Her own deeply held beliefs, and her ability to be
a conduit for the sacred energies provides Shankari with the inspiration
and strength to be designer of of items that contain much grace and serene
feeling.
Having used her accumulated learning and abilities to reshape her own
life, she now uses those gifts to bring jewelry and spiritual focus objects
into beautiful being. Shankari tells of her start in that reborn and reshaped
part of her life--
"Finally, feeling spiritually bankrupt, I escaped
one day to a coffee shop, desperate for a clear space to think. I borrowed
a pen from a waiter and on a paper serviette I redesigned my life.
I knew what I wanted to do.
I wanted to create the most beautiful silver jewelry for powerful people.
It would be handmade in “sacred space” with precious stones.
I wanted to design and produce beautiful healing Talismans of Power in
service to the world.
So, listening to my inner guides once again, I headed off to Bali, a single
parent with four small children, knowing no one, with no money, no safety
and no language. I’d just lost everything I’d worked so hard
for. I was prepared to rebuild my life from the ground up."
She did it beautifully, and now has lovingly assembled
a team of forty expert craftsmen who work to bring about the designs she
finds in her meditations.
Balinese silversmiths create the intricate components and meticulously
place the precious stones, pearls, and crystals that are parts of these
fabulous pieces.
See more on Shankari's own page
here at Bead Lounge, and visit Bead Lounge this month to see a very select
array of these beautiful and energising pieces of Empowering Art.
Bead Lounge's previous Artist of the Month Special Features
include:
January 2006--Danielle
Furman
February 2006--Shankari
