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Gerri Decher

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Re: Artshow please contribute and enjoy
1/13/2008 7:16:30 PM
Hi Rose and Jenny,
Thank you both for your encouragement. I don't consider myself an artist, I just love doing anything creative. Yes, mosaicing does require patience but when it gets to the grouting stage I am in my element, perhaps it's reminiscent of making mud pies as a child.

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Gerri Decher

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Re: Artshow please contribute and enjoy
1/13/2008 7:25:22 PM
Hi Judy,
Your right about the dancing, when I am working I have the stereo belting out my favourite music. So glad you like.....

The flute man is Kokopelli, I did this as a Christmas present for a friend in the USA and I wanted him to have an Australian flavour, so I substitued the flute for a didgeridoo, here is a little on him below.

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Kokopelli: Known as a fertility god, prankster, healer and story teller, Kokopelli has been a source of wonder throughout the country for centuries. Kokopelli embodies the true American Southwest, and dates back over 3,000 years ago, when the first petroglyphs were carved. Although his true origins are unknown, this traveling, flute-playing Casanova is a sacred figure to many Southwestern Native Americans. Carvings of this hunch-backed flute-playing figure have been found painted and carved into rock walls and boulders throughout the Southwest.

There are many myths of the famous Kokopelli. One of which is that he traveled from village to village bringing the changing of winter to spring; melting the snow and bringing about rain for a successful harvest. It is also said that the hunch on his back depicted the sacks of seeds and songs he carried. Legend also has it that the flute playing also symbolized the transition of winter to spring. Kokopelli’s flute is said to be heard in the spring’s breeze, while bringing warmth. It is also said that he was the source of human conception. Legend has it, everyone in the village would sing and dance throughout the night when they heard Kokopelli play his flute. The next morning, every maiden in the village would be with child.

Whatever the true meaning of Kokopelli is, he has been a source of music making and dancing, and spreading joy to those around him. Even today, Kokopelli, with his hunchback and flute, is always welcome in our homes.

Kokopelli bears a passing resemblance to Bradshaw Paintings of North-West Australia which could be mere coincidence or sign of a common origin; some have suggested that ancient astronaut theories in the model of Erich von Däniken have attributed both to a common celestial source.

  

 



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Judy Woodson

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Re: Artshow please contribute and enjoy
1/14/2008 9:28:49 AM

Hi again Gerri.

Thanks for all the info on Kokopelli. He has long been a favorite of mine. I have to admit that I think of him as flute man regardless of what instrument he is playing, and while I've seen some of the petroglyphs of him in red stone, I wasn't aware of the winter to spring part of the story.

What fun!

Judy 

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Lise Macfadden

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The most beautiful felted brooches I have ever seen. Wooly Fabulous!
1/19/2008 11:53:07 AM

I want to share my very talented sister's creations with all of you.  Odile Gova is from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.  She has many talents but these are especially amazing and they are all made by hand, out of wool that has been felted or crocheted and felted afterwards.  They're outstanding!

See them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woolly_fabulous/  and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/woolly_fabulous/sets/72157603643983921/

There are dozens more on the site, all one of a kind!  She adds more new ones every day.

Also these amazing pins were featured at the Toronto One-of-kind Show!  They sold out but I managed to get one - I love it!!  People comment on it every time I wear it.

Enjoy!

Lise MacFadden
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Re: The most beautiful felted brooches I have ever seen. Wooly Fabulous!
1/19/2008 11:59:24 AM

They are simply fabulous! I know how much time is put into them too. How good of you to share your sister's talent with us.

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Denise

 

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