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Vivian Shaw
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she/her. Helsing books: STRANGE PRACTICE, DREADFUL COMPANY, GRAVE IMPORTANCE, BITTER WATERS; STRANGE NEW WORLD (2025) Orbit; THE HELIOS SYNDROME (Lethe); short fiction (Uncanny, PseudoPod, The Deadlands); editor; jeweler. Rep: https://x.com/Stephen_Barbara
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✨TODAY ONLY -- 20% OFF SALE✨

Last day! EVERYTHING in my shop is 20% off. Now is your chance to snag sparkly things for yourself and your loved ones! Earrings and necklaces featuring new, vintage, and reclaimed stone, glass, crystal, and shell.

www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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✨!! SALE !!✨

THIS WEEKEND, through December 1, EVERYTHING in my shop is 20% off. Now is your chance to snag sparkly things for yourself and your loved ones! Earrings and necklaces featuring new, vintage, and reclaimed stone, glass, crystal, and shell.

www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...
Large 3-strand glass bead necklace in shades of pale green and mint, including Roman glass, crystal cubes, bicones, and rondelles, silver and iridescent glass daggers, and vintage flame-polished Czech glass Dangle earrings featuring a textured silvertone bar charm and clear quartz pebbles, hanging on a blue ceramic teapot Dangle earrings with stacked blue-green frosted glass pebbles, resembling sea glass Dangle earrings featuring greenish/translucent moss agate ovals on silver wire, hanging from a blue ceramic bowl
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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back from the isles of Massachusetts with a couple of pounds of seashells to turn into jewelry, it's the return of Bleeding Hart Studio! Shop is up and active. Check out Venetian glass, crystal teardrops, sea-glass pebbles, and iridescent sparkle.

www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...
Teal hollow Venetian glass swirl beads with a verdigris-patina copper unicorn horn/seashell dangle Massive 3-strand necklace in shades of mint green, incorporating crystal and glass beads, Roman glass, seed beads, and silver accents. Necklace consisting of a single strand of bronze-copper-colored beading wire with sea-green frosted glass pebble beads resembling sea glass Dangle earrings: stacks of pale green-blue frosted glass pebbles reminiscent of sea glass.
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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minimalist whelks, Martha’s Vineyard
A row of partial whelk shells on a beach, in varying stages of completeness
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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from my mother’s sleep I fell into the state

and I crouched in its belly till my wet fur froze

(I dare you to not spend the rest of your day with Randall Jarrell stuck in your head)
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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several inches later

(this is just a moss/seed stitch, 2 knit 2 purl, repeat for two rows of 30 then switch to 2 purl 2 knit for the next two rows, but it gives a nice texture. Yarn is Loops and Threads Facets in Dark Ocean, needles Takumi 10 1/2 or 6.5mm bamboo.)
A knitted scarf in progress in shades of teal and rust, worked in moss/seed stitch Same scarf stretched out to show length
October 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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look who remembered how to knit AND randomly picked up the best yarn for this kind of project 😁 seriously I thought I’d come to grief over my tension but this stuff is great
October 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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...but I have a lot more to show you. Laser-printed flame-colored disks with gunmetal spike dangles. Glittering crystal cubes. Iridescent leaves that wouldn't have looked out of place in Rivendell, all going for a song. Come look, investigate, see what you like, and keep in mind I do custom work.
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Time for some escapism!

Mint and chocolate jewelry. The mint-green glass fluoresces bright green under UV, so it may or may not be ever so slightly spicy as well as minty-fresh, but it's pretty gorgeous either way. The dark-chocolate version is lush and heavy-looking but easy to wear...
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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gdi I did not actually intend to love these pale pink matte iridescent daggers but they look like goddamn Lalique and I have got to get more to make the necklace that goes with these

talk about being surprised by your materials, these are opal-glowing-beautiful and I need to redo them in rose gold
dangle earrings: pale pink matte iridescent daggers in a cascade, hanging from sterling french hooks on the back of a macbook
August 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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I was talking to another artist yesterday about how the desert makes you want to create things reminiscent of oceans. These are glass from around the world, some vintage and some new, some complex and some simple, but they're all inspired by water.

And the goddess Mishakal, of course. More pics:
Dangle earrings: blue dyed quartz round beads above clear faceted aqua crystal briolettes, hanging from a pewter cup 3-strand assorted blue and silver glass bead necklace lying on a MacBook Dangle earrings: pale blue vintage Czech faceted glass rondelle beads with pale blue iridescent dagger dangles, accented with faceted grey glass rondelles Necklace consisting of two strands of silver-tone beading wire with a single clear aqua crystal briolette bead, finished with a lobster clasp and extender chain terminating in a round aqua dyed quartz bead
August 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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TODAY'S SPARKLY THING SPOTLIGHT:

www.etsy.com/listing/4303... - 3-strand ocean-blue glass necklace

www.etsy.com/listing/1882... - elegant blue crystal drops

www.etsy.com/listing/1867... - pale blue glass dangles

www.etsy.com/listing/1867... - blue crystal drop necklace

At BleedingHartStudio!
massive 3-strand glass necklace in shades of ocean blue and silver Dangle earrings: blue faceted crystal briolettes with an aqua-blue dyed quartz round bead accent Dangle earrings: pale grey Czech glass faceted rondelles with pale blue iridescent daggers Necklace consisting of one large blue crystal briolette drop on two strands of silver-tone beading wire
August 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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TODAY'S SHINY THING SPOTLIGHT:

