Stashbust Project Eight: reversible pendant.

Today's project was an extra challenge I set myself. I decided to try creating something inspired by the object I liked least from my StashBust Challenge envelope. It was this greeting card:

In case you can't read it clearly, it says
"Sometimes you ride the wave. Sometimes the wave rides you. -Old surfer maxim"

I guess I've never felt much pull to use a quote as the focus of a piece. And the drawing on this card doesn't do a whole lot for me, either.

I thought and thought. The card was yucky! I should just abandon it and choose something better...no. I didn't want to give up, there must be something...

I realized I liked the quote for its duality. I had the idea to make a reversible pendant - one you can wear either way, depending on what kind of day you are having.

Optimism:


Pessimism:


I bet there are plenty of days in your life when the pendant would be flipped halfway through the day - and maybe flipped back again as well.


Although I didn't use an actual object from the challenge stash, this pendant has an upcycled history. It's a slice of antique walnut, from a broken headboard that our next door neighbor rescued from an alley. (Thanks, James.) People in my neighborhood are generous with their alley-scavenged treasures!

I also thought up a few variations on the theme. I want to make some as gifts targeted to specific people ; everyone has those reversible days. I bet you could come up with a couple for people in your own life. How about:

Sometimes you spin the wheel. Sometimes the wheel spins you.
Sometimes you run the household. Sometimes the household runs you.
Sometimes you crunch the numbers. Sometimes the numbers crunch you.

Sometimes you ride the wind.



Hey, sometimes you make the craft.

Sometimes the craft makes you. :)