New Piece from the "Elements: Earth" Series - Come Walk With Me

I used to dream vividly all the time - the types of dreams where your brain would sort through that day's events discarding the chaos and keeping the good stuff, but made no sense; or the ones which held hidden meaning with the answers revealed in waking life.  Then all my rememberance of dreams stopped.  Zilch.  Nudda.  I don't know why but for the last six years, I wake every morning with no recall save for a residual feeling or an extremely fuzzy, vague snippet.  For me, dreaming holds meaning and a level of importance.  Whether that's weird or not, it's bothered me for sometime that it vanished.

Since moving here, and feeling the most relaxed in my soul and mind for quite sometime, my sleep has improved ten-fold and in turn, I've had a few "figuring out" dreams mainly about my art.  I've been head down in a few projects of late and have been stealing every spare second to create.  After a monster six days at work last week, I spent a great deal of time in the studio on Sunday binge watching podcasts and working on another piece I designed last year.  And that Sunday night I dreamt.

I dreamt of rows of fruit trees, littered in blossoms, their perfume heavy in the air.  The breeze was cool and gentle, and the sun sat in the sky high enough to make everything twinkle.  I walked through these rows, with my face tilted towards the Aegean coloured sky, eyes closed, arms outstretched as my fingertips brushed the leaves as I strolled.  My heart was full.  I was at peace breathing in the life that is nature.  I whispered, "Come walk with me through the trees" and I outstretched my hand.  Then my alarm went off.

And so this was the piece I worked on before going to bed.  It now belongs in my "Elements: Earth" series with which I fondly call "Come Walk With Me".

Top to bottom:  Handmade flower connector using Czech glass, Trinity brass flower and my enamelled head pin; followed by my textured polymer clay donut backed with faux leather connector affixed with the smallest macrame I've ever done (3mm!); dressed with a mix of beaded dangles including a divine Starry Road spiral bead from Karen's Tulip set and Scorched Earth"s "Rock Garden" porcelain bronzy droplet (the glazes and craftmanship of these art beads are beyond amazing!!!)

This piece is finished with a 'Dupioni silk wrapped in wire' neckpiece and a handmade clasp.  This measures 48cms around the neck with the pendant measuring 16cms.  This is another piece that thrills me to pieces!  

Enjoy your week ahead!