Making everyday life into something special
For a long time now, I have been interested in the Singing Bowls, which have their origins in daily living in Tibet and Nepal, and are now widely enjoyed in meditation and relaxation practices in the West as a result of the rich and varied tones the metal gives when struck with a soft mallet.
I have collected many bowls of my own, as well as three spectacularly beautiful Feng Gongs, or Sun Gongs, which also make an occasional appearance on VoyagingWithin products. As well as the beauty of the sound they make, I have been struck again and again with the way the light plays on the metal, both in natural and artificial light.
As well as opening up meditative space through their sounds, the bowls also have a capacity to bring us visually to a deeper and more meditative awareness of the beauty of light and space reflected in the objects around us. This is what I would like to share with you in the VoyagingWithin products on sale here.
Because each photograph used is of a unique hand-crafted item, some of the products also feature small blemishes and imperfections in the metalwork, which add authenticity and immediacy to the visual experience.
Each of the bowls photographed for these products is hand-crafted according to traditional methods under fair working conditions in Nepal or India for the Peter Hess Institute in Germany, which specialises in producing and using singing bowls for relaxation, meditation and massage.
Thank you for visiting VoyagingWithin - I hope you enjoy their beauty as much as I do!