Michelle Hedgecock
Prayer Flags (workshop)
My mom treated me to an amazing prayer flag making workshop up at Idyllwild Arts campus, taught by visiting artist Karen Michele. It was a beautiful July day of creating under the pines...a deer even stopped by for a visit (too bad I missed her)!
The theme was Tibetan inspired with the thought being that the wind will carry the intentions of the writings or imagery on the flags out into the world to benefit all living beings. In Tibetan culture, there are 5 flags, each with its own color/element. The parenthesis are my own wishes/intentions inspired by the element:
BLUE = SPACE (happiness)
WHITE = AIR (silliness)
RED = FIRE (transformation)
GREEN = WATER (compassion/peace)
YELLOW = EARTH (grounded/our roots)
I will be hanging these outside to fulfill their true purpose!
Whole strand about 4 1/2 ft. Panels made with recyled pair of jeans (flag panels) and acrylic, embellished with: embroidery, can lids, glass beads, leaves, material, buttons, wire, scrap metal pieces, post cards, copper wire, metal tags, Sharpie ...
Prayer Flags (workshop)
My mom treated me to an amazing prayer flag making workshop up at Idyllwild Arts campus, taught by visiting artist Karen Michele. It was a beautiful July day of creating under the pines...a deer even stopped by for a visit (too bad I missed her)!
The theme was Tibetan inspired with the thought being that the wind will carry the intentions of the writings or imagery on the flags out into the world to benefit all living beings. In Tibetan culture, there are 5 flags, each with its own color/element. The parenthesis are my own wishes/intentions inspired by the element:
BLUE = SPACE (happiness)
WHITE = AIR (silliness)
RED = FIRE (transformation)
GREEN = WATER (compassion/peace)
YELLOW = EARTH (grounded/our roots)
I will be hanging these outside to fulfill their true purpose!
Whole strand about 4 1/2 ft. Panels made with recyled pair of jeans (flag panels) and acrylic, embellished with: embroidery, can lids, glass beads, leaves, material, buttons, wire, scrap metal pieces, post cards, copper wire, metal tags, Sharpie ...