Mystere
Gourdian Spirit of Catching Dreams
I explore my beadwork with my fingers and all my senses.
I feel my doll's creative aura -- "One hundred years from now", I say,
"when someone picks you up and holds you, they too, will be at one with
Mystere, The Dream Catcher Spirit."
I imagined
a Dream Catcher Vessel. Created entirely from intuition, this Gourdian
Spirit Dream Catcher called Mystere holds and
catches dreams within her being and nurtures them with healing energy from
her heart. The vessel represents the essence of Feminine energy which nurtures
and creates. Standing serenely in her power, Mystere dreams and creates
art as a reflection of her Feminine spirit. She is an artist with the desire
to be an inspiration for creativity in our daily lives as we journey to
the essence of our beings and to remind us of our deep inner connections
and evidence of the creative spirit.
When I experience her she reminds me of a side of myself
which is also full of dreams and creativity from the heart. As an Art Doll,
Fiber and Bead Artist, I often feel as if I am a vessel to transport that
energy by creating something that comes from within the depths of my soul.
I am often reminded of why I create and she represents this for me. Her
detail is free yet controlled to a form while the sculptural nature of
her being is illuminated with tiny bits of colored glass. Mystere is a
Venusian type of being, as reflected by her colors and the feelings of
love and beauty she projects. She is the Gourdian Spirit of Dream Catchers.
Catching dreams, throughts and feelings to create beauty and love from
the depth of the soul.
Life constantly
offers us choices. Experiences come our way to challenge us and help
us grow. We can respond to those challenges with
love or with fear. Mystere displays her heart proudly in the center of
her body as it reflects the light and shows her intention of love. Sometimes
when challenges are met with fear, her heart retreats and she appears to
be missing something, but if you look closer you will see that her heart
is still there, only to be shining from within. The balance that life
requires allows the true beauty of her soul to show brightly when her
heart is displayed.
Mystere displays her heart
Sometimes her heart retreats
She appears to be missing something
But if you look closer, her heart is still there,
shining within.
The fascination and joy of combining beads with my art doll
creations was very inspirational. I created her by first deciding that
I was going to use a gourd for her body and then I made a face from polymer
clay. With no real plan as to how I wanted to do the beading, my intuition
led me along the path of creating. After determining the size of the gourd
and cutting an opening, cleaning and painting the gourd, I then beaded
a freeform peyote band around the opening. I created another piece of freeform
peyote for her body. I attached some beads on the inside along with bits
of glass hearts to give her some weight as I anticipated that she might
be top heavy. I attached the beaded pieces to the gourd and then I attached
her face and an embroidered piece for the back of her body. She was then
woven together using a freeform netting technique. Woven into her dream
web are several gemstones which promote dreams, intuition, healing and
love.
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