Eruption

The Big Island is born of volcanic activity

(as are all of the Hawaiian Islands)

so lush and green

with many different kinds of landscapes

and weather patterns - it's like five places rolled into one:

high desert

jungle

small town

beach enclave

rolling rural Marin

But to look into the crater of the volcano is to see

desolation;

the aftermath of furious heat

the precursor to wind-planted seeds and decadent soils...

Though I've been working with the volcanic design for quite some time now

being near the center of an actual eruption site

taught me volumes about texture

and feel....

What was a concept just became a bit more of an exercise in remembering

the smells, sounds and heart of the beloved model.

The scene is beautifully bone-chilling up there...

It reminds me of the aftermath of anger, rage or dervish-like confusion...

Nothing but a red-eyed fierceness

that eventually will soften into understanding

and a welcome place for verdant, lovely life

like a feud between southern families

that heals and ends in marriages and babies.

A Brazilian Garden Quartz is the seed inside the mighty cone

beckoning its mistress to take a closer look inside

so that she may heal herself well and fully

after any eruption.

Size 7.75. Distinctly One of a Kind.

xoxo,

A