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Every since I was a wee one I dreamed of becoming a fashion designer or a writer for Vogue. I thought it sounded like a really glamourous way to get paid to do what I love- playing with fashion, textures and colors. At first, it seemed something of a paradox to me that I loved to romp about in nature absorbing its rythms and color flows, while coming home to spend endless hours flipping through glossy magazine pages filled with fabrics, metals, and jewels, each page an inlet into the infinite imaginative chasm that is the designer's creative mind. I had no idea how to blend my love of nature and fashion until much later on in life. In my teens, I would occasionally hand stich myself a new skirt or string a necklace out of beads from some other piece I had destroyed for such purposes. As I got older and had a little money to shop around, I discovered that most stores were crazily overpriced when it came to their semi-precious stone jewelry. I remember many a day spent prowling the isles of some jewelry store, hankering after these earthy creations. I was bedazzled that some person had actually mined these stones from the earth, facted them to a shine and combined them into gorgeous goddess decorations- but for about a million billion dollars! How was a gal to explore the dazzling vibrations these stones gave off without spending three years salary? After a spontaneous trip to the jewelry district in downtown Los Angeles, I started making my own line of jewelry with some girlfriends my junior year of college. I was way too broke to afford anything they sold in stores, much less what they advertised in magazines! Our designs were so popular that the business took off until we all graduated and went our seprate ways. One thing I always felt was missing from cookie-cutter jewelry stores was SOUL- creative energy put towards beautifying the whole being, not just the physical package. It seemed to me that the forces of advertising and strange cultural need for conformity had made a homogenous monster out of the fashion industry. As the lead designer for Yantra Art Studios, I like to focus my energy into creating works inspired by the forces of Gaia- mixing the purple of her skies and the green of her lichens and the red of her richest clays, or whatever the universe brings to mind. I like to think that the energy of the stones weave themselves together, and me- the messenger of their radiant song. When I'm not in my 'studio' wrapping away at some design, I love cooking, reading, gardening, talking to my sister on the phone about my gorgeous nephews (and niece on the way!), and day dreaming about the day that Oprah gets her hands on one of my creations and announces me to the world.
I chose the name Yantra Art after looking in a book one day about the meaning of the Sri Yantra in Hindu culture- a symbol which at it simplest description represents the physical manifestation of 'aum' or the consciousness of one and all. I would best describe a yantra as a three dimensional object used to evoke the energy of a particular intention. I usually begin each piece of jewelry by meditating upon the energy of the stones. I may consult books on various indigenous traditions and their use of crystals and stones for healing. Then, with the intention for the piece in mind I carefully select the finest in semi-precious stone materials, sterling silver, swarovski crystals, glass beads, etc. and combine them in a color pallete. Next- its all up to the universe! I let the creative juices flow and the next thing you know, another radiant piece sits before me, awaiting its owner. It is very important to me that I infuse each piece with positive energy. The purchaser of the piece is not just buying another trinket, but an art form that has been created with the intention of increasing love, joy, health and prosperity in their lives. The pieces that I scuplt from polymer clay are something altogether different. Each piece may take up to five hours to mold and shape, and I carefully select only the finest turquoise, occasionally mixing in amethyst and amber to make these meditative pendants. Their shape and flow is all based upon what intention I am putting into the artwork and whatever I find around me to be inspiring...I live in the middle of a redwood forest so I like to tap into the imagery of the woods around me. I hope you find that the art forms on this website enrich your life with spiritual wealth. Namaste!
Christopher is my beloved partner/court jester. His fascination with all things hemp led him to blend natural seeds and stones together to make some truly earthy creations- check it out in the hemp section!
Does pure genius have a process? I dont know...but he'll write about it as soon as he's done frolicking in the forest. He works as a naturalist by day and an artist by night- more about him soon!
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