Quartz pebbles with silver bars, green crystal cubes with dagger dangles, and clear iridescent crystal cascades, all available for purchase on www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...!

www.etsy.com/listing/1848...

www.etsy.com/listing/1863...

www.etsy.com/listing/1863...
Dangle earrings: long textured silvertone bars hanging from clear quartz pebbles Dangle earrings: green iridescent crystal cube beads with iridescent sapphire glass dagger pendants Dangle earrings: iridescent clear crystal cube beads with clear iridescent dagger dangles, clear iridescent leaf/petal dangles, and clear iridescent spacer beads All three pairs together in a person's hand
August 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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MORE

(the two necklaces aren't up yet, but they're delicious, and you should see how many damn earrings I have waiting to go home with their people; also, these white Venetian earrings kill me, I love how delicate and savage they are all at once)
3-strand glass necklace in shades of pale mint green, including pieces of genuine Roman glass 3-strand necklace in shades of blue, sea-green, and copper, featuring real seashells, ceramic beads, and vintage Czech glass A hell of a lot of earrings hanging on a couple of blue ceramic bowls Ethereal earrings: white Venetian glass oval beads, clear with a white spiral, finished with clear glass fangs and tiny clear seaglass pebbles
August 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Crystal single-bead necklaces, more agate earrings than you can shake a stick at, multi-strand statement necklaces, and delicate Venetian glass dangles -- go check it out at www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...! I can adjust many of the pieces for length or create a custom piece just for you.
Necklace: two strands of silvertone beading wire with a single large aqua glass faceted briolette bead Earrings: banded agate in shades of warm taupe and grey with clear grey-blue leaf glass dangles 3-strand glass necklace in shades of ice blue and silver, including large crystal beads, artificial pearls, dagger and leaf dangles, and faceted rondelles dangle earrings: clear blue and turquoise flat oval venetian glass beads, cultured pearl coins, and dark blue iridescent matte dagger dangles
August 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I'm FINALLY BACK from various travels and have a new couch on which to sit and make jewelry, so there's a ton of new pieces making their way online in the next few days -- but in the meantime, check out some of what's available NOW on the shop :) www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...
dangle earrings consisting of green/blue iridescent dagger, faceted rondelle, and iridescent turquoise/gold round beads in glass on gunmetal findings Dangle earrings: very large vintage opalescent yellow faceted glass briolettes on silver wire with sterling .925 French hooks 3-strand glass bead necklace in shades of ocean blue and turquoise, iridescent, and silvered glass daggers and accents Dangle earrings featuring a stack of pale frosted aqua pebble beads, reminiscent of sea glass, on sterling .925 French hooks
August 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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lookit the pretty things
July 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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went to one of the bead shops in NYC 😁😁😁😁😁

many new things coming to the shop soon
July 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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well that pretty much covers it
July 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Describe your favorite movie in the most misleading way possible:

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau explores the potential, and pitfalls, of method acting.

(well, -a- favorite movie anyway; another would be "Ron Perlman models an exclusive Jean-Paul Gaultier collection")
June 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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I kinda love these tutti-frutti blue and green glass earrings, which went in a direction I wasn't expecting, and I'm deeply enamored of the giant opalescent yellow drop earrings even though those things are heavy af. Coming soon to an etsy shop near you!
glass dangle earrings including blue iridescent leaves, pale green frosted beads, and blue iridescent beads Graduated pale green frosted glass bead earrings with multi-bead detail at the top including blue iridescent leaves, green crystals, turquoise and grey faceted rondelles, and blue iridescent round beads Yellow opalescent cloudy glass teardrop earrings (large) Glass dangle earrings with gold-grey, pale cream, blue grey, frosted green, and iridescent green-blue beads
May 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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That's all stuff I've yelled about before, but here's a peek at the new pieces I just finished up today -- seaglass and shells, daggers and dangles, and glass glass glass.
pale green horizontal seaglass pebble earrings with a pale iridescent glass dangle cobalt frosted horizontal seaglass pebble earrings with opal glass and iridescent dagger dangles frosted glass, grey-blue ceramic, artificial pearl, and real seashell stack earrings with a weathered old-gold dagger dangle Frosted glass and artificial pearl stack earrings with real seashells dangling
May 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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new sea-themed earrings w/real shells coming up shortly!

I have blue crystal, seaglass, agate, quartz, and Czech glass for your delectation over on Etsy, and do not forget that I ALSO got legit radioactive uranium glass that glows brilliant green under UV light! Enjoy.

www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...
Blue crystal faceted teardrop earrings Stacked seaglass pebble earrings Banded agate bead earrings with a blue-grey glass leaf dangle Uranium glass jewelry collection glowing green under UV light
May 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Four new gemstone necklaces up on Etsy! Clear quartz, carnelian, picture jasper, and blue dyed imperial jasper. Bar pendants on beading wire, finished with lobster clasps and extender chains. Get 'em while they're stony: www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... (and check the rest out while you're at it!)
Bar pendant with three graduated slabs of blue-dyed imperial jasper Bar pendant with 7 carnelian chips Bar pendant with 5 polished clear quartz points Bar pendant with 7 slabs of picture jasper
May 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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seriously I am not kidding about how bright this stuff GLOWS, it is just asking to be worn to some kind of cold-war-themed rave

these will go live on the store either tonight or tomorrow!
Uranium glass jewelry collection glowing neon green under UV Uranium glass jewelry collection glowing neon green under UV
May 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM