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Human Heart Medicine Pouch (Limited Edition of 3)
Using glass seed beads and organic embroidery techniques to replicate the growth of actual cells that make up living tissue. Irregularly shaped and sized beads are used to fill in tight spaces or bulge out of line with their neighbors just like actual living cells do. This set of Heart Medicine Pouches depict healthy hearts and are meant to be strong medicine for a person who's heart is not healthy. The beaded medallion itself is a form of medicine, but the pouch or pocket it creates can also hold additional herbs and items to enhance its medicinal and healing effects. When thinking of the consequences of smoking it's easy to forget the harm done to our hearts and the damage our hearts suffer when we lose people we love to preventable diseases.
#1 - This heart follows the colors of the source images fairly closely, working with slight variations in color or bead finish to give the illusion of curvature and three dimensionality. The pouch has a plush red/orange lining and buff suede outer pocket. This heart is approximately the same size as my own.
#2 - This second heart experiments more with colors and color variations of the tissue represented. The blood vessels wander over the organ in their own pattern, distributing blood to this unique heart. The pouch has a blue denim lining and buff suede outer pocket. This heart is also approximately the same size as my own.
#3 - The third and final heart in this series is larger and plays with changing the shapes of the tissue growth into swirling cloud-like forms. More transparent and translucent beads are used to bring the illusion of life to the piece. Again the blood vessels wander over the organ in their own pattern, distributing blood to this unique heart. The pouch has a soft pink satin lining and buff suede outer pocket. This heart is approximately the size of an adult male’s.