This page has been set up as a kind of catch-all for all the miscellaneous natural history, bizarre artifacts, jewelry, clothes, and ornamentation for your body that does not involve piercing, curated selections for your Wunderkammer (cabinet of curiosities), ritual items for your altar, unique, odd, and wonderful gifts for your friends, and strange things to hang upon your walls and with which to deck your halls. Enjoy!!!
Bracelets
in all materials
now live over on our
bracelets page!
Our Cafepress shop
We have an online shop set up at
cafepress.com/organicjewelry where you can order various fun items with the poppy mandala, dakini girl, dogwood flower, and other designs on them.
We've designed such goodies as:
a clock, mugs, a hat, bags, stickers, long and short sleeved shirts, magnets, pajamas,
an amazing wooden jewelry box with a tile top, a bike messenger style bag, and more!
They take care of all the ordering, taking payment, returns, all that good stuff, so it's a separate deal from us. We get a cut from each item sold. What's really fun is that they print them one at a time, so if only one person orders an item, they'll have a one-of-a-kind product.
Please check it out - we're really excited about it!!!
Organic poppy mandala shirts
A green and tan version of our poppy mandala design,
printed onto black 100percent cotton short sleeved shirts!
They are available in Youth Large ($12), and adult men's size 3XL ($13) only.
Please click the text links for size charts;
they seem to run just a touch on the big (and long in Adult) side.
Only 1 left of each size!
We have sold out of S, M, L, XL, and 2XL adult sizes.
Indonesian items
Erica studied Indonesian language and culture for two months on East Java in Summer 2013,
and managed to find various goodies to tempt and amaze you!
Have a look below, and also check out additional photos posted here.
Please click on each of the thumbnails below to view larger versions (not posted at life size).
Kris knife from Bali
Balinese keris knife (kris) with bone sheath
and metal stand (not shown). $250.
Dayak tribe (Borneo) beaded bags
Please click on these smaller thumbnails to view larger photos, but note these have not been posted at actual size,
unlike the rest of the images on this site (unless noted).
Colorful beaded bags, pouches, and wallets newly made by
the Dayak of East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo).
The white and blue wallet has a zipper,
and the rest have Velcro closures.
$20-$25/each.
Hairsticks and combs
Please click on these smaller thumbnails to view larger photos, but note their neither have been posted at actual size,
unlike the rest of the images on this site.
Newly made wood and bone
Tanimbar Island style Indonesia comb
with metal stand (not shown). $125.
Fancy Balinese horn combs. $15/each.
One has SOLD.
Four Indonesian fancy filigree hairsticks. $25/each.
Called gunungan (like mountains).
From Solo (Surakarta), Central Java.
The bottom right (all silver colored) piece has SOLD.
The second image shows a close-up of one of the hairsticks.
Shorter Javanese hairsticks worn in pairs,
inserted in an elaborate hair-do near the temples.
These are worn by women on special occasions such as a dance, gamelan performance, or wedding.
The term for these types of hairsticks is tusuk konde in Javanese.
$30/set of two.
Twisted hairsticks from Java that resemble Nordic torcs.
The term for these types of hairsticks is tusuk konde in Javanese.
Only $15/each.
Thai thick silver spiral hairsticks
are $24, $26, and $30/each respectively.
We have two pieces of the design shown on the bottom.
Silver hairsticks with spiral tops!
Prices are based on weight and current silver pricing, currently $28/each (two available).
Long wooden abstract owl hairsticks. $10/each.
To view a double life-sized image showing details of the owl, please click the above scan.
Two black horn hairsticks with subtly different bamboo patterns; both have diagonal tops.
The top version has less length on the taper for hair, and has parallel node sections with tiny pits.
The bottom version has more length, and the node sections are zig-zagged. $15/each. ON HOLD
Horn combs! $8/each.
We have the two horn combs shown on the white background,
and the one shown with the darker wood background.
Unlike the one with the white background, this 2nd image has not been posted at life size.
Wooden hair combs with handles from Oaxaca, Mexico. $12/each.
The second comb down in the image of four has SOLD.
Please click on the thumbnail-sized image to view one posted at real size.
Beautiful Asian hair ornaments made from gold colored foil (brass? tin?) with leaf designs, set on springs so that they wiggle with any movement. This is a representative of the en tremblant style of jewelry made for movement, which also has a history in the European jewelers arts.
These hairsticks with leaf and ribbon shapes are only $5/each.
Click on the thumbnail above to view an image at full size.
Ethnic headdresses (and ear ornaments!)
Please click on these smaller thumbnails to view larger photos, but note their neither have been posted at actual size,
unlike the rest of the images on this site.
