Namaste to the yogi within, who accepts that, that we cannot change…
The story behind her precious ears…
When I was in Hermanus with Annie at the end of last year, I found baby seal bones on the rocks when we were foraging. Rough seas must have caused her passing. Annie taught me how to clean the bones and I learnt so much about that. Seals and seal bones have incredible symbolism.
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I used my baby seal hip bones for her mysterious ears. They were so tiny and so perfect and I knew right away that I wanted to use them in my clay. I had also just finished my Yoga Teachers Training for a second time and I knew I wanted to make a Yogi. I have wanted to make one for a long time… and it felt like it could be a special pairing and I think I was right.
I am so grateful to have found my first bones like this. I have other things in mind for the remainder of her bones. It truly feels so sacred to be working with real bones in my work.
I am very humbled by it.