I snuck into my sister Haley's library to borrow this video. She took this video a long time ago when she was learning how to play with pewter. She calls it "Melting the Queen"

Things like this are why I find my sister Haley a little scary, and so fascinating. When she's bored, she melts little figure, in this video a chess queen. She likes the smell of the metal and the sound of the figure hitting the melting pot. 

There's something fascinating about this video, but I can't put my finger on it. The sounds the queen makes as she moves. The way her solid body melds into the liquid metal. The way her face melts at the last moment before she falls in. How she slides into the silver liquid beneath the black carbon. The regal majesty returning to whence she came. 

I guess sister Haley spends her time exploring physical poetry instead of spoken.

Ooooh! Haley is gonna be pissed! The silver chain for one of the pewter pieces she made is broken.

It's a relatively minor break; the piece itself is still ok, just the chain is broken. The piece almost got lost because of the chain, though, and this is a custom piece. Haley made the prototype by hand, crafted the mold, and poured the metal herself. Both the prototype and the mold have been either lost or damaged since then, so it's impossible to replace. 

Every piece she's done has a special place in Haley's heart, but this piece has a very special significance for her. It's one of her first pieces she made and it's also her first custom order. As for what it is, she'll only tell me it's the name of an angel, but she won't tell me which one. She says I'll find out if I'm supposed to know, but how am I supposed to find out if she won't tell me? Pfeh! Sisters!