...a pair of old flip flops. To be new again... :)
You may be wondering what those buttons are for: they're going underneath the slits and the straps will be attached to them.
The beadwork technique is two-drop diagonal peyote. I've actually never seen that anywhere before, at least not two-drop and diagonal combined - but it's pretty straightforward to do if you know either so I don't think I can claim to have invented that. ;)
The left one is already finished!
My latest finished project was this birthday gift for a friend.
I'm also currently working on a dream catcher, both it and the flip flops will be added to my deviantART gallery when finished.
Wow this is all awesome that "Shark Tooth" that's so old is that actually that of a shark or that of a...as I call it "Stoneage shark" a MEGALODON? I love this.fossiles. And I say it again, just so everyone knows I am a vegetarian & love animals & also against shark murder but there is nothing at all wrong with fossiles. But I thought in the stine age "sharks" did not yet exist in their modern form but that they were called Megalodon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon is that what u are having?! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Megalodon_teeth.png I'd envy you much you lucky one you got a museum's piece at the flea market just how lucky can u get! I wish I could have a Dinosaur Tooth I love Dinosaurs. The shoes are pretty, too and all that you are really talented.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Well, sharks have existed long,long before the stone age! They are a very ancient family of creatures, in fact one of the most ancient family of vertebrates that still survive to this day - 450 million years - which means they date from even long before the dinosaurs which lived from about 200 million to 60 million years ago!
ReplyDeleteI don't think mine is a Megalodon tooth, that would be a lot larger still and probably very expensive. By it's size it might well be a Great White's tooth. The stand with the shark teeth and other fossils (such as ammonites) and mineral gems is always there at the Rheinaue flea market, so if you like I could buy one for you! They're not very expensive, usually between 7 and 12 € (depending on size and condition), it's been a while but I think I paid definitely under 10 € for mine.