Studio time- 11/9-11/11

This week I have been working on trying to finish my second locket, the brick locket, and have begun making my third one, based on the memory from the indian restaurant. I am almost completely done with the brick locket except for the patina and setting the hinge permanently. I have been experimenting with developing the right smell for it and have come up with something close, but it needs to be stronger. I discovered when making the wax for the smell that I can use grass blades and the wax seals them so that I may be able to just fill the locket with the concoction and hopefully have the smell last for a longer amount of time. The 3rd locket that I am doing- the Indian spices is going to be in the shape of 4 bowls each containing a separate spice with one "opening up" and containing the smell of curry powder. I am making this locket into a ring. I am excited to see the end product for this one because of the bright colors that will be obtained through setting spices in the bowls with epoxy.

I have discovered that people are responding to the idea of containing smells inside the lockets much more than previous ideas and am very excited. I am having so much fun mixing them, although if I make too many at once I start to get a headache from the melting wax. I can't wait to see if this idea will play out the way that I want it to.