Shielding Resting Hearts of Friends

I created the design a while back, made it in polymer clay. That one was a dark black, with a slightly rusty look, like cast iron. I hadn't made more, sometimes I play with a design and then go back to it much later, to try something new.

This time a friend, Lorelei Eurto, asked me if I could make the design again but this time in pewter.

So I gave it a try, to see how it would turn out. I re-made the original shape and took the cast off it.

I had to try several times, I wasn't happy with the proportions and I wanted it to be lightweight.


But this is the final result. It's a slightly battered heart, ruby coppery red, with its wings folded. Just resting a bit, before going on.

And it sits on a shield medallion shape. Like the heraldic shields with their hares, foxes and deer, but this one has the folded wings of a flying heart, resting on it.

I sent some off to Lorelei, can't wait to see what she creates. And listed one in the Etsy shop, in case you'd like to play with them. Sometimes folks have me make special designs just for them as an exclusive, but I checked, Lorelei didn't mind.


I could see them as a non-sentimental but meaningful valentine gift or charm, for yourself or for a loved one.

Let my heart rest, just for a bit, while it's shielded. Then onward.