#eggshells

Butter and Eggs - Janet Fish , 1980.

American , b. 1934 -

Working on a small series of spells for justice and banishing. Part of the process so far has been creating a banishing powder, which has also led to creating black rust salt (charcoal, rust dust, salt) for the first time in ages and grinding up some eggshell and antler.

The banishing powder itself is based on "Bree's Banishing Powder" by @breelandwalker, though I subbed out powdered cayenne for ground red pepper flakes (because I apparently don't have cayenne) and cut the eggshell with some ground deer antler (don't worry I wore a respirator to save my lungs🫁).

Pantone 563 color match.

Robin’s egg shell I found during my morning walk last weekend. At first glance, I thought I’d be getting some type of blue color match, but I think this is in the family of aqua green, what do you think?

I Googled “variations in Robin’s eggs color” and this is what I found:

American robin eggs typically display a range of blue and blue-green colors, with variations from pale ice blue to brighter, more intense shades. The specific shade can be influenced by factors like the bird’s health and the time of year, with earlier eggs often having a more intense hue.

The blue or blue-green color in robin eggs is due to the presence of the pigment biliverdin, which is deposited in the eggshell during formation.

A collaborative team of researchers has made a cracking discovery with the potential to make a significant impact in the sustainable recovery of rare earth elements (REEs), which are in increasing demand for use in green energy technologies. The team found that humble eggshell waste could recover REES from water, offering a new, environmentally friendly method for their extraction. The researchers, from Trinity College Dublin's School of Natural Sciences, and iCRAG, the Ireland Research Centre in Applied Geosciences, have just published their findings in the journal ACS Omega. REEs, which are essential for the technologies used in electric cars and wind turbines, for example, are in increasing demand but in relatively short supply. As a result, scientists must find new ways of extracting them from the environment—and in sustainable ways, with current methods often harmful.

aw ! im touched that someone even noticed but lol.. yeah i took down a few of my comics that i don't intend to continue at this point. honestly it would just kinda bum me out seeing them and being reminded that i put too much on my plate, so taking them down was sort of part of the letting go process to help me fully commit to the decision. I understand it might be a bit disappointing to hear but also a lot of them had not been purchased/downloaded in a very long time outside of maybe one or twice in like.. over the course of years.. so I figured it was probably safe enough. I also removed them bc i didnt want it to give the false impression that they were still ongoing or whatever. Mostly though, it was for me and my emotional commitment to my art moving forward.

For those wondering, I took down Eggshells, Replacer, The Eyes of Miasma and Praeymoon. I lowered the prices of all my other published comics there as well. Slugmom & its alternate end will continue to be available as they are completed! and I am currently still working on part 2 of The Teacher & The Fairy.. which i hopefully will complete early next year. I did also consider dropping this project as I've mostly kept it in limbo since 2021 but I'm going to attempt to actually complete it and have returned to work on it (finally.) So we’ll see how that goes. All the ffak bonus comics are up tho, as they’re still part of FFAK and its canon and I do intend on returning to Help/After Dinner Treat at some point.. Somehow. Not sure what format exactly but at least in some way! Eventually.