The Phoenix Rises!

The Heart of the Phoenix. Constructed from upcycled copper and stones gifted by the Earth at various stone circles throughout the UK.

Phoenix Eye. Faceted amethyst reflects and honours every human emotion. Labradorite holds the light of the Universe.

Pheonix Feathers-Upcycled copper from a local industrial estate, tigers eye and carnelian

The Womb of the Phoenix. A potent portal of life, death and rebirth.

'RISE!' 

Pheonix Sculpture, 2023. Mixed media-willow, wire, crystals, driftwood, clay.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOENIX

Phoenix fearlessly embraces the transitions and cycles of life, death and rebirth. She knows that through release, comes renewal. She invites you to embrace shedding aspects of your identity that no longer serve you. May you grow, anew, with the determined resillience of human spirit into the next phase of your existence and experience. May you honour all that has been and embrace all that is yet to come with strength and courage.

She represents the seen and unseen aspects of multidimensional experience and the never ending essence of your eternal soul.

You are worthy and truly needed on our planet at this time. Acknowledge and embrace the inherent gifts of your YOUnique being. That which brings joy to your heart is everything the world wants and needs right now. Be fearless in the delivery of your authentic self.

 RISE from the ashes of myth...and ignite your inner LEGEND!!

Everything you will ever need is already right inside you!

I SEE YOU.

Created winter 2023 by Amy Bee.

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RISE

She showed herself to me,

To prove that she was real.

A profound response to my soul's request to remember how to feel.

With unprecedented grace and glory,

She unbound herself from the shackles of story.

A gift presented so vivid and clear, that illusion, judgement and conditioning disappear. 

The truth will set you free.

I believed in the mountain portals, the dragon in the cave. 

The Faeries in the forest and of life beyond the grave.

'Dearest soul, your heart must have faith,

In what lies before you,

Please know you are safe.'

 

If all things are in unison, where does personal truth lie?

Her silent song called 'Spread your wings! 

You are a human who can fly!'

As the winged metaphor swooped and soared,

I beheld yet another mission.

For death and rebirth holds the key that unlocks my self imposed prison.

 

Symbols form on the water, 

The wind it tells no lies.

Dancing into the sunset,

She beckons me to RISE!

Joy, sorrow, excitement, rage, contentment, love and fear.

All emotions are honoured and reflect in the phoenix's' tears.

Her heart, though appearing to be made of stone,

Is a circle of strength wherein I found home.

 

From chaos comes order, 

From destruction I rebuild,

The latest version of me wholeheartedly willed!

She showed herself to me, 

To prove that she was real.

A profound response to my soul's request.

I remember how to feel!

As she ROSE in a vortex of flames high above,

She declared to the world,

'BEHOLD!

I AM LOVE!'

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ANATOMY OF A PHOENIX

 

 

OVERALL BODY STRUCTURE- Woven willow from the land of the rebellious sheep and wayward chooks, Staffordshire. A magical land where the pheonix once before rose!

FEATHERS- Design gifted to me in a dream! Made with copper wire reclaimed from old industrial sites, Nottinghamshire. Intertwined with Tigers Eye and Carnelian.

BEAK- Driftwood from Walpole Inlet, Western Australia. Area of outstanding peace and prehistoric natural history.

CHAIN- Represents the broken chains of bondage she has just freed herself from, revealing all that nourished the rise was rooted in love.

EYE- Labradorite reflects the aurora borealis, light of the universe.

Phoenix's tears- have the capacity to heal anything. The faceted Amethyst tear reflects and honours every human emotion as a valid and worthy aspect of our being.

NECK- Magical heather, loving uprooted by deer (or, perhaps pixies) at 9 ladies stone circle, Derbyshire. Driftwood from Dragon beach, Isle of Anglesey.

THROAT- Dreamcatcher woven with Holly found pruned from around Sedgehill Spring Holy well, Oxfordshire.

WING CHARMS- Created with a cacophony of musical accompaniment from bullfinches, overlooking the ocean in Boscastle, Cornwall.

HEART- A carnelian, solar stone circle comprised of treasures collected from ACTUAL stone circles around the UK, Inc. Avebury stones, Long Meg and Callanish.

SOLAR PLEXUS- Wooden Hei Tiki from Mt. Maunganui, extinct volcano, NZ. A representation of divine masculinity. 

WOMB- All the symbology within this amulet represents the portal of death and rebirth. Squirrel bones and tooth from Wayland's Smithy, Neolithic burial chamber, Oxfordshire. 

Fly agaric mushrooms, ancient journeying medicine of the ancestors. Spots on left-quartz harvested on summer solstice from St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. Right side-quartz from the magical Merlin's Cave, Tintagel.

Celtic Cross, the centre point where all things become one. Contains a Yew seed gifted from the ancient, quadruple yew trees at Southwell Minster as I sat with them, recieving visions of how to create this sculpture!

SPIRIT OF THE ASH- Volcanic obsidian from Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ. Blessed and gifted by the local Kaitaki/land guardian. 

Triangle stone, elemental fire symbol.

Gray stone from Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye.

COPPER SPIRAL- Fingerprint of individuality.

FIRE SPRITE- Flint from crop circles near Hackpen White Horse on The Ridgeway/Britain's oldest road, Wiltshire.

SEED OF INTENTION- A vessel which holds the fuel for the fire. This piece has travelled far and wide and sat with me upon Earth during my adventures. Now, it's primed, ready to ignite, and take flight.!