108 Bead Mala Necklace with Storage Bag - Obsidian, blue apetite, and pyrite lepidocrocite

lepidocrocite

making it up as I went

It went through a lot of changes and became less abstract as it went along…adding the flowers and bee late in the development of the painting brought it closer to this universe as we know it

I loved capturing this portrait of Hanuman

Soon I started to see a mask of some kind emerge from the structure

108 Bead Mala Necklace with Storage Bag - Obsidian, blue apetite, and pyrite lepidocrociteThese traditional 108 prayer beads, known commonly as a mala, are used for the practice of japa, the act of repeating a mantra 108 times in prayer. They are handmade lovingly, using the traditional mala knot known as brahmagranti. Each mala comes with a protective bag to store it in to protect its energy when not in use. Gems used: Obsidian, blue apetite, and pyrite. Cord and tassel material: cotton