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They labeled me a Xennial...

I am... a micro generation an American mutt a woman an artist a mother a believer in 2020 the United States Census plans to further categorize my racial identity is this in order to clarify the genealogy? my ancestors hail from all over Continental Europe. on some sides of the family tree, I can't even count what generation American I am. beginning in the 1600's, they emigrated to these fair shores America, the Beautiful. this grand adventure continued on and on beginning in many different countries, but all ending up here in the "New World" but the last time that we did have a 1st generation was my great grandmother. born in 1892 after her Danish parents came over. when I was born, she was 90. so I know that I am one eighth Danish... the rest of the pie chart gets complicated is it so they can decide who makes the cut? how far back must our ancestors had to have immigrated to be considered legitimate? & which proud heritage do I cla

PRIMORDIAL & WARRIOR earrings available

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Each Earring component is hand sawn, hammer textured  & painstakingly tinted. ARTistic medium: fine silver and copper © molliemade 2017 to get these delivered to your doorstep, head on over to my Etsy shop:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/MollieMadeDesign also available on fine silver chains with custom designed magnetic closures, when you get snagged, your chain breaks away without breaking you . *Publishing this before my Etsy is picture perfect, because I just have to press GO.

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Gold dust breathe in breathe out Hardworking hand strike strike Honing my craft making her work having the space to create listening to NPR's modulated tones other's stories being told Flame strike shhckt shhckt solder flows a perfect glowing line Into the pickle tszzz the torch pops off SILENCE My craft is typically a solitary one. Just the maker and their bench. Often I don't even turn on music. Work time is my time to soak in silence, problem solve for a new design or "just make something". For almost every instructor I trained under, I remember a good one liner. That one was Jon Havener 's. It is solid advice, don't stop making. It might have taken a while to sink in, but I get it now. Other artists insist that it's okay to make something bad. Sometimes the fear of failure or imperfection holds us back. That's also another typical trait of a metalsmith. We can be perfectionists. Not necessarily in our personal lives, b