Submitted by LadyMeg on Sun, 02/08/2004 - 9:32pm.
Merry Meet to All;
Runes I love them and have wondered for ages wheather I should buy a set already made up, or make my own out of either Flat Stones or even Wood tablets with the Rune characters burned into them, with a Wood burner.
If you have made your own Rune Stone or Wood sets, please give some hints in the best way to make them, I have already a witchy leather bag with a pentacle on the front of the bag, all I have to do is make the Rune's to go into the bag, and having the money and the time to sit down and be creative, sometimes that is the hard part, being able to sit down and make them up.
I would prefer to make them, for me I feel things like Alter tools, Rune stones, etc. Made by your own hands have a special power within them that you place, by making the Runes, tools or craft work.
Brightest Of Blessings: LadyMeg )O( :)
they're made out of carnelian and have the images scratched into the stone as well as painted on. This is the one I still use. After I got it and became familiar with them, I realized that my set could've been made better. The stones that were picked weren't always 2-sided. Some of them have more than two flat surfaces, which causes them to sometimes land in awkward positions. Others have only one flat face, so when the stone lands face-up, it is actually sitting to one side or the other....
When I started making runes for others, I kept this in mind. I dug through bins of stones, picking out all of the "two-sided" ones for use as rune sets. I had a hard time carving the symbols into them though - didn't have the right tool for the job!!! They came out nicely just with paint, but at some point they will have to be repainted and without the etched rune as a guide, I'll have to go through the whole set and figure out what's missing!
Lately, I've been making sets using another material - glass. The craft store (and pet/aquarium stores) carry these flat glass "marbles". They're uniform, they're two-sided and they come in some great colors! Using a file (I have one that I use for making jewelry - it's small and a bit sharp on the end) I was able to etch the rune into the glass easily. The symbols were then painted. Glass, being a natural substance, seems to make an interesting (if not traditional) choice for runes.
I haven't used wood to make runes yet. I say "yet", because I've been checking out a woodburning kit at the craft store, and one of these days I just might pick it up! When I do, I'd like to make a wooden set. :-D
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