annie's arc

Guiltless seashells & animals to help us connect with the Creation

( Free listing. Entered March, 2007 Not updated since. )

WebSite:

www.anniesarc.com

E-mail this Business Contact: annie olson

Address:

270 east 19th st. Map

City, State:

Holland, Michigan Zip:49423

Phone:

616-396-0210

Description:

Online ordering: Yes Mail / Phone order: Yes

I create seashells and animals using a man-made clay. I have been involved in Indian justice issues my whole life and doing these forms relaxes me. It is as if the pain of knowing and writing on our land history is transformed into peaceful animals. It shows me that there is hope. Some of the animals I make are black bears, birds, cobras, ducks, octopi, penquins, swans, turtles, flamingos, snails, otters, pigs, seahorses, owls etc. I first take beige clay and then add different colors of clay to make an egg that looks like wood, marble or a mineral. I then take my left thumb and first finger and gently pinch and pull the animal out of the clay. I transform the egg. I don't destroy the egg. So I show the power of transforming something negative (my pain) into something positive. With the seashells I like to teach the concept of Unity in Diversity. Showing different colors rolled together to simulate the colors of a seashell and yet the colors are distinct. My writing and art reflect my Bahai Fait

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