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Hey do you remember the "ancient rockabilly earring" that was doing the rounds on tumblr a little while ago? It really captured my heart.

Turns out, this whole sculpture thing is harder than it looks! what I'd assumed would be a simple project turned out to be incredibly intricate undertaking, and took several hours more than you'd think! mad respect to the ancient phoenician guy who made the original out of molten glass....

I tried to get him as close as possible in dimension and colour to the original, though my lack of certain colours and any tools at all meant there had to be a few compromises. Not a bad attempt, though, I'd say. Lighter for scale...

These pendants were used as protective amulets to ward off evil. Similar pendants are frequently represented on Cypriot votive statues and figurines, particularly "temple boys."

He will protect me.

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