Egret, Heron Sand Sculpture, Painting for Him - Native American Animal Spirit Medicine Wheel / Amethyst / Wedding Gift - Framed, 11x14"

Bring the patient and balanced medicine of the Egret or Heron into your home with this framed Original Semi-Relief Sand Sculpture (aka Sand Painting) of a Native American Animal Spirit Medicine Wheel featuring sculpted all natural colored sand with an embedded Amethyst Gemstone.

Details
-Title: "In Balanced Contemplation - Hega'ho (Heron)"
- Size (unframed): 11x14"
- Size (framed): 16x18"
- Basswood Plywood Base
- Wooden Frame
- Custom Wooden Reusable Protective Covering for Safe Transporting
- Certificate of Authenticity

"Hega'ho" is the Native American Iroquois word for "Heron." "In Balanced Contemplation - Hega'ho" is one of several Semi-Relief Sand Sculptures in my Native American Medicine Wheel series. It comes framed and ready to hang.

This Sculpture was accepted into the November 2015-January 2016 Juried All Media Show at Art Works Gallery in Art Works Richmond​, Virginia.

"In Balanced Contemplation - Hega'ho" represents the medicine of "Heron" or "Egret."
Heron and Egret Medicine offers the gift of patience and balance, and also independence and self reliance. Heron and Egret have a strong connection to Mother Earth, enabling them to give us the Patience to find the Balance in our own Independence and Self-Reliance. By studying their actions and in-actions, we learn how to perfect our own personal Flight through Life.

In the decoration of the Wheel is embedded a genuine Amethyst gemstone. Amethyst is known to protect against negativity and for enhancing intuition. It is also associated with the month of February, the month of water.

* Watermarks are used for copyright purposes and are not on the actual product.

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Other items featuring "In Balanced Contemplation - Hega'ho (Heron)":
- Greeting Cards: https://www.etsy.com/listing/540425999
- Calendar: https://www.etsy.com/listing/631846259

Watch my video detailing the multi-dimensional attributes of this and more of my sand sculptures on my website at www.artisticconquests.com

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I learned about the traditional Navajo sand art, commonly known as Sand Painting, from a Native co-worker when I was stationed in New Mexico in the 1990's. From there, I have developed my own signature sand sculpture style, which literally builds up upon the traditional technique. In respect for the origins of this art form, I have embarked upon my Native American Medicine Wheel series. In each sculpture I take an animal and attempt to help the viewer understand various Native American "medicines" through symbolism.

My signature Sand Sculptures consist completely of hundreds of layers of sand held together with a water/glue mix, which I brush onto the Birch Plywood base, or other wooden base, & each layer of sand thereafter. No moldings are used. The finalized sculpture is coated with a topcoat to ensure stability and adds another level of "sticking power" to the sand. While the sculpture should be handled with care, it is completely touchable, and will not fall apart under normal handling or display.

The sand is naturally colored, meaning no paint or dyes are used, and is either purchased from Scenic Sand or collected from my travels around the world. For example, White is from Florida's Gulf Coast, Black from Mexico's beaches, Yellow from the country Jordan, Reds & Browns from the Painted Desert in Utah, Pink from Bermuda's beaches, and Tans from Virginia Beach.

Unlike beach and mandala sand art, my sand sculptures are completely solid and sculpted to last. (I still own a few of my first sculptures, which have hung in my home for 20 years!) While they should be treated with the same care as a regular painting, dusty sand sculptures can be carefully cleaned with the soft brush of your vacuum cleaner.
*For more detailed info about my sand sculpture technique, read below.*

Some portions of my sculptures can extend out a couple of inches from the board giving the piece quite a bit of dimension, but make this sort of work very time consuming as the glue mixture must be set before applying the next layer, and there are several hundred layers of sand composing each sculpture.

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In accordance with the "Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990" - This artwork is NOT Native American (Indian) produced. All references to Indigenous Peoples' are utilized in conjunction with the theme of the artwork, and is not to identify the particular artwork as being Indian-Produced.