Two Steps forward – One step back

Merlin went back to the vet on Friday to have his stitches out – he was doing very well after his operation.

Unfortunately today – he either had a good old scratch or caught the operation wound on something in the garden – and manages to open the wound up again – and there is even a hole (grim) – so back to the vet again today – and now he has this very glamorous collar – which he has not got used to yet. Back to the vet again on Monday – to see what is what – it might need stitching again.

Mixed bag of a day in the studio to-day. I am making textile beads for jewellery – this is rather repetitive – and because I have to make so many I make and assemble them rather like a factory line. So no completed beads yet.

I also had a cunning plan for creating a new bead – but it failed! So back to the drawing board tomorrow.

No pictures – because my camera ran out of battery -

Son, Dog and Amulets

My youngest son is safe and happy in Denmark and we have the dog back home after his operation to remove the saliva glands on one side.

He looks quite gruesome! So I wont be posting a picture of him. As well as a large shaved area around and under his neck and chin – for some reason the top of his head on one side has been shaved – around his ear – and above one eye – most strange – he look very vulnerable with a partially shaved head.

Apart from all the swelling and stitches he seems OK in himself – and he still searches the floor for every crumb of food that might have dropped by accident!

So as I was dog sitting to-day – to make sure that he did not scratch the stitches out – I was able to get on a bit in the studio with “Standing Stones”.

There is a lot more stitching by hand in quite thick silk and also I have made an amulet for the top corner. I have made amulets for some years now (see my website amulet page here
and here)

This little talisman necklace is made from slate wrapped with wire, with beads of coral, turquoise and lapis – interspersed with random coloured glass beads.

I don’t know what I think of this piece yet – although I really enjoyed working with it to-day!

My Dog – Merlin

I have not been in the studio for a couple of days now as I have been as bit anxious about my dog, Merlin.

He had a swelling on his jaw last week, the vet thought it might be a problem with his saliva glands – which if so they would have to be removed.

However on Sunday night the swelling ballooned massively – so I took him back to the vet on Monday – and they operated to remove the swelling.

He is still at the vets – hopefully I will be able to bring him home tomorrow. They have not at this stage removed the saliva gland – that is still to come.