Jewelry created to inspire, guide, support and uplift the wearer.
Firstly, A Warm Welcome to TRaewyn Jewelry.
My name is Tina Raewyn, I am an Australian Artist who has been creating Clay & Gemstone Jewelry since 2011.
I first started working with Crystals and Gemstones way back in 1995, I was working with a beautiful lady named Rosemary in her beach side shop called 'The Elestial Crystal Dreamtime'. The first thing Rosemary did when I started working for her, was hand me a massive book called "LOVE IS IN THE EARTH: The Crystal & Mineral Encyclopedia". I am not kidding when I say this book is massive. It is a 726 page book, and describes over 1400 minerals and crystals... this book and Rosemary's shop was my first step in developing a loving affinity with crystals.
The Jewelry that I create is intended to inspire, guide, support and uplift the wearer.
My main focus is to create pieces for people who want to re-connect with themselves and the world around them, people who are on a soul-journey.
My pieces are inspired by stories of the Earth Healer, the Wild Woman, the Medicine Woman and by the connection that we have to our spirit and the earth.
The pieces are inspired by my own journey, of being completely lost and slowly finding my way.
The pieces combine clay and gemstones, and although each gemstone carries a metaphysical meaning - the meaning behind the jewelry goes beyond that.
I have always loved Talismans and Amulets. A talisman is an object, often a gemstone or necklace, that has a specific ability to aid a person in focusing and amplifying his or her power. The power of a talisman is its ability to aid you in achieving the future you desire.
My interest in Talismans came about because of a bracelet that my mum had given me, and the connection that I had to it.
It was a silver bracelet with a fake sapphire - but it was beautiful to me because my mum (who had little money) had bought it for me.
After my mum passed away, I used to carry this bracelet in my handbag,
and when I felt down, lost or I was having doubts about myself - I would get the bracelet out and hold it in my hands
....I would feel a rush of love come over me, a feeling of safety, a whisper that told me to 'trust myself'.
That is precisely the energy that I put into this jewelry.
The jewelry comes from a place of love.
Gemstones have always been seen as sacred gifts and medicine from the Earth.
They have been used for thousands of years for healing medicine and as spiritual awakening tools
by indigenous and tribal people around the world.
Gemstones and crystals were viewed as a bridge to the sacred energies of Gaia or Mother Earth.
Earth Medicine Jewelry for the Wild Spirited.
'Earth Medicine' is concerned with our connections with the Earth, with the elements, and with other forms of life.
The gemstones remind us to honor our spirit, to remind us that we are sacred beings, that we must nurture our souls and surroundings.
Gemstones are sacred to the wild woman or medicine woman, who knows that in her world everything is interconnected, that the people, the plants and the animals, the land and celestial bodies are one and the same.
She knows that in this world, nothing is inanimate, that everything is alive; animals, plants, and natural forces, all are energised by Spirit. She knows she is on an equal footing with nature;
she is a part of nature and is morally obligated to treat animals, plants and her land with respect.
She is Spirit, She is Soul, She is Earth.
*You can read more about Tina and her story on her website at http://www.traewynjewelry.com/the-artist.html
"And then there are the cravings. Oh, la!
A woman may crave to be near water, or be belly down, her face in the earth, smelling the wild smell.
She might have to drive into the wind.
She may have to plant something, pull things out of the ground or put them into the ground.
She may have to knead and bake, rapt in dough up to her elbows.
She may have to trek into the hills, leaping from rock to rock trying out her voice against the mountain.
She may need hours of starry nights where the stars are like face powder spilt on a black marble floor.
She may feel she will die if she doesn’t dance naked in a thunderstorm, sit in perfect silence, return home ink-stained, paint-stained, tear-stained, moon-stained."
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
