My sister and I have been fascinated by
stones since
childhood. One of my fondest memories was discovering the treasures
that are hidden inside a geode. I couldn't believe that mother earth
had crystals inside of her. Looking inside this geode was like finding
out that 'that secret fairytale land' that all adults tell you does not
exist, actually does.
Finding out that heaven is right here on
earth and that we can experience it now! For some reason this small
thing (finding crystals in a strange shaped rock that looks very ugly
on the outside) ended up being a big turning point for me later in life
as well. I was raised to be a christian. The Christians told me that
crystals, stones and believing in any kind of healing or magical
properties that they might have was evil. But this just didn't make
sense to me because it was natural and how could nature be evil. And as
a kid this magic that I had felt and what it represented to me in
itself was healing. I do not want to fear the planet in which gives us
life, sustenance, sunshine and beautiful sunsets. Instead I want to
celebrate life. And enjoy its abundant beauty. And so I decided that my religion is LOVE. I think we all need to start loving
our home " mother earth" a lot more and realize it's not the earth that
we should fear but "fear" itself.
I
have spent the last ten years traveling all over the world and
everywhere I go I collect interesting stones, fossils, crystals,
shells, opals, and other interesting finds. Most of my collection is
from New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, Africa, Europe, Thailand,
Afghanistan, Labrador and America. Most of our stones from America we
buy from the Native Americans.
My
sister and I have individually been making handmade jewelry on and off
for years however it is not until recently that we have decided to
pull our resources together and make it a business.
A
big part of this is that I have just moved back to the states from
Wellington New Zealand. Makes it a bit easier to create art together
when your living in the same Continent!
The other factors are age, time and circumstance.
We
are like twins. We think, act and look alike. We spent our early years
in competition with each other fighting for our own identity and
individuality and now that we are older and wiser we have opened our
hearts to one another. We have finally realized no matter how different
from each other we try to be we are very much alike because we are so
deeply connected and that maybe we should use that energy
constructively. So we decided that two powerful women like us teaming
up together and using this talent to co-create just might be the best
way to go! And so far it has been magic!
And yes this is part of the whole Goddess theme...Empowering , healing, and celebrating the feminine spirit.
Creating and producing wearable art
from the mother earth in itself is very healing but co-creating with
your birth sister as well is one of the most healing and beautiful
experiences I have had.
It is our hope that you can feel this from our pieces.
Love and peace to you,
Schamet and Delilah
