"Wabi Sabi is a Japanese way of thinking that in short means finding beauty in the imperfect, appreciating nature and being grateful for what you have. It is what I strive for in life."

- a Wabi Sabi maker

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Jag heter Rebecka och bor i västerbotten (norra Sverige) tillsammans med min man Joel och vår Shiba, Mori.

Jag är en rost-, skrot- och naturälskande småföretagare. Jag tycker om att utforska konst och skapa. Om det är att vara ute i naturen och fota, sitta stilla och måla, slipa sten eller svetsa en skulptur har mindre betydelse. Men på något sätt hamnar jag alltid i naturen i skildring eller materialval. Det är där jag hittar min inspiration!

Förutom konst och skapandet är jag medvärd till en pod och jobbar som tatuerare.
Det är svårt att veta när jag började skapa, för på något sätt har det funnits i mitt liv sedan jag var liten. Att göra konst, kojor, snöhus, dinosaurieland och berättelser. Det finns i oss alla från födseln tror jag. Det är bara att omfamna det även i vuxen ålder som är det knepiga. Att våga göra det som bara finns i ditt huvud till verklighet.

Wabi Sabi är ett japanskt sätt att tänka som i korthet innebär att hitta skönheten i det ofullkomliga, uppskatta naturen och vara tacksam för det man har. Det är vad jag strävar efter i livet.

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Local Femmes Online Marknad 14-15 December 2024

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Pilgatans Kulturmarknad, 7 September 11-16.00

Handelsgården, Umeå, 19 Augusti - 7 September

Konst-återbruk, resiliensrummet på Konst i Kvarn, Vindeln, 6-19 Juli 2024

Local Femmes vårmarknad, Umeå, 4-5 Maj 2024

OUTBREAK FEST III, Umeå, 16 Mars 2024

Local Femmes marknad, Umeå, 4 November 2023

LittFors, Vindelälvens litteraturfestival 7-15 Oktober 2023

Uma Obscura, Umeå, 18-19 November 2022

Sjungaregården, Granö, August 6-21 2022

Sisters Tattoo & Art Expo. Kulturen, Lund 1-2 February 2020

Uma Obscura, Umeå, 3-4 May 2019

Uma Obscura, Umeå, October 12-13 2018

Black Raven Gallery, Umeå, August 18-October 4 2018

Uma Obscura 2018, Umeå

Artifact Gallery, New York, February 7-25 2018

Logen Tövalite, Sikeå, 11 June to 13 August 2017

Holmsunds library, Holmsund, November 2016

Hörnefors library, Hörnefors, October 3 to 28 2016

Uma Obscura, Umeå, October 7 to 8 2016

Sjungaregården, Granö, July 23 to August 5 2016

Obbolas bibliotek, Obbola, March 2016

Kulturhusfestivalen, Umeå 2015

Sjungaregården, Granö Beckasin 2015

Konst i kvarn, Vindeln 2015

Eljest, Umeå 2015

Konst i kvarn, Vindeln 2014

Vintersalong, Gislaved 2010

Vårsalong, Gislaved 2009

FÖREDRAG

28 November 2016: Tattoonight at Nordmalings library

A talk about tattoos and art.

UPPDRAG OCH KOLLABORATIONER

Maker Collab 2023, online maker collab, Instagram

Kickstarter project "Earthworks", by Earthworks movie 2014

Missionsauktionen, Öreryd 2010

Missionsauktionen, Öreryd 2009

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Earrings with carved bird-skull from a rock found in Ottonträsk, northern Sweden #norrland.
Sterling silver, blackened with boiled egg.
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #rockcarving #birdskull

Viking knit bracelet. Blackened with boiled egg. Heat and vax treated. Sterling silver. 🖤
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #vikingknit #vikingjewelry

I often use photography in the same way and it's truly inspiring to be able to see so much beauty right where you are. This old hasp for example. I love how the green paint is flaking and you see the metal and wood underneath.
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What have you found in your surroundings that is beautiful when you look closer?
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #photography

