Post #465951 by mieko on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 8:49 PM

Wow Anthony! I thought it was done with just the black and white sketch! That is great - it really looks like a book!

Got mine strung up and here's a new photo. I added a ruler so you could see the scale, although the ruler didn't show up too well. She's just over 5 inches tall, so pretty large for a pendant, but still wearable - or would look great hanging on the wall as well.

I'm really excited about this swap. It's really great that it inspired some people to do stuff they normally wouldn't. I think that's a really important part of the swap - to challenge yourself to do something new. I was really nervous about my pieces in the first few swaps, but the swaps have really pushed me to do stuff that's out of my comfort zone, both with carving ideas, and putting my stuff out there for others.

I don't think pieces need to be unisex. There's always going to be pieces in the swap that you would prefer more than others. It's part of the risk of participating.