I created this raven jewelry design in honor of a wonderful long time friend, Andy Markley of Art101. (Andy's an incredible graphic artist.) Since ravens have special meaning to him, he received the very first casting of this bird. And since he has been such a good friend, Andy now has a raven in both of the precious metals that I make. I cast his ravens as tie tacks, which I can do upon request with this design.
Ravens are amazing birds, intelligent and are, like my friend Andy would argue, quite beautiful. They are the largest member of the crow family. It has a large range, throughout Europe, northern Africa, parts of Asia, Greenland and North America.
They demonstrate playful behavior, pulling each other’s tails and even “kissing” each other. They play with sticks, passing them to each other and jerking them away like they’re teasing. I’d love to be a witness to some of these raven antics!
Ravens are scavengers, so they’re important environmental house keepers. They also bury food they don’t need by digging little holes for it and covering it up with grass and dirt, usually forgetting where they put it. I can identify with that. I spend a goodly portion of each day looking for my glasses.
I think this is a lovely raven jewelry design, made with all the aesthetic interpretation of the bird that I could muster up! |
