Winter Fairy Tree

     Its Winter! And in the new tradition of fairy trees I am making a few copper /mirror sculptures to celebrate. 

     Last week I was taking a walk when it began to snow. I had put snowflake art all around the house and even wore my snowflake pjs to invoke SNOW! Its not every winter that we have snow in western washington so I had hoped for a snowflake year.
     On my walk I was so in bliss in the falling crystals of snow! As I raised my arms up to capture it, I looked to my sleeves and saw dozens of perfectly formed stars! It was amazing, and though I saw it as a small miracle, later when researching star shapes in snow, there are a few pics on internet to show the shape I am talking of. 
     It is often called the star of david, but it has more meanings than this. Seal of solomon, a six pointed star, a hexagon or my favorite, the initiate star.

     To capture this moment in creative form, I began a new fairy tree. To the left you can see the copper tree ready for its 'ingredients'. Citrine points, selenite, and my kit of raindrops and snow (kit in upper right hand corner of glass drops in a variety of shapes...)

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 Fooling around for a while I found a way to make a tiny six pointer...

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You can see here an example of the snowflakes I saw, but the ones last week were more perfect and clear. Fun to see their star shapes without the microscope!

  When I make the copper tree its like a spontaneous intuitive approach. I have tried to design them in advance, but this particular form seems better , 'on the fly'.
      When making 'Winter Magic', I made roots bigger and more open to accommodate the citrine points. I also added spikes for the mushrooms and hand-painted birds (there was bright birdsong on the day I saw the star shaped snowflakes....) that will be added later.
      
​     There are three other trees in the studio being made in various sizes and styles for winter. Some will include, 'cave flowers' aragonite crystals. And of course rain is a favorite ingredient as well!

     Enjoy your winter, I hope you are warm and cozy by your little fire, maybe reading a good book and drinking a hot tea! Spring will be here soon enough...

New 'Dew Drop' tree almost finished 

finished fairy tree, 'Autumn past', 18 "