VOTE! 2012 IMBOLC/LUGHNASADH CRAFTS (Part 2)

[Earthwoman]

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[Dragonwyst]

Bringing Home the Grove:
As a child I loved making moss gardens, usually with a mirror for a pond and a few weeds as trees and a stone path, toy animals strategically placed. I still love the idea of moss gardens, so I have created one to keep as part of my druid space.

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The components are all significant. Maidenhair ferns are something I have always loved. I relish seeing indigenous ferns growing wildly and abundantly near our local streams and in the wooded areas.It is a plant of my grove wherever and whenever I do get out among the trees.
The wood that looks like drift wood actually isn't. It's a piece of pinetree root, collected years ago in the land of my birth, South Africa. I sanded and varnished it and brought it here when we moved to Australia.
The echidna is an icon for the animals of Australia, so many of which are threatened by logging and mining.
The glass at the back holds shells that have been collected along the beach here as well as a few tiny crumbs of black tourmaline collected at our 2011 Assembly. There are enough to make it easy to use the glass to hold a tealight candle.These bring the elements of water and fire, while I take the living, breathing fern and moss and aspects of air as well as earth.
The medallion(Wheel of Progress) is a blessing on all my undertakings - a gift from Wyeuro at our 2011 Assembly (my first), made most magically by her Wyverne self with clay from her magical home.

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The stone in the right hand corner was waiting for me in the curve of the root of a redgum as I was walking in the wild. It sparkled in the sunlight and became my rock for Earth meditation, as per the Bardic Grade. It manages to be simultaneously a rock, sand and crystal as it is a conglomerate of tiny quartz crystals. it looks realitvely dull unless ones knows and recognises it what what it is.

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Altogether, I am able to adjust what is present according to the season or intentional focus, or what seems right.

[truthseeker]

Here is a noter I carved from a beautiful piece of wood I picked up on a camping trip last fall. It started out life as a birch tree, passed itself along in the form of a marshmallow stick (for roasting marshmallows and hot dogs over the campfire) then because I couldn't bear to just toss it into the fire I decided to carve it into a noter. A noter is basically something you use to hold down the strings on a mountain dulcimer while you play. You move it to each fret to obtain individual notes instead of using your fingers (of course you can use your fingers but the noter is really handy when you've overdone it and your fingers are sore ) I painted the flowers as forget-me-nots because they are one of my favourites and will always remind me of a beautiful autumn weekend spent just canoeing and playing music.

[Elhonna]

Hello there !

Some months ago I bought a pyrography kit with the idea of beginning to work with my hands again, and particularly with fire and wood. But sadly I have to admit that I just tried it and put it in a corner...no time enough. I hope to have more soon ! So my wife asked me to customize her brush, because she likes what I draw (or I guess she likes it). Anymway, I took a pen and began to draw lines and flowers on the wood, and immediately moved onto trying my pyrography kit again.

Here's the result :

The back of her brush

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This is the back of her brush. Some people may recognize the Omnia style. No need to say that I love what they do, and that their work inspire me very much !

Front of the brush

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And this is the front of it.

This is very amazing to work with our hands again, and to see that the result is not so bad after all ! I used to draw a lot, but with my new student life style (I hope it will end this year !) I have no time any more to do what I like.

Hope you like it !

[Lai Elya]

My Imbolc Altar for 2012

[Earthwoman]

Any entries added below this post are reposts of lost photo attachments. Those appearing after February 7, 2012 will be ignored and/or deleted.

[Dragonwyst]

Bringing Home the Grove:
As a child I loved making moss gardens, usually with a mirror for a pond and a few weeds as trees and a stone path, toy animals strategically placed. I still love the idea of moss gardens, so I have created one to keep as part of my druid space.

DSCF0098.JPG (76.27 KiB) Viewed 288 times

The components are all significant. Maidenhair ferns are something I have always loved. I relish seeing indigenous ferns growing wildly and abundantly near our local streams and in the wooded areas.It is a plant of my grove wherever and whenever I do get out among the trees.
The wood that looks like drift wood actually isn't. It's a piece of pinetree root, collected years ago in the land of my birth, South Africa. I sanded and varnished it and brought it here when we moved to Australia.
The echidna is an icon for the animals of Australia, so many of which are threatened by logging and mining.
The glass at the back holds shells that have been collected along the beach here as well as a few tiny crumbs of black tourmaline collected at our 2011 Assembly. There are enough to make it easy to use the glass to hold a tealight candle.These bring the elements of water and fire, while I take the living, breathing fern and moss and aspects of air as well as earth.
The medallion(Wheel of Progress) is a blessing on all my undertakings - a gift from Wyeuro at our 2011 Assembly (my first), made most magically by her Wyverne self with clay from her magical home.

DSCF0100.JPG (93.35 KiB) Viewed 288 times

The stone in the right hand corner was waiting for me in the curve of the root of a redgum as I was walking in the wild. It sparkled in the sunlight and became my rock for Earth meditation, as per the Bardic Grade. It manages to be simultaneously a rock, sand and crystal as it is a conglomerate of tiny quartz crystals. it looks realitvely dull unless ones knows and recognises it what what it is.

DSCF0103.JPG (89.38 KiB) Viewed 288 times