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METALS II

[ALL JEWELERY MADE BY DANIELLE BENETEAU ]

Sterling Silver Dagger Pendant
by D. Beneteau

 

Brass Bullet casing pendant 

Sterling Silver Textured Flat-top ring

Sterling Silver Cuttle fish Cross Pendant 

Sterling Silver Ring 

Sterling Silver Dome Ring

Dome ring 

Brass Salt Casting 

Sterling Silver Salt Casting 

Brass Salt Casting

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STERLING SILVER & BRASS BROOCH, MADE BY: D. BENETEAU

ETRUSCAN CHAIN, MADE BY: D. BENETEAU

                                                                              

 

STERLING SILVER RIVETED      

NECKLACE BY D. BENETEAU

 

PACIFIC RED CEDAR & PEARL PENDANT, BY D. BENETEAU

  

(PURPLE HEART) WOOD IN-LAY STERLING RING.  MADE BY: D. BENETEAU

 

STERLING SILVER DOUBLE BAND RING, 

MADE BY: D. BENETEAU

 

CITRINE & SILVER PENDANT (MADE BY GOLDEN VALLEY)

 

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Silver Dagger Pendant with cuttle fish detail

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10 Albums that changed my life

Otis Redding (my favourite soul man) Dock on the Bay

HUGE IMPACT! Wu Tang Clan- 36 Chambers      

Elliott Smith: Either Or         

Black Sabbath: Technical Ecstasy   

Pink Floyd: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Bobby McFerring: Simple Pleasures 

Peter Gabriel: Car (1977)

At The Gates was and still is one of my fav. metal bands: Slaughter of the Soul

Gypsy Kings are maybe closest to my heart: Aomre, 1988

And Of course, Stevie Wonder

Igmar Bergman's best: Wild Strawberries (57')

First of all, Wild Strawberries is an Art film..but a coherent, sentimental and meaningful one. And although "art film" is usually (to me) synonymous with pretentious experimentation, this film's stylistic flourishes are much more than aesthetic- they are functional to the plot/narrative.  The story begins with an old man having a very surreal and terrifying dream where he encounters his own coffin falling out of a carriage right in front of him. Seeing himself approach his own duplicated and dead body, he yells, terrified and wakes up suddenly, with a bad start to the morning. As though this were his death omen, the rest of the film continues down the path of existential questioning, as we wait for his destiny to manifest itself. Throughout his day, the old man who is feeling shaken and nostalgic, drives out to his old summer-house to reflect on the past, particularly the day that his then girlfriend left him for his own brother..
On this road trip, he is accompanied by his niece (experiencing her own problems with marriage) and encounters several strangers/hitch-hikers on their own paths, and experiences many flash backs and day dreams which all surround the topics of love, marriage, the existence of god and finally, how briefly life passes by. When the old man returns home after this long day, he comes to some kind of very realistic peace yet discomfort about his past, and what he will soon face.
    Wild Straberries is emotionally raw, and incredibly sincere. As opposed to a goal driven narrative (like classic hollywood cinema) this film takes the time to focus of the more internal battles of emotionally complex characters. This tension eventually builds up, and evokes fairly deep rooted feelings which we as humans all share. For that reason, the film requires some work on the viewer's part- and may not be for everyone. But that's life isnt it..

RASHOMON (Akira Kurasawa)

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