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A Mended Heart – resilient water globe
Wounded and battered, held together with wire and glue and magic of sorts, supported with hope and dreams, the resilient heart stands tall. Four-inch glass globe with one of a kind, custom interior...
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Off to SteamCon V …
Will be taking a few favorite snow globes to show the “steamconstituents.” All designs and photographs are copyright (c) Camryn Forrest Designs, 2013.
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Steampunk My Ride
Take one BIG-wheeled vintage bicycle and add a rider, gears, chains and mysterious mechanical modifications and you have a unique means of transportation, or as we like to call it: “Steampunk My Ride.”...
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Citrus Sky (beaded water globe)
This juicy little snow globe is a departure from my curious inventions, vagabond airships, steampunk’d machines and endless Escher-esque staircases. It is simply a study in colors and shapes that I...
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Waiting, Waiting for the Next Big Thing
If you’ve ever seen the amazing endless staircases drawn by M.C. Escher, you may have noted that just about everyone in them is busy going nowhere. Up the down staircase. Back where you started. In...
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Oil and Water – or, Oil Well That Ends Well
Ooooh! It was a dark and stormy night. Mystery snow globe. A Black Snowstorm. A riddle: What’s thick and black and swirling with potential? What? A steam-powered oil derrick? Isn’t that a...
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Proto-Droid – the robot of parts unknown
I like this little guy. He’s a droid of sorts, a robot made of leftover parts. Maybe a prototype: still figuring out where everything goes. Weren’t the first real robots much the same: a little bit of...
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Diving into a Sea Story
In so many endeavors, humans try to emulate other creatures and end up standing out … well, like an opposable thumb. We want to soar in the skies so we create vibrant colored hot air balloons. It’s a...
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Proto-Droid – the robot of parts unknown
I like this little guy. He’s a droid of sorts, a robot made of leftover parts. Maybe a prototype: still figuring out where everything goes. Weren’t the first real robots much the same: a little bit of...
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Diving into a Sea Story
In so many endeavors, humans try to emulate other creatures and end up standing out … well, like an opposable thumb. We want to soar in the skies so we create vibrant colored hot air balloons. It’s a...
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Believe
What we believe can be the elusive butterfly for which we reach. The unexpected beauty that flutters among us, teasing us with its promise. We hold out our hands and hold our breath, waiting and hoping...
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Diving into a Sea Story
In so many endeavors, humans try to emulate other creatures and end up standing out … well, like an opposable thumb. We want to soar in the skies so we create vibrant colored hot air balloons. It’s a...
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Believe
What we believe can be the elusive butterfly for which we reach. The unexpected beauty that flutters among us, teasing us with its promise. We hold out our hands and hold our breath, waiting and hoping...
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Diving into a Sea Story
In so many endeavors, humans try to emulate other creatures and end up standing out … well, like an opposable thumb. We want to soar in the skies so we create vibrant colored hot air balloons. It’s a...
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Proto-Droid – the robot of parts unknown
I like this little guy. He’s a droid of sorts, a robot made of leftover parts. Maybe a prototype: still figuring out where everything goes. Weren’t the first real robots much the same: a little bit of...
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Diving into a Sea Story
In so many endeavors, humans try to emulate other creatures and end up standing out … well, like an opposable thumb. We want to soar in the skies so we create vibrant colored hot air balloons. It’s a...
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Airship Cadillac – In a Realm All Its Own
In the late 1950s, Cadillacs were sometimes sold with the slogan, “In a Realm all its own.” Cadillacs are often associated with mystery, imagination, elegance, luxury and power. Sort of like Steampunk,...
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Making Christmas Time
It was a challenge, I think. Out of the blue I was asked, “Could you do a Christmas globe?” I’ve avoided the theme out of pure stubbornness. It’s become such a cliche. After all, there are so many...
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Glimpses of Angels
There are people who say they see angels everywhere, those who say it’s not possible, and those who aren’t quite sure. Sometimes I am reminded of angels in subtle ways: a quick smile, a gentle...
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A Very Good Year
Experimenting with a very fine and very dense crushed glitter, it struck me how rich and red the liquid was when shaken: almost opaque, yet dancing with a reflected sparkle. In the language of grapes:...
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