Hello everyone! I have always seen spirits and enjoyed their company long since I was a little girl. With a photographic memory I can catch a glimpse of them and paint or draw their image to share it with others. I find joy in their different personalities, beauties, and forms. But not everyone can see them so easily, even if they believe in them, so I thought to paint them within shells, make them into jewelry, and then let people choose their spirit shell as everyone sees a different meaning when they view them. I hope you enjoy looking at my art and feel free to post comments or mail me! Also feel free to check out my personal page at www.myspace.com/neverforgetheidi
or just check out 'the Heidi you never forget' at the first of my friends.
Each uniquely painted Spirit Shell was hand picked from the ocean’s edge by me and holds a special Spirit whose powers are known only to you.
Why shells? Shells can be found in that magical place where all the elements can meet: the water sprites of the ocean, faeries and angels of the air, spirits of the earth, and occationally the salamanders of lightning and fire. Charged with that communitive magic, shells are a natural place where spirits are happy to have their image recorded and will often pose for it! It is a chance to meditate and commune with the spirits when I go to the beach to collect these shells. Dancing with the faeries, sprites twining around my feet, gnomes watching (but tapping their feet, they often get edgy around the sprites and don't want to get too close least they get wet). Always I ask of their permission before taking the shells. Sometimes a sprite will drop one at my feet or one will whip the shell that I was reaching for out from underneath my fingertips. Other times, the fae winds will blow to reveal a shell covered by the sands but they have also claimed shells before to stay with the beach that crumble to my touch. The earth too will often show a tip of a shell and during the time digging the shell out a gnome will come over to give tips on various aspects of the craftmanship of painting with colors on the earth, and what the gnomes don't want me to find they bury. Salamanders, rare to area but happy to be among everybody, are quick to show off by glimmering off shells they would like to show themselves on or they don't show up at all. This is a glimpse of my world that I share with you through these necklaces.
The meaning of the Spirit of your shell is the power it holds for you and you alone.
Choose your Spirit Shell?
Or is it the Spirit who chooses you?
