CatHawkinsArt

I started my shop in the summer of 2014. As an artist I had paintings and creations that I wanted to show and offer to the world. I had just started to paint miniature paintings on wooden pendants and had so much fun creating these small paintings that I made a few and put them on Etsy. They were quite popular! I named them Shakti Mandala Pendants. Shakti means feminine power and the sycamore pendants connect directly to the Goddess.

Shakti Mandalas are created by hand after various visions and symbolic ideas present themselves. As a Shamanic Artist I work closely with my dreams, visions and nature. Creating small mandalas allows me to draw out the images I have seen quickly. A piece is finished in hours rather than days.

When I am compelled to paint a Shakti Mandala, the date is recorded as the birth date, along with what sign the Sun and Moon were in when it was created. Places I visit, the seasons and astrology can trigger a mandala and if you connect to one of my pendants it may be because you need that energy in your life. I channel energy into the mandala during it's creation. They sometimes include symbols, text or spirit animals. There are no boundaries. I just create what I feel like creating.

On the back of the pendants, you will find my sigil, the date and the astrological glyphs for the sun and the moon and what sign they were in when when the pendant was created.

Shakti Mandala pendants give you the chance to own a small, affordable piece of wearable, original and unique art! Highly charged with creative energy and intention to bring creative power to the wearer, these pendants are a joy for me to create and I hope you will feel that too when you wear one. All pendants come in a drawstring pouch with necklace, birth certificate and information about it's unique energy. I take commissions and am happy to create pendants and art to the customers specifications.

Alongside the pendants I have been working to get my art onto ethical greetings cards, posters and prints, so I can offer more affordable versions of my larger original paintings.