Tom Waits.
A musician I am becoming
obsessed with.
I can't believe his first record was released the year I was born.
And I only recently discovered him.
I think he is a
brilliant artist.
I love how
nostalgic his music
feels.
How his smokey, grovely voice sounds.
How
bizarre and creative his lyrics are.
How he doesn't really fit into any specific music genre.
He is truly his
own.
Listening to him inspired me to dig through my studio for old junk.
I took apart a bunch of vintage junky costume jewelry and combined it with some rusty stuff.
Like an old skeleton key and parts from old doors:
And a keyhole:
And my favorite flower.
The daisy.
Sweet. Simple. And they come in every color.
I took this old enamel daisy brooch and made it over into a choker necklace.
It will look sweet with my Hanes wife beater tank!
I bet Tom Waits wears Hanes too.
I was having fun with some new spraypaint colors and painted the ends of these old brass skewers or pokers of some sort. 
