Happy Belated Birthday Mr. Joyce!

I have been a terrible blogger so far this year. My doctoral exams are imminent and that has taken priority over my creative urges. Given that I have been snowed in now for a few days, the urge is too great to be ignored. Guess that groundhog saw his shadow after all!

I have put together a treasury of James Joyce related art and artists on Etsy in honor of Joyce's birthday two days ago. Follow the link below and see for yourself! There is Joyce inspired jewelery, photography, stationary/paper art, pop art, and even wall hanging for wine enthusiasts!

Enjoy!

Link to Etsy Treasury: http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d4c7af565528eef501dcb19/happy-belated-birthday-james-joyce

Ulysses Quotation Necklaces

Ulysses Quotation Necklaces

Made with paper (taken from a 1961 Random House edition of Ulysses), findings, eyelets, and chain. The quotation is taken from the last page of the last episode of Ulysses and reads:

"I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes."

Measures 10 inches in length and available for purchase on Etsy.com at my shop--just follow the link at the bottom of my blog.

The second necklace's quotation is from the "Ithaca" episode: "Womb? Weary? He rests. He has traveled." Measures 9 inches in length.

The third necklace is perhaps the most memorable line from "Ithaca"--asks "Where?."

Joyce Pendants and Bloom Necklace

"Over the Bloom" Necklace...for those of you who are over the moon over Leopold Bloom!


These pendants were made by my mom, Cindy Extance, who taught me how to make jewelry. For her part this Bloomsday she created pendants of iconic Joyce images from the snapshot of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses on a playground to the famous picture of Sylvia Beach and James Joyce outside Shakespeare and Company (which I will be visiting this summer!).

"Lotus Eaters"

"Lovely spot it must be: the garden of the world, big lazy leaves to float about on, cactuses, flowery meads, snaky lianas they call them. Wonder is it like that....Too hot to quarrel. Influence of the climate. Lethargy. Flowers of idleness" (U 71).

Brought to you courtesy of Henry Flower! These "(f)lowers of idleness" rest lazily on your neck and adds a sense of Victorian elegance and romance. It is the most classic, clean design in my Ulysses collection.