Balinese headdress crown with mirrors and green or black accents. $25/each.
Please note that the mirrors come off easily, and some may be missing.
These are made from paper, cloth, metal, and rattan struts.
Two fancy dancers' headdresses from Makassar (Sulawesi), Indonesia.
The elements are set on springs for movement (en tremblant). $30/each.
Javanese dancers' ornaments worn around and above the ears - the effect is like deer ears.
These do not go through any ear piercings.
Technically, these are the form for male dancers!
$45/set of two.
An unusual women's hairpiece/wig with black hair and multiple base metal (aluminum?) hairpins,
some of which are stamped or engraved, and some have incised edges. $125.
This was collected in North Thailand, and is either from one of the Thai hilltribes, or possibly from another part of the Golden Triangle, such as Southern China.
Please click on this first thumbnail to view a larger photo (none of these are posted at life size).
Red knotwork cloth
A red cloth with a simple Celtic knotwork border that could be used as a sarong or tablecloth ($25),
and a huge 82-1/2" by 97" red cloth tapestry or wall-hanging
with a swirling black Celtic dragon four-based knotwork pattern ($30).
Please click these thumbnail-sized images to view larger versions (although still not at life size).
Thai cloth bags
Black fabric bags with various embroidered elephant designs on the fronts.
I collected these handbags in North Thailand in 1994! They are unused.
The small one is posted at life size, and would be great for a wallet with its one pocket/section. $6.
The medium bag is more purse-sized, and is posted at half size.
It has two different pockets. This style is of a Burmese kalaga. $22.
Oval fabric-covered boxes
Five oval boxes (shown stacked up)
that can nest inside each other. $25/set.
The largest measures approximately 4-3/8" on the short side,
5-3/4" on the long side of the oval, and 4" tall.
They have black patterned Chinese fabric brocade on the outsides.
Photo shown is a thumbnail only
showing them stacked one upon the other and is not at life size.
Jewelry boxes
Round wooden boxes with either
a Dayak design or carved and painted sun.
India stone boxes with flower inlay. $20/pair.
Lids shown on top, open insides shown below.
I was originally going to wax the lids to get them to stay on to make a huge pair of plugs
(with the lid acting as a big one-flare on the fronts),
but just never got around to it.
The bottoms measure between 2-7/16" to 2-1/2" and
perhaps could still be utilized as cylinders without the inlaid lids.
Or use them as jewelry stash boxes!
Buddhist ritual objects
Nepalese base metal tantric deity figurines
(in the yab-yum position) are $5/each.
White Tara Tantric Buddhist hand-painted thangka artwork,
mounted in gold and blue cloth. $30.
Note some scuffing on the left-hand side of the painting.
Click this thumbnail to view a cropped image posted at life size.
Another small thangka painting,
featuring a little Buddha inside a yantra. $30.
It has wooden bars on top and bottom and a string for hanging.
Click this thumbnail to view a cropped image posted at life size.
Ganesh pendants
Two styles of Ganesha pendants collected in Thailand. $15/each.
The bottom one depicts Ganesh seated on his traditional mount, a rat.
They have hidden ohm symbols on the back sides.
Bones, horns, and shells
Other horn and bone items such as:
teeth, boar and warthog tusks, baculum, ribs, tapers, talons, hairpipes, and quills
can be found on our horn and bone jewelry page.
Raccoon skulls ($25).
Please click on these images to view a larger version (not to scale).
Hollow bone stash boxes with scrimshaw and
colored crushed stone elephant, frog, beetle, or koi patterns.
These happen to be cylinders around ≤1-3/8" in diameter, though if you are considering wearing them as plugs, please note that they are very long in length, they are made of several elements that have been glued together, and that the lids are loose and will come off unless something such as beeswax is used to make them have more of a grip.
We have two of each design, and would prefer to sell them as pairs instead of as singles,
thus they are priced at $30/pair or $20/single piece.
Fronts are shown first, followed by a back side, side view, and an opened box.
Spaceship/UFO-looking sea urchin shells. $10/each.
We believe these are Phyllacanthus imperialis
aka imperial, land mine, or sputnik urchins.
Gorgeous polished spiral cut white sea shells. $10/each.
We believe these are Trochus niloticus aka top snail shells.
Nautilus shells cut in half
to exhibit their amazing natural spiral geometry. $25/half.
Please click on this thumbnail-sized image
to view a splendid image at full size.
As these are delicate, they must be sent by Priority Mail and we strongly suggest adding insurance.
Mounted butterflies
Blue Morpho butterfly in a brown wood and glass frame. $50.
