Ceramic Skull - Original Collection - Eye of the Storm

This skull represents the calm in the center of chaos; the light that shines in that place deep within.  When everything else is violent, chaotic, or simply difficult, stillness resides within.    

The Wixarika of the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains in Northern Mexico believe that artistic expression is an offering to the great spirits of the five sacred directions, and each creation is made in the service of prayer.  This yarn painting collaboration honors the spirit of their sacred endeavors, while incorporating other symbols, colors and imagery, found in Mexican art, craft, and lore.  To yarn paint, the surface of the object is covered with beeswax that has been warmed and softened in the hands of the artisan.  Then designs are rhythmically tapped into the surface of the wax with thread until the entire surface is covered.  The rhythm becomes a meditation and that meditation lasts for up to three days. The wax hardens as the time passes.  At the end of the process, the piece is blessed and released.

Materials: ceramic, beeswax, cotton yarn

Dimensions: horn-to-horn 16in / horn-to-nose 13in / eye-to-wall 4in 

Hand Made in Mexico
Do not expose to direct sunlight 

The item you are purchasing is the exact item in the photos.

Please allow 5-6 weeks for delivery.