Bird-skull necklace, carved from a rock found in northern Sweden #norrland
Details and lock in sterling silver and a leather necklace.
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #rockcarving #birdskull #fågelhänge #vikingjewelry

Viking knit necklace, finished and sold.
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#vikingknit #vikingjewelry #sterlingsilver #wabisabi #wabisabimaker

I made a drawplate for my viking knit jewelry. Made it so much easier, I used a "hole chart" before 😅
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#drawplate #metalsmithing #vikingknit

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Vägrande strävan som rämnar,
Trädkronans skugga den lämnar
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Titel av @mutexdeadlock
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #steelwork #metalart #metalsculpture #hjortron #cloudberry

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Ihärdig vilja sig reser,
ur sprickan där allvaret brast
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Titel av @mutexdeadlock
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #steelwork #metalart

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Ordlöst språk som strömmar,
En sång om ängens drömmar
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Titel by @mutexdeadlock
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #steelwork #metalart #metalsculpture

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Ursinnets viskande rasar
Lämnar min hand, blir till sand
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Titel by @mutexdeadlock
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #steelwork #metalart #metalsculpture

Värmande strålar utsänder
Att trots idel tukt bära frukt
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Titel av @mutexdeadlock
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #steelwork #metalart #metalsculpture #blueberries

Titel av @mutexdeadlock
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"Stilla sömnlöst täcke
Bärande inre glöd"
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #steelwork #metalart

Titel av @mutexdeadlock 🥰
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"Vindlande färd utan riktning
Förvissad i tro, sedan gro"
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Maskros, svetsad, slipad, rostad.
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #maskros #dandelion

Utställning på @sjungaregarden_kulturcentrum
Från idag 6/6-27/6
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Underbar miljö, flera utställare, evenemang och café!
11-16.
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst

#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst

#mayformakers2025 Day 10 - Ig vs. Reality
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Sometimes I forget to show the rough process where I brake things again and again until they are in their final stage. That is part of my process and something that makes the making fun for me. So do not stress if something brakes or you have to redo a piece. It can be what you need to have fun!
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@andtheymake @plsmithed

“You don’t have to__in order to___”
#mayformakers2025 Day 9
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I think this is a common misconception, that bravery is about being fearless. I believe there is no bravery without fear.
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@andtheymake

"I recently decided to ___ and it changed everything"

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#mayformakers2025 Day 7
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The most recent big change in my life is this wonderful, crazy, and weird little Shiba called Mori. She is turning 2 years in a couple of days and we got her when she was 9 weeks so she has been in our lives for a while but what a little ball of joy she is. So happy to have her!
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@andtheymake

#mayformakers2025
When your maker day looks nothing like the picture in your head - day 6
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I sometimes struggle with the feeling of "not being able to enjoy making." I can have a whole day set up for making and been looking forward to that day, and then when it comes, I feel uninspired and lack motivation. I will often push through and just have an uninspired day and end up very disappointed and a bit beaten. But something I have learned is that those days will happen and it's OK!
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When I am OK with both the ups and the downs, I can feel the inspiration coming back. Nothing is perfect and that's what makes life exciting. When you can start to see the imperfect as beautiful, you start to appreciate even the hard days.
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So keep making and enjoy life, even though it's hard. Or perhaps, because it is hard.
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@andtheymake
@plsmithed

Demo/tutorial, day 4 of #mayformakers2025
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Following @plsmithed and doing some catching up. 😅
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You can blacken silver with a boiled egg. In this video I blacken sterling silver on earrings I made.
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Use a zip lock bag or similar and put the silver beside a newly boiled egg. Close the bag and crush the egg, that will release sulfur that will blacken the silver.
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Be sure to clean the silver from any oil or other residue that will hinder the blackening. Leave overnight for a dark patina or only a few hours for a lighter tarnish.
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@andtheymake

