Spirit of the Land – Amulet

The Amulet

Today I sold this amulet, which I created in 2001.

A lady saw this piece at the craft fair last weekend, and loved it. During the week, she phoned to ask me if she could buy it for her daughter. But when I delivered it to her today – she hung it on her wall – and it looked very happy – so I think that for now – Spirit of the land will stay with her.

Detail of the top section

Because the piece is framed and glazed in such a deep frame – I found it hard to take a picture without reflections – so I hope that the images can be made out clearly.

Middle Section

With all my amulets I do a piece of written work – and mostly people choose to read the words as well as view the picture. These pieces are enjoyed and/or bought by people who have a soulful connection with the art.

Spirit of the Land

This amulet draws on both male and female symbolism
It is a distillation of both energies
And encompasses the elements of
Fire, Earth, Water and Air.

On the copper panel is the face of the Guardian Spirit,
The “Green Man’
The embodiment of the vibrant energy of life.

On the second panel,
The copper wire
Depicts a journey.

Wherever your life’s journey may take you,
The Spirit of the land protects and watches over you.

copyright Karen Hall
May 2001

Son, Dog and Amulets

My youngest son is safe and happy in Denmark and we have the dog back home after his operation to remove the saliva glands on one side.

He looks quite gruesome! So I wont be posting a picture of him. As well as a large shaved area around and under his neck and chin – for some reason the top of his head on one side has been shaved – around his ear – and above one eye – most strange – he look very vulnerable with a partially shaved head.

Apart from all the swelling and stitches he seems OK in himself – and he still searches the floor for every crumb of food that might have dropped by accident!

So as I was dog sitting to-day – to make sure that he did not scratch the stitches out – I was able to get on a bit in the studio with “Standing Stones”.

There is a lot more stitching by hand in quite thick silk and also I have made an amulet for the top corner. I have made amulets for some years now (see my website amulet page here
and here)

This little talisman necklace is made from slate wrapped with wire, with beads of coral, turquoise and lapis – interspersed with random coloured glass beads.

I don’t know what I think of this piece yet – although I really enjoyed working with it to-day!