Spanish born Carmen Garcia moved to Ireland in 1994.
A self-taught artist and crafter, plus a trained Complementary Therapist,
She has always been interested in Celtic Art, Irish Mythology and ancient Irish culture.
The combination of all of this makes her art and crafts an extension of her healing.
The new pieces that she has created using the ancient Ogham writing, gives her the perfect ground for the healing energy to flow.
All wood used is sourced in Ireland and the whole process is hand made, which allows Carmen to create custom pieces to suit the needs and the imagination of the customer
“Since I moved to Ireland I have been in love with everything Irish. When I discovered Ogham writing I was so
excited I started making cards for friends and family. I loved the idea of sending different wishes for different occasions.
If a friend was ill I'll send a card with Healing wrote in Ogham. They all ended up framing them!
When a very good friend moved to her own house I thought a frame with "Home is where the heart is" was in order.
After that I got few custom orders, " One road together" as a wedding gift, "Kelly" as a family name......
Each piece is handmade. Wood is sourced in Westport, Co Mayo and I pyrograph Ogham writing in it.
I might use a Celtic design as background, keep it simple or try
a new idea; it all depends on the mood at the time.
The final piece is mounted and I hand-write the translation in Irish and English and is framed in Westport in a window frame either
in white or black.
When the framing is completed I channel Reiki energy.
As a bit of fun I have also made bookmarks, bangles, keyrings and my Celtic horoscope pendants are proving very popular.”
There are roughly 400 surviving orthodox inscriptions on stone monuments throughout
A rare example of a Christianised Ogham stone can be seen in St Mary’s Collegiate Church Gowran Co. Kilkenny. The largest number outside of
Ogham is sometimes called the "Celtic Tree Alphabet", based on a high medieval Briatharogam tradition ascribing names of trees to the individual letters. The etymology of the word ogam or ogham remains unclear. One possible origin is from the Irish og-úaim 'point-seam', referring to the seam made by the point of a sharp weapon.
One road together
Handmade
36 cm x 51 cm white box frame
White oak
Sold
Sold
Balance
Handmade
Handmade
36 cm x 51 cm white box frame
White oak
E115
Sold
E115
Sold
Failte
Handmake
Handmake
37 cm x 46 cm white box frame
Elm
E111
E111
Thinking of You
Handmade
Handmade
31 cm x 46 cm white box frame
White oak
E107
E107
Cead Mile Failte
Handmade
35 cm x 46 cm white box frame
Elm
SOLD
SOLD
Follow your Dreams
Handmade
Handmade
32 cm x 42 cm White box frame
White Oak
Sold
Kelly
Handmade
Handmade
26 cm x 39'5 cm White box frame
Beech
Sold
Slainte
Handmade
Handmade
32 cm x 54 cm black frame
Elm
Sold
Friendship
Handmade
Handmade
38 cm x 50 cm black frame
Elm
Sold
Sold
Home is where the heart is
Handmade
White Oak
Sold
Grow old with me
the best is yet to come
Handmade
Walnut
Sold
Failte
Handmade
38'5 cm x 32 cm
White Oak
SOLD
Prosperity
Handmade
28'5 cm x 37'5 cm
ELM
E 105
Peace
Handmade
28 cm x 38'5 cm
Elm
SOLD
May your hand always be stretched
in friendship and never in need
Handmade
Elm
Sold
Dreams come true
Handmade
24 cm x 36'5 cm
White Oak
SOLD
Prosperity
Handmade
28'5 cm x 37'5 cm
ELM
E 105
Peace
Handmade
28 cm x 38'5 cm
Elm
SOLD
May your hand always be stretched
in friendship and never in need
Handmade
Elm
Sold
Dreams come true
Handmade
24 cm x 36'5 cm
White Oak
SOLD
Around 18 cm in length
Each piece is unique
Each piece is unique
Pine / Elm / White Oak / Beech
On one side Ogham wish, on the other Celtic design
On one side Ogham wish, on the other Celtic design
On sale in the Craft House,
James Street
Westport, Co Mayo
RRP E15.95
RRP E15.95
Selection of Key-rings
Each piece is unique
Poplar wood
Each piece is unique
Poplar wood
Sizes varies from 2cm to 8cm
On one side Ogham wish, on the other Celtic design
On one side Ogham wish, on the other Celtic design
Brass coloured chain 5.5 cm
RRP E9.95
RRP E9.95
Selection of Bangles
Each piece is unique
Around there is Ogham wish and Celtic design
Pine
Each piece is unique
Around there is Ogham wish and Celtic design
Pine
2 cm wide
internal diameter 7cm
RRP E12
RRP E12
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Legends of Ogham?
ReplyDeleteThere are many legends that attempt to address the origins of Ogham. One is that the Ogham characters were discovered by the Scythian king Fénius Farsaid at the fall of the Tower of Babel or Nimrod’s Tower.
King Fénius discovered four languages here, Greek, Latin, Hebrew and finally Ogham.
Ogma,a deity of Irish mythology
Ogma, a deity of Irish mythology
Ogham was thought to be the most perfect of all the languages as it was the last to be discovered.
Another legend attributes the invention of Ogham to Ogma, a deity of Irish mythology and member of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Ogma was a champion known for his skill and eloquence. He created the ogham as a system for the learned, excluding the foolish.
The first Ogham were said to be seven B’s carved on a birch tree by Ogma as a warning. This is why the Ogham are associated with the trees.
It is believed that Ogham began as a sign language using the fingers, being the leg or chin the middle line.This can be the reason why the letters are made from groups of one to five lines, that the inventors of the Ogham script wished to keep to this fivefold scheme, and that this is why the original alphabet had 20 letters, grouped in fives. ( http://bit.ly/1GUltgo).
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