#mayformakers2025
5 easy steps to...
I do realize these may not be the easiest steps to take but they get easier and easier the more you take them!
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker

#mayformakers2025
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Tutorial
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Did you know you can use green tea to get green patina on steel? Well, if not, now you do thanks to @andtheymake and #mayformakers2025
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May the fourth be with you 🥳

“Things in my___ [shop/studio] that just make sense.”
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#mayformakers2025
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I am a metalhead through and through 🤘

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My name is Rebecka and I live in Västerbotten (northern Sweden) together with my husband Joel and our Shiba, Mori.
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I am a rust, scrap metal and nature-loving small business owner. I enjoy exploring art and making. Whether it is being out in nature and taking photos, sitting still and painting, stone carving or welding a sculpture is less important. But somehow I always end up in nature in depiction or choice of materials. That's where I find my inspiration!
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Besides art and making, I have my own tattoo studio and have worked as a tattoo artist since 2011.
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It's hard to know when I started creating, because somehow it's been in my life since I was a kid. Making art, huts, snow houses, dinosaur lands and stories. It's in all of us from birth, I think. It's just embracing it even in adulthood that's the tricky part. Dare to make what is only in your head a reality!
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Wabi Sabi is a Japanese way of thinking that, in short, means finding beauty in the imperfect, appreciating nature and being grateful for what you have. That is what I strive for in life.
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- a Wabi Sabi artist -

Closing in on these sculptures. Who knew a cloudberry could be so hard to shape? Probably most people if you thought on it for a second or two 😂
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #steelwork #metalart

Thank you @workinghandspodcast for your kind words and this challenge! It's such a great thing to start the year of with, so I'm grateful that you make the challenge available for all. Thank you!
#makewhatyoufear
@blackthornconcepts
@woodlandiron

Its a great feeling when an idea just works! When did that happen last for you?
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #metalwork #metallkonst #steelwork #metalart

Working on something new ☀️🌿
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #steelwork #metalwork #metalart #steelart #natureart #metallkonst #sheetmetal #plåtkonst

Here are some more photos of these earrings I made. Hard to really show the beauty of the rock.
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #rockcarving #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskalle

Better photos on my contribution to @workinghandspodcast #makewhatyoufear challenge.
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This is a first for me. I have never carved a fish, I usually make bird-skull carvings but wanted to try something new for @workinghandspodcast challenge #makewhatyoufear
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The fish is carved from a rock, I use diamond tip bits with a proxxon multi tool.
The necklace is leather.
Details and a "bait lock" - inspired ring in steel.
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Unfortunately I finished it late on the day today so its hard to get any good photos for it. I will post more photos later. 😅

After another overnight egg blackening of the silver and a couple of coats of wax, they are complete!
I love this rocks color!
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Carved rock with blackened sterling silver 925.
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What do you think?
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #rockcarving #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskalle

Overnight egg blackening of silver. To be continued!
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #rockcarving #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskalle

Some work in progress pics on my latest bird-skull earrings. I think they are gonna look awesome!
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #rockcarving #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskalle

New earrings in the making. 🐦‍⬛
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #rockcarving #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskalle

I made this wall-thing for some old, rusted jigs I've found while being out fishing. 🦈
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #walldecor #industrialdecor #jig #fishing #fishingdecor

I needed a shelf for a rock collection. I made this with a sheet metal break. Easy enough for a one day build. 😄 (plus a day or two waiting for finish to dry).
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #industrialdecor

NEW DAWN
4000SEK
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Acrylic painting 30x30cm
Without frame, with painted edges.

Our nature is so beautiful, and cones are amazing with their ability to adapt to the weather to spread or retain seeds. They are the small seed capsules of trees that create new trees, new life and a new dawn.

