Featured Pendant: Ancestor Oriel

Today my grandmother, Mimi (Virginia Moremen Lindsay), came into my mind. I spent a lot of my childhood watching her do creative things: sculpting beautiful ceramic birds, and bowls; making and hand-smocking my dresses; creating beautiful Easter bonnets; designing and sewing quilts; painting with watercolors. She didn't teach me how to do any of those things. I was probably too squirmy and probably wanted to be outside with my ponies rather than indoors with pen and pad. I do have a beautiful white ceramic cat we sculpted together -- it sits in a treasured spot -- right on my bedside table. ), and it serves as a reminder of her artistic influence on me: an imprint of the desire to to and act of creating something beautiful. I made this pendant from a photo of her as a young woman. and gave it to my mother. It is photographed on a lovely crochet trivet cover -- made by my great-grandmother, Nana (Daisy Farmer Moremen).

Oriel Pendant Challenge -- Week 2: Be Mindful

Be Mindful

"We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything." -- Buddha

I have had this image of the Buddha for quite awhile. I liked the unknown artist's interpretation, and the use of the blue lotus leaves beneath him. I made this at the request of my art teacher. Although this is a very simple oriel it packs a punch vibrationally -- just like the Buddha did, I imagine.

This pendant also serves as my submission for Day 6 of the 2010 Creative Every Day Challenge