Pendant: "Art as Alchemy"

I wanted to make a pendant/shrine using a matchbox, a Premo-covered book, and strung with hemp and glass beads. The results are fabulous! Here's how it looks:

the Ishtar shrine/pendant

the cover opens to a small book

the inside of the matchbox slides out
revealing the shrine...

Ishtar image, beads, and (real) candles!

The pendant is made from a matchbox covered with Premo (polymer clay) & gold leaf. The images on clay were applied from laser prints, with gin.

The book was printed on paper, folded & bound with muslin, and glued inside the covers, then bound with hemp twine, also used for beaded strands.

Inside the matchbox, the shrine is on plush black velvet with a photo image of an ancient Ishtar figure. I used birthday candles (burned) in Premo candleholders, glued into the shrine. Beads are glass, or made from Premo and gold leaf.

Yes, I love this pendant!

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