SignsOfSpirit

Hi!  Coop & Katrina here.  Coop’s a master wood carver and Katrina (apprentice wood carver) does wood burnings on some of his symbols...and when bored, has been known to create new symbols for him to carve.  Katrina is exploring the world of Digital Work by Photographing our carvings and manipulating for the wonderful things you will find here. Our hand carvings are single pieces of Western Red Cedar symbolizing Light, Love, Joy, Peace Exhilaration, Ecstasy, Freedom or the Creator of the Universe…for you to hang on your wall. Our digital works symbolize the same thing! Because we love finding the joy and beauty in each path the human spirit can follow, we incorporate as many as we can adapt to our art form. We believe that spirituality brings us together in love, rather than isolating us in condescension and self righteousness. We offer designs in the broad categories of Spiritual, Cultural and Celtic…although often the symbol can fall under more then one category! Within Spiritual you can find many of the worlds religious and spiritual paths represented. Cultural offers iconic symbols from the worlds of Literature, Music, Modern Media. The Celtic category has knot work from ancient traditional works as well as more modern Celtic style designs. MEANINGS: While we have the meanings of the knots here, the Celts had an oral tradition, we know the basics, but have found, as we work with the knots, exploring their shape and flow, the meaning will come to us. This has happened often when we create new symbols. This ambiguity of meaning can also apply to carvings that are not knots! Some symbols will be adapted from one culture to another, changing the meaning over the generations. The point is, Symbols are like Beauty, meaning is often “In the eye of the beholder” and while we may know historically, or from our perspective, always follow YOUR heart when a symbol speaks to you.