Coat of arms of the Hessian society of aether voyages

Last August after working on the coat of arms for Frankfurt and Kassel I also did the one for Hesse. But I wanted to give you some rest between all these emblems - and forgot it. Now it comes back to focus.

But let us start wit the original coat of arms of Hessia.

Quelle: Wikipedia

The Lion is nice but these red-withe stripes give me the creeps. Well let’s try a cog to fix it.

I came to a shape which don’t fit the common Wappen shape but nicely goes with the Tartschen (sorry german only, the english version don't give the relevant information) shape.

Doctopus

Yesterday a dear colleague and good friend of mine had her masters defense. Because she really liked my Octoplushes I made one for her with a graduate cap.

Pine cones

Maybe you saw the progress of this piece on Facebook. It’s a combination of earrings I bought at the Apfelmarkt in Naumburg (See here the post about it) mit seed beads and Swarovski Elements bicones. The earrings are pine cones manufactured into jewelry by Detlef Menzner. He’s a local artist using everything woody including coconut husks and cones. Each piece is unique.

The Bezel for the pine cones was done pretty fast. The netting technique I used resembles the natural structures of the cone. The process you can see in the collage of #dailydetail pictures.

After a poll on FB which favored the drop shape I can now present the final piece:

Steampunk November

The last weekend was all under the sign of steampunk. De Schnidder had invited to a ride with the Hessencourrier and also come up with some framework program. So the journey through time began on Saturday with a leisurely stroll through the Karlsaue. Although the first day of November the weather could not have been better. With mild temperatures, the sun brought the remaining autumn leaves to glow in brightest colors.

For refreshment, we then went to the Eberts. The day completed with a short visit to the Museum of Sepulchral Culture. There, in celebration of Diá de los Muertos the gates were still open until late at night.
On Sunday, we met in the Hessencourrier station. There, the steam locomotive has been extensively used for some nice photos.

But now: Get in, ladies and gentlemen!

Destination was, as usual, Naumburg, where the apple market took place this weekend. There was to learn about all sorts of Pomology, to taste various apple specialties and to inspect and purchase regional products. I fled the well heated train compartments for refreshing trips to the platforms between the cars and accompanied the smokers out there.

Finally, we had to return to the 21st century. With this a wonderful weekend ended at the Hessencourrier station Wilhelmshöhe-South.