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JUST HAVING ENTERED HER FOURTH DECADE ON THIS PLANET
BETH McELHINEY IS IN HER ARTISTIC PRIME. SHE EXTENSIVELY STUDIED
THE ANTHROPOLOGY, SPIRITUALITY AND MAGIC OF MANY NATIVE AND ABORIGINAL
CULTURES. BETH HAS BECOME A STORYTELLER WITH HER HANDS. THE PLACES
SHE HAS BEEN INFLUENCES THE DESIGNS THAT SHE CREATES IN METAL OR
STONE.
'" TRAVEL ALONE A LOT IN THE WINTERS, OFTEN TO PLACES WHERE I DO NOT SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE. SO ISIT AND OBSERVE MY SURROUNDINGS AND THE PEOPLE. IWRITE ABOUT
AND DRAW WHAT ISEE. IT MIGHT BE THE CORNICE MOLDING IN A CASTLE ROOM, AN
ANCIENT COFFERED CEILING IN A CHURCH OR THE ORNATE CARVINGS ON THE PROW OF A
GONDOLA. THE INTERLACING LINES DRAW MY MIND BACK TO ANOTHER TIME AND THEN
CONNECT ME FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.
PATTERNS AND SYMBOLS ARE TIMELESS AND CROSS CULTURAL. THEY ARE THE BASIC
LANGUAGE OF ALL HUMANITY SPEAKING OUR INNER TRUTHS WITHOUT PREJUDICES. By
INTERPRETING THEM WE CAN COME TO A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES AND
THE WORLD. " BETH
HER CURRENT COLLECTION IS TITLED THE "DECORATIVE COLLECTION". THESE UNIQUE
FINELY MADE SILVER JEWELRY PIECES ARE EXPERTLY CONSTRUCTED AND FINELY FINISHED.
COLORED STONES AND PEARLS WORK IN TANDEM WITH HEAVY METAL WORKED WITH
ANCIENT PATTERNS INCORPORATING POEMS, ALCHEMICAL AND RUNIC SYMBOLS. HER
WORK OFTEN FEATURES ARCHETYPAL IMAGES THAT CROSS CULTURES AND EVOKE MEMORY
WHILE RETAINING A MODERN SENSIBILITY. STONES ARE CHOSEN FOR PARTICULAR HEALING
OR BALANCING PROPERTIES, YET IT ALWAYS LOOKS FRESH, CONTEMPORARY AND EASILY
WEARABLE NOW.
BETH ESPECIALLY ENJOYS HER SPECIAL ORDER WORK AND THE CHALLENGES OF CREATING
FOR A BRIDAL PARTY OR INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS TO GO TO. THROUGH THE
STUDY OF HEALING ENERGIES SHE HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED TO CREATE NUMEROUS
JEWELRY PIECES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES SUCH AS PROTECTION OR THE HEALING OF AN
ILLNESS. SHE WELCOMES THESE REQUESTS AND WILL DIVE AS DEEPLY INTO THE MAGICAL
SIDE OF THE WORK AS THE CLIENT IS OPEN TO. MANY OF HER PIECES ARE ONE OF A KIND
AND HER STYLE IS EVER CHANGING AS A NEW IDEA CATCHES HER IMAGINATION. SO JOIN
IN THE JOURNEY AND SEE WHERE SHE WILL TAKE YOU NEXT! |
