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Category: Inspiration

Celtic Artwork/Inspiration

The Promise of Spring

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

Imbolc has always held a special significance for me among the cross-quarter holidays. It may have less of an established awareness among those in the US, and i...

Creative Thoughts/Illustrations/Inspiration

After Solstice: The Path of the Deer

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

When I lived in the North Country of New Hampshire, every winter I would go out into the woods in hopes of finding deer antlers. The accumulation of snow is alw...

Alchemy Notebook/Inspiration/Other Artwork/Sketchbook

For in That Book Is Your Soul

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Lisa Laughy / 2 Comments

The first post I wrote when I restarted the Ninth Wave Designs blog nine years ago included this quote from Carl Gustav Jung: “I should advise you to put it all...

Inspiration/Pencils/Sketchbook

Going WABAC to Being a Notebook Fanatic

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

I began blogging in 2005, when blogging was a newly popular thing, before social media shortened our attention spans to 140 characters. I wrote about notebooks,...

Inspiration/Wood Carving

Rune of Courage

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

In the weeks following the election I have been overwhelmed with fear for the future. I’ve had a difficult time finding words to describe how I feel, or d...

Inspiration

Telling You a New and Different Story

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

I recently came across this video interview of one of my teachers from college days, and now a far away (and not forgotten) friend: Emily Zabransky. This is a d...

Books/Inspiration

Inspiration: 500 Handmade Books

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Lisa Laughy / 2 Comments

I recently came across 500 Handmade Books (Lark Books) at the library where I work, and after renewing it more times than was reasonable, I decided I needed to ...

Books/Inspiration

A Confrontation with the Unconscious

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Lisa Laughy / 2 Comments

One of the best kept secrets of psychology will soon emerge from the shadows with the publication by W. W. Norton of the Liber Novus, Carl Jung’s Red Book...

Wild Wood New Hampshire Collection

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Elliot has his tuxedo on!
Carving is done on this Love Cat - shoutout to @terryrunyan for the inspiration for the moveable tail!
Carving the face, love his little gob!
Started a new fun carving today - meet Elliot, our handsome tuxedo cat!
Finished up the volvelle I posted about earlier - very pleased to have another cipher wheel to put to use creating texts in the Alchemy Notebook.
Lunar Volvelle: I created this moving paper wheel to track the cycle of the moon - as a page in my Alchemy Notebook. I am fascinated by volvelles - medieval calculators made of moveable paper elements. This one is painted with watercolor and gouache - made as a page in my Moleskine sketchbook with the pages tinted to make it look aged.
A treasure trove of symbols!
Here’s the firsts phase of building the volvelle inside the front cover of the Alchemy Notebook. The wheel is in place and turns well - now I will work on the cipher characters that go on the following page. This cipher wheel will be very useful for creating future pages in the notebook. More to come!
Piecing some new things together for the opening pages of the Alchemy Notebook - a new cipher wheel / volvelle. Symbols, ciphers, and magic!

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