Making it Consecrated...
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" Consecrated Silver Craft " is more than just beautiful jewelry. It is just what its name tells - Consecrated Silver Craft : uniquely designed and handcrafted silver Talismans ( pendants, rings, bracelets, brooches and other wearable small objects), with embedded semi-precious or precious stones. Each piece is crafted by my hand, combining artistic skills and old traditional "silver-smithing" way, without using any molds or silver-casting .
What makes each piece Consecrated is process of creation. Each piece is ritually created from the beginning to the final end. For every silver piece special semi-precious or precious stone is selected. All stones are cleansed during the phase of waning moon and charged during the phase of waxing moon. Designs and ideas for creating each unique silver Talisman I gather by working closely with Greenworld and the Otherworld: I find inspiration in forests, leaves, trees, rivers and through Ogham divination, but also from books of Celtic mythology, Folklore and wisdom of old Celtic knowledge. Every silver piece is completely unique and one of a kind - there are no two which are the same. Process and ritual of crafting and Consecration takes more than just one day : special time and special elements are required, depending on phases of the moon. Every silver talisman is fired on a Full Moon night, consecrated and purified with fire, cleansed and presented to Otherworld through water and specially smudged, awakened and programmed. After specific silver Talisman is finished, it is specially cleansed by the Ancient Art of Saining and Smudging : purifying objects by sprinkling them with charged water and passing them through smoke of sacred herbs. Most of these herbs I gather and dry myself, but I also use high-quality incense sticks when I need special herbs which are not native in my garden or near forests around me. I work in nature and in my Celtic atelier, where my Celtic bench is also my special ritual altar for creating my Consecrated Silver Craft.
Each Consecrated Silver Craft Talisman, along with embedded Crystal is alive, magickal and sentient being and needs to be taken care of and approached with respect.
Every Consecrated Silver Craft piece I create is specially purified, washed and blessed, imbued with magick of Sacred Waters that flow through enchanting and powerful natural places I visit all the time. After every firing I carry new pieces to these centers of purity and immerse them into sparkling and powerful Waters - with special charm to imbue them with healing power.
This way, they carry the Magick of the Water at their center, ready to be activated by the wearer.