108 Bead Mala Necklace with Storage Bag - Green mica, blue apetite, amazonite, labradorite and pyrite. It went through a lot

It went through a lot of changes and became less abstract as it went along…adding the flowers and bee late in the development of the painting brought it closer to this universe as we know it

Painted in the back of my dad’s large metal shop in Arkansas

I worked on it forever and couldn’t get it right

It was a classic vision of “reparenting”

108 Bead Mala Necklace with Storage Bag - Green mica, blue apetite, amazonite, labradorite and pyrite. It went through a lotThese traditional 108 prayer beads, known commonly as a mala, are used for the practice of japa, the act of repeating a mantra 108 times in prayer. They are handmade lovingly, using the traditional mala knot known as brahmagranti. Each mala comes with a protective bag to store it in to protect its energy when not in use. Gems used: Green mica, blue apetite, amazonite, labradorite and pyrite. Cord and tassel material: cotton