#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #acrylicpainting #akrylmålning #norrland #naturelover

All special offers for today!
@local_femmes_market
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Send a DM to buy ❤️
#onlinemarket #onlinemarknad #christmasgift #julklappstips

Special offer, today only!
Korphängare för 400kr (ord.pris 650kr)
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#christmasgift #julklappstips

-SPECIAL OFFER!-
TRANQUILITY
“The quality or state of being tranquil; that is, calm, serene, and worry-free.”
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Metall-skulptur gjord av återbrukade rör och plåtbitar.
Cirka mått: höjd 30cm bredd 10cm
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ord. pris 5500kr, marknadspris 3500kr!
Skicka DM för att köpa ❤
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Metal sculpture made out of recycled pipes and scrap metal.
Size: Height 30 cm, width 10cm
Ord. price 5500SEK, market price 3500SEK!
Send a DM to buy ❤
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #giftidea #julklappstips #unikasmycken #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskulptur #återbruk #recycledart #metalart #metalsculpture

- SPECIAL OFFER during @local_femmes_market online Christmas market! -
Korp-hängare 400SEK (ord. pris 650SEK)
Bild 4 SÅLD
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Alla är unika, numrerade och signerade av Rebecka.
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Först har jag skulpterat korphuvudet i lera, sen har jag gjort en silikonform som jag gjuter hängarna i.
Jag blandar i järn/mässing pulver i gipset. I vissa fall även tatueringsfärg för att ge varje hängare personlighet. När de är härdade rostar jag dem.
Eftersom det är järn eller mässingpulver i gjutningen går det utmärkt att rosta.
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Gjutmaterialet är en form av stengips:
Alpha plaster är ett mycket hårt och vitt gips, även kallat stengips. Det kan färgas med pigment. Det är ett lite otroligt material. Du kan gjuta en skål så tunn som 2mm och ändå lyfta upp skålen längst ut i kanten utan att något händer.
Det är otroligt hållbart och väldigt hårt (jämfört med finbetong som har runt 37 MPA. så har det här gipset 55! MPA), härdar extremt snabbt, man kan slipa, borra, skulptera, göra hål etc. Men det är bäst att göra det inom de första 24 timmarna, efter det är gipset för hårt att jobba med på det sättet.
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Det fungerar för både inomhus- och
utomhusbruk.
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Skicka DM för att köpa ❤
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #giftidea #julklappstips #unikasmycken #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskalle

- NYHET! -
SÅLD!
En till liten fågelskalle (ungefär 1,5cm). Slipad av sten från Norrland! Hänger på en kedja av rostfritt, patinerat stål (nickelfritt). Den har jättehärliga färger, som att det är mossa på en sten som sammanfogats.
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Ord. pris 850kr, marknadspris 650kr.
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Skicka ett DM för att köpa ❤
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Another small bird-skull that I have carved from a rock found here in northern Sweden. The chain is stainless steel patinated (nickel free). This one has great colors, its like moss and rock has fused.
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Ordinary price 850SEK, market price 650 SEK.
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Send a DM to buy. ❤
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@local_femmes_market
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#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #giftidea #julklappstips #unikasmycken #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskalle

- NYHET! -
SÅLD!
En jätteliten fågelskalle (ungefär 1cm) som jag slipat av en sten jag hittat här i Norrland. Hänger på en rostfri (nickelfri) kedja.
Ord. pris 850kr, marknadspris 650kr.
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Skicka DM för att köpa ❤
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A tiny bird-skull (about 1cm) carved out of a rock found here in northern Sweden. Stainless steel chain.
Ord. price 850SEK, market price 650SEK.
Send a DM to buy ❤
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@local_femmes_market
#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #giftidea #julklappstips #unikasmycken #birdskull #stonecarving #fågelskalle

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These bird ornaments are perfect for your Christmas tree! Or why not hang them in your window?
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I sell them in pairs of two, all are unique in coloring. Made out of stone plaster with tattoo ink and iron powder, rusted for a brown patina.
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Ord. price 300/pair, market price 250/pair!
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Send a DM to buy ❤
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@local_femmes_market
#wabisabi #wabisabimaker #jewelrydesign #giftidea #julklappstips #unikasmycken #birdornament

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