Please click to view a version posted at life size.
New Guinea masks
New Guinea coconut masks,
made by women and often hung in their cooking areas.
$65-$70/each.
They have a lot of fiber 'hair' as the left one shows, but most was tied back for the photos.
They have woven fiber noses that are in an open loop form so that septum jewelry can be inserted.
These images are only thumbnails and are not to scale;
click it to see a larger version (which will also not be full-sized).
Necklaces
New Guinea woven natural fiber string and shell necklaces. $50/each.
The left-hand necklace does not come undone at the top and requires a smaller noggin'.
This image is only a thumbnail and is not to scale;
click it to see a larger version (which will also not be full-sized).
A huge five-tiered unengraved
collar style necklace from South China. $165.
It has been made from hollow base metals,
and is surprisingly lightweight.
Please click these smaller images
to view larger versions that show more detail.
Maasai women's beaded collar necklace
with leather (not plastic) spacers. $100.
Please click on this thumbnail
to view a larger photo (not posted at life size).
Beaded African necklace ($45).
I do not know the exact origins, but my best guess would be South African -
perhaps Zulu or Ndebele tribe based on the white color and style similar to their traditional rope necklaces.
It does not have a clasp nor opening, and is made for someone with a smaller head (perhaps for a child?).
Wood spirals
Six single pieces of striped ebony wooden spirals
for use as pendants. $12/each piece.
Sorry, there are no true pairs here!
Blacklights
Portable battery-operated mini blacklights (long wave UV light).
These cuties also have a built in tiny flashlight and hand strap.
Useful for identifying amber and copal, as well as observing out the fluorescence of different stones (such as sodalite, fluorite, or some opals), the brown parts of horn (!), locating blood or other bodily protein stains (ew!), checking the validity of money orders, seeing if your friends have false teeth, obsessively removing lint, or finding scorpions in the desert.
Uses 4 AA batteries (not included). $15/each. Cheap!
For you techies: the length of the wavelengths of light were measured in Angstroms,
which are being phased out for the term nanometers (one thousand millionths of a meter).
Visible light ranges from approximately:
400nm (violet) to 700nm (red).
(1 Angstrom = .1 nanometer) (1 micron = 1000nm)
In old-school Angstroms, the spectrum we are concerned with here goes from:
125 to <2,900 Angstroms is short wave or far ultraviolet light (kills bacteria; used for sterilizing; dangerous to human eyes);
2,900 to 3,200 Angstroms (rays that make humans tan and sunburn);
3,200 to 3,800 Angstroms is long wave or near ultraviolet light (used in blacklights; invisible; not harmful to human eyes);
4,000 (violet/purple) to 7,000 (red) Angstroms is seen by humans as visible light;
>7,000 Angstroms is infrared light (invisible to the human eye).
Blacklights can range from 3,200 up to 4,500 Angstroms.
Thus this overlap into the spectrum of our visible light range we are able to see as a purplish light; keeping in mind, however, that most of the light these emit is invisible.
O-ring kits
Black rubber (nitrile/Buna-N) o-ring kits,
hardware store style, are $22.
382 or 407 pieces (availability varies, as does the overall layout and color of the case, as shown above).
1/8" to 1-3/4" I.D.'s.
An extra shipping fee of around $2 will apply.
NOTE: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE SOLD AND
ARE POSTED FOR REFERENCE, AS WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET MORE AGAIN -
ASK TO BE PLACED ON OUR WAIT LIST!
All shirts below are currently out of stock;
we hope to reprint them
::The designs are shown here at 25%
and were printed on black 100% cotton shirts::
Poppy mandala shirts!
We printed a new version with red and metallic gold/bronze (instead of the green and tan) at the beginning of June 2017 for the APP conference and expo in Las Vegas!
They were $15/each and are already SOLD OUT.
We only printed about 2 dozen zip-front hoodies ($50), which also had an anatomical heart with spirals in red on the front left panel, but those have already all been sold as well.
The front had the word 'ORGANIC' below a poppy mandala symbol in red, green, and tan.
The mandala was inspired by the Czech art nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha,
and was redrawn/reinterpreted by our very own Markus Wolff.
There was a small anatomical heart with a rectangle of spirals on the back upper center in red ink.
-Short sleeved t-shirts in Youth Large, Adult S, M, L, XL were $13/each; $15 for 2XL.
Other shirt types and kids' sizes are sometimes available upon request.
-Spaghetti strapped tank tops! Small and medium were $15/each.
-Long sleeve t-shirts were $18/each. No sleeve designs. In S, M, L, and XL. Only a few printed!
-Zip-up hoodies were printed in Youth Large, S, M, L, XL or 2XL. The poppy mandala was on the back. Thick. An anatomical heart with spirals appeared on the front left. It costs a bit extra to ship hoodies.
Leafy shirts!
Dustin from Arkansas has suggested calling this shirt: The Green T. I love it!
A beautifully shaped green leaf graces the front
with our bamboo crest on the back.
'Tis a leaf from a tulip-poplar, aka yellow-poplar, aka tuliptree.
Not a true poplar-it's actually in the Magnolia family, and it's Latin name is Liriodendron tulipifera.
I collected this leaf here in Portland and chose it for it's odd and beautiful shape.
The little leaves spell the words 'organic natural body jewelry'...
this can also be read as 'organic body' on the right side and 'natural jewelry' on the left side.
Markus drew the bamboo design based closely on traditional Japanese family crests, known as kamon. All sizes have now sold out!!!
This was an experiment to see if we can do more designs of limited edition shirts. That will keep those who get one of these exclusive designs to a select few who can know just how special they are. A little lesson in procrastination...
The 'I Am Not My Boobie' shirt!
This was essentially a shirt for Erica's zine I Am Not My Body (see below).
The front sported a set of anatomical breasts
(during lactation, no less)...
while the back had a human vertebrae;
the scientific lettering pointing to the void said 'I Am Not My Body.'
Both are sides were printed in white ink. These have now completely sold out!!!
We are considering reprinting them due to all the sweet inquiries we've received...
however, as we dig limited editions, they will be a bit different...
perhaps light brown ink on dark brown and black shirts?!?
Stay tuned...
I Am Not My Body zine
Sold out! Really!
The first issue of I Am Not My Body,
a limited edition publication (333 copies)
for fans of extreme tissue modification and the medical culture.
This issue contained articles on:
stretching, cutting, scars, organic material, and more.
#1 was published in March 1996, though the covers that Erica personally printed read Summer 1995.
Sold out!
The second issue of I Am Not My Body (limited to 500),
was published in Spring/Summer 1997, was available for $3,
and included information on trephination, hand deformations, extremes, tooth modification, and implants.
The third issue should have been out in 2002 (whoa!).
It will feature circumcision (both male and female), skull stretching, tube pedicles, natural abortion, and more!
Poppy hairsticks
Our poppy bud silver hairsticks!!!
Erica has had similar ones she wears herself,
but we were unable to find any more.
We were finally able to get the ones shown custom made for us.
Please ask to be placed on our wait list as these are currently SOLD OUT.
The next batch might actually be a white bronze with silver plating to cut down on costs.
Or, made so that the bud is hollow to cut down on weight, with grain put inside to sound like seeds!
Please ask to be put on a wait list if these are of interest!
Tribal tattoo instruments
Four Burmese pressure-fit tattoo instruments in carved wooden boxes. $150/one set.
The instrument itself disarticulates and consists of a long split 'needle' bar made from one piece of metal (brass?), a hollow shaft, and an elaborately cast heavy counterweight. Each pressure fits into the other, but most have a little bit of wiggle, which could be taped to make for a tighter fit.
Please click on these thumbnails to view larger images; however, none are at life size.
All four sets have now officially SOLD.
For an excellent article about the types and meanings of these counterweights, as well as general information on Burmese tattoo designs, symbols, and history, please see "Tattoo Weights from Burma" by Noel F. Singer in Arts of Asia magazine (March-April 1988), Volume 18, Number 2.
These come inside carved wooden boxes
with slots for the three sections, and a hole for ink.
The wooden box measures around:
2-3/4" by 2-3/4" by 12" in length.
Please click on the image of the box to view a version at life size.
New Dayak carved wooden stamps, used in lieu of a stencil in Borneo style tattoo work, are occasionally available, as well as bronze Burmese counterweights (often depicting characters from Burmese mythology-as shown in the kits above). The stamp pattern is shown on the left, which might have been traditionally used with ash or lampblack. On the right, the back 3-D handle is shown, and depicts an aso dragon-dog often seen in Dayak carvings, beadwork, and tattoos.
We used to carry wooden Borneo (Kayan Dayak) tattoo tools in boxes, bronze/brass Burmese (Mon tribe) tattoo sticks, and wooden/bone Micronesian (Yap) tattoo instruments made from traditional tools, materials, and methods. We do expect to carry these items again.
Our latest acquisitions are showcased over on our new page
for a few months before they make it over here.
You might also enjoy our twilight page
that contains amber, jet, and silver jewelry
such as pendants, torcs, and necklaces with Nordic and Celtic designs.
