gratuitous presents post

[ursula]

glasseye commissioned earrings from Bill Dawson for my birthday, based on fifth- and sixth-century Germanic jewelry. They're silver hoops with truncated cubes at the bottom, which makes them geeky in at least three different ways.


The earrings:



Fifth- and Sixth-Century Originals:

East Germanic, fifth century:



Danube, second half of fifth century:



Danube, second half of sixth century:

Comments

[lingbo.livejournal.com]

Very nice! And just a random thought, I still remember you guys were together waaayyy back when I was like, thirteen/fourteen or so when I first knew you. That means it's been a very long time. :D Kudos!

[ursula]

Er, thanks!

(You know, when I saw you talking about college visits, my thought was more like, "Wow, I've been in grad school a long time!")