Entada Giga

New 2019 pieces

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Here are some of my 2019 driftwood and driftseed collages.

GoodMorningStarshine
“Good Morning, Starshine.” Driftwood and driftseed wall sculpture. With Mucuna holtonii seeds, Sea Heart (Entada giga), Sea Purses, Soapberries, Entada Polistachia, West Indian Locust seed, Nickernuts, Acacia tree thorn, and shells. May 2019.
FallIntoPlace
“Fall Into Place.” Driftwood collage. With Mary’s Cross beans, Mucuna holtonii, and Soapberries (Chumico seeds). May 2019
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“Making Space.” Drift seed collage on driftwood. With Soapberries (Chumico seeds), Mucuna holtonii, Guanacaste tree seeds, Nickernuts, driftwood, and shells. May 2019.

One just for fun!

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“Celebration.”  Sea purse, Sea Heart, Tears of St Peter, with shells and driftwood, on driftwood.
Amongthewildflowers
The Garden. Shells on driftwood. (Meant to be standing — see below.)

Standing: OnWall_wildflowers

Reflections
“Reflections.” Driftseed collage on flat driftwood. Mucuna holtonii, Sea heart, Sea purse, Soapberry, Beach almond seeds, Sandbox Tree seeds, Guanacaste tree seeds, West Indian Locust Tree seeds, palm nuts, Acacia Tree thorn, shells.
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CONNECTIONS

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Connections
“Connections”  – Driftwood Collage

“Connections.”

Driftwood and Sea Bean Wall Collage.

With Sea Heart (Entada giga), small round Entada polystachia seeds, gray Nickernuts, wide banded Ox Eye (Mucuna), Mary’s bean, Guanacaste Tree seeds, Sea Purse (Dioclea reflexa), Poinciana seeds, one Sandbox Tree seed, and Terebra turritella sea shells.

Invitation: Stay close to  your friends and loved ones. Connect from the heart. Know that you belong.

 

 

 

 

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“Connections.” Driftwood and Sea Bean Wall Collage. With Sea Heart (Entada giga), small round Entada polystachia seeds, gray Nickernuts, wide banded Ox Eye (Mucuna), Mary’s bean, Guanacaste Tree seeds, Sea Purse (Dioclea reflexa), Poinciana seeds, one Sandbox Tree seed, and Terebra turritella sea shells.

 

FAMILY AFFAIR

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Family Affair (Private Collection)
Family Affair 

I am no longer selling my driftwood collages. I simply wish to share them with you. I hope you enjoy their natural beauty.

“Family Affair.” 

This piece took several days. Lots of selecting, rejecting, selecting, placing of different pieces. When it came time to glue it together and screw it together, I decided to change the background cross pieces. Everything changed! I had to add pieces spontaneously. Then, the next day I added more.

The center piece is a strangler fig I believe. It is quite interesting. The bottom left small piece of driftwood is quite nice.

 

 

Seeds:
Screw Pine or Polynesian Pandamus (top right – first time in 30 years I have ever found this);
Sea Heart (Entada Giga),
Round Monkey Comb,
Guanacaste Tree Seeds,
Costa Rican Almond Tree Seed,
Starnut Palm Seed, Two Copaferia pods “Antidote Vine” pod (Fevillea Cordifolia), upon which I placed a white river rock. Small black round sea beans.Pterocarpus marsupium (or santalinus). Pods from a the Mexican Bird of Paradise Tree.

Invitation: Hug the ones you love. Celebrate diversity.

To find out more about sea beans, please visit www.seabean.com

ELEMENTAL

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Elemental
Elemental

“Elemental.” 

A heavy driftwood collage whose aim is to show the beauty of the driftwood pieces themselves. (Click on picture for more detail.)

Seeds:

Sea Heart, Pandarius Tectoris (bottom right, pineapple looking seed),

Raphia taedigera, (Held in branch on left), Round Prioria copafeira holding an “Ox Eye,”

Acacia pod, shells, river rocks, and one mountain snail from Punta Uva mountains in Costa Rica.

Invitation: Get back to earth. Rise to the occasion. Be the best that you can be.

Mystic

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“MYSTIC” 

MYSTIC – 

One of my favorites.

Driftwood and Drift Seed Wall Collage, with Sea Heart seed, Ox Eye seed,
prioria copafeira seed, Guanacaste Tree seeds, and Oxyrhynchus trinervias

Driftwood from Costa Rica.

Invitation: Feel your power. Center yourself. Connect to your Inner Higher Self.

(Click on photograph for more detail.)

WILD WINDS and WESTERN DIRECTION

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“Wild Winds”

“Wild Winds” 

I have had the center, spiky, elongated pod for years. I love. It is a Pithecoctenium crucigerum, also known as “monkey comb.” I wish I could find more of these.
Hanging pods: Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) – Known as Woman’s Tongue (Malinche Tree);
Seeds:
Sea Heart (Entada giga)
Guanacaste Seeds
Ox Eye; Almond Seeds
Prioria Copafeira (hanging in center)

Invitation: Let your heart be your guide. Seek balance. Hang loose.

Western Direction
Western Direction

WESTERN DIRECTION –

This is the third one I made. The bottom dark piece of driftwood is lovely. It has an indigenous feel to me.

Seeds:
Unusual “Monkey Comb” (Apeiba aspera)
Sea Heart
Ox Eyes
Mary’s Bean (crucifixion bean) (Merremia discoidesperma)
Two lovely small black seeds (Oxyrhynchus trinervias)
Guanacaste Tree seed

Long, thin pods

Invitation: Follow your intuition. Heed warnings.

Stairway To Heaven

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Stairway to Heaven $195
Stairway to Heaven – 

STAIRWAY to HEAVEN –

Brown and white driftwood, with a mix of drift seeds and shells. Includes Sea Heart, Ox Eye, Guanacaste Tree seeds, Grey Nickernut, Little Marble, pods from Acacia Trees, palm fruit stems, and shells from Costa Rica.

Invitation: Follow your heart. Stay on your spiritual path. Be willing to grow.