Signs of Spirit

Inspired Wood Carvings by Coop and Katrina

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Following the Lotus Flower theme from yesterday, here is Coop’s Lotus Pentacle. This is one of our hidden pentacles, hidden within a more intricate flower design, it may be displayed when it is not safe or appropriate for a ‘standard’ pentacle. This stylized design can be recognized by other believers, but is less apparent to outsiders and is less likely to cause problems with non-pagan family or in the workplace. In yoga, the 5 petal Lotus is sometimes used in the symbol for Svadhisthana, the second or sacral chakra. #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #pentacle⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3qnsEnAIs/?igshid=1iwjrn4ahk9e2

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Katrina has been adding items to our Digital shop! I found a different picture on Unsplash of a full moon on a cloudy night to use with our Triple Moon carvings. I’ve only done the Triquetra variation, but I like it and think I’ll be doing more!⁠ #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #signsofspiritdigital #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #triplemoon #triquetra ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDd486flmj0/?igshid=cwdi2ceusaph

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When researching the meaning of the Prayer Against the Plague cross, this some of the historical information I found, “In medieval and early modern Europe, textual amulets on parchment and paper were often inserted in sacks or suspension capsules that could be worn around the neck and over the heart, or alternatively bound to an afflicted body part for focused healing. Others were posted on interior and exterior walls to ward off evil, just as apotropaic inscriptions were displayed on doors and lintels of buildings for blessing and protection.” I figure we have the doors and lintels covered with our carvings, but we are modern! I have the pictures here, a T-Shirt is much better than “suspension capsules that could be worn around the neck”! So I headed to our RedBubble shop…T-Shirts, coffee cups, socks (NO Demon Toes here!) I wonder if the laptop sleeve will protect against computer viruses…hmmm. I just couldn’t resist using the reaper image from RedBubble when I saw it… #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #signsofspirit #signsofspiritdigital #pray #prayer #prayersforhealing #prayers🙏 #catholic #christian⁠ (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbXLLxH9pJ/?igshid=1l8f0438rukcl

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Took Mom to her doctor appointments for her ankle/foot and got to wear my new purple OM mask! #signsofspiritdigital #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #purplemask #covid19style #om #aum (at Tomball, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYmPYgHfRq/?igshid=v0vo6d363l5h

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Bears Brotherhood T-Shirt Gay Men Tee Shirt Pride Flag Bear Culture LGBTQA Apparel

This digital design is created from a photo of a wood carving by Signs of Spirit of our Celtic Bear Knot. A picture of the carving was manipulated in Photoshop and layered over a gradient background of the Bear Pride Flag. ABOUT THE T-SHIRT: Get to know your new favorite tee - its super smooth,

Thanks to an extended family, daughter’s best friend, super talented actor we got a request... “You need some GAY STUFF! :)” So, using the Celtic Bear Knot, Katrina set to creating some digital art! This variation has the Bear Knot on front and back layered over the Bear Pride Flag colors.  

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'Grandmother’s Knot|Celtic Love Knot- Words “Grandmother Knot” and “I have PICTURES and I’m not afraid to show them!”' Relaxed Fit T-Shirt by SignsOfSpirit

The digital design is created from a photo of a wood carving by Signs of Spirit of our Celtic Grandmother’s Knot wood carving. Pictures are taken of the carving and manipulated in Photoshop. / Meaning of the Symbol: The Celtic Grandmother’s knot is composed of the Goddess Knot; supporting, standin… • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

Mother’s Day is coming!  It is also good to honor Mom’s Mom. So here is some digital art for Grandma! ...I know... the model is unrealistic... but what can you do?

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Mother and Child Knot -Wood Carved Celtic Knot Mothers Love-Nurturing

Inspired Wood Carvings by Mark Cooper and Katrina Hoffman

It’s getting close to Mother’s Day!  We are still running the StayHome10 sale through the end of April so don’t procrastinate! 

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A note on Katrina’s digital art… I’ve opened a separate Etsy shop for strictly digital art, pictures of wood carvings, often layered on interesting backgrounds. I found a great Print on Demand Drop Shipper to make many wonderful, all-over-print clothing and accessories… But, they didn’t do greeting cards. I found another producer that did and after signing up they added face mask covers…Oh