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SERIES II MEDITATION CANDLES

This is the first Series II Columbia River Driftwood and Slate Meditation Candle being offered for sale. We may be placing this up for Auction on eBay,  You may purchase this here and now for 500.00
 
    The Series II candle's are created from a single piece of driftwood. These are one of a kind pieces that only Nature can Create.
We make every attempt to use the driftwood and slate as it was created in Nature without modifying any aspect of its Natural shape and size. The only modifications are those necessary to preserve the wood, or internal chamber modification to allow for the placement of the Paraffin oil reservoir. We also use only natural slate tops without any modification to the slate.
   
    We have "Titled" this creation "TUSK" because of it's very unusual elephant trunk appearance when viewed straight on length wise from our designated left side presentation. This piece of driftwood was collected just about a mile down river from the Grand Coulee Dam along the steep shore line of the Columbia river. It was left to season and dry outdoors for almost two years. It was then cleaned and lightly sanded to remove heavy dirt deposits. To preserve the integrity of the wood and bring out some additional colors and grain I stained the entire piece with Natural Dark Walnut stain. Allowed to dry and penetrate for two weeks. then applied a second coat of stain. After another two weeks I began applying polyurethane satin gloss finish and sealer.Hand rubbed then allowed to dry between coats. Five coats of poly later We began the search for just the right fuel reservoir to fit under the selected slate top. This took a while but we found an Hawaiian hand carved wooden dish that curves in the right places to fit under the top. The slate top has also been sealed using polyurethane to prevent any oil penetration into the rock and to bring out the shine and enhance the beauty of the slate.
 
    The slate top that was selected for "Tusk" was picked because of its weight and unusual shape that made it balance perfectly on the stubs of limbs left unaltered protruding from the trunk of the driftwood body.
    "Tusk" is heavy! Weighing in at just over 14 pounds. Tusk is 23 inches long 12 inches wide and rises 11 1/2 inches above table top surface with optional star globe in place, 81/2 inches with out. The metal star globe is included with Tusk but may be left off or placed on the higher wick location. The lower wick location is at a slight tilt and is not recommended for globe placement.
 
    This is a beautiful work of natural art. Enhanced by humans but created by Nature. "Tusk" is truly one of a kind!


"TUSK"

"Tusk" Only available here for a limited time. Purchase now using PayPal.

500.00

  Three Series II candles are now available for Purchase. These are absolutely beautiful one of a kind Columbia river Driftwood and Slate Meditation candles. No where else will you find such an unusual piece of art created by Nature, then captured and realized into existence by Geri.

 



 


ONLY FOUR IN TWENTY YEARS

SERENITY"

If you desire to have a One of a kind Piece of Art. Created by Mother Nature. Nothing else like this in the entire world!!
Here is Serenity.
Beautiful unaltered Single piece of driftwood, Columbia River Meditation Candle.
Yes Driftwood is abundant in the world. But to find a single piece that will set level on your display table and allow you to place a slate top over a Liquid Paraffin fuel reservoir and not change what nature created to do this is........ Very Difficult. Very time consuming, and extremely lucky. In the twenty some Years of collecting driftwood and slate to create her creations, Geri has only found four pieces that allowed her to create such candles. We have received inquiry's on how many of these will she create? The answer is Only as many as she can find, And so far this has been FOUR. Four in twenty years of collecting driftwood from only the Columbia river region. We recently went to the Washington coast on a delivery trip and spent two days searching beaches for driftwood that would work for a series two style candle which we would have  accounted for its discovery upon the coast and not on the Columbia river, We found ZERO pieces that would work. None Nada zip "0" . Looking on Web sites that sell driftwood We have not seen any pieces that will work either.  These are  very special one of a kind creations. Good Luck in your hunt to find them.
Let us Know how it go's!
   11/05/2005 update. After an entire summer of searching for wood, We found only two more single pieces of wood that were acceptable to use as bodies for our series two Driftwood and Slate candles. Otoknomi we are keeping, and most recently Petroglyph which is for sale at a reduced price.
 But Here and now "Serenity" could be yours!
Natures Art brought to you by Geri.
Enjoy!
12/16/2006
 Over a year later and we were unsuccessful in our searching to find any additional single pieces of driftwood to build any additional type three candles. We continue our excursions to the lakes and water ways of Eastern Washington and North Idaho always  watching for the next Series three base. We will keep you updated on our searches.  Merry Christmas!!!
April 28,2008
Went to Sandpoint Yesterday , The spring lake level around Pend O'reille lake is very low and a good time to search for Series II driftwood bases. No luck!!! and We were unsuccessful in our search last year as well.
We later went to the Panida Theater and listened to Local performance artists, singer, songwriter, and poet Emily Baker. She had a wonderful Voice and very interesting Songs and Poems. She opened for Jim Hightower, who gave an inspiring monologue of our current political problems, and yet gave me new hope that progressives are hard at work taking our Country back from the brink. That's all for this update. God Bless.


"SERENITY"

 "Serenity" is the first series II candle created but not placed for sale. Geri will accept offers by E mail but has not decided if or when she will sell Serenity. She is very attached to her creations. Almost as much as her attachments to her cats but not quite. Only because her candles do not wake her up at 4 am to be fed.