes, that took a while).
The blue twine up close.
The flower is supposed to be an amaranth. Also not canon, but since I intend on hanging on to this thing (unlike some of the Mortal Instruments characters), why not make it personal?
The design on the end is the rune for angelic power. Appropriate for a stele. No, I did not create the rune…someone online did.
The stele in action. (Or rather, cleverly photoshopped to appear so). The rune being drawn is a healing rune, borrowed from the same online source.
Anyway, this project was such fun that I’m not in the process of making a seraph blade from the same book series. If I ever get the opportunity to go to some Cassandra Clare fan gathering, I’ll be prepared.
Tags: artwork, The Mortal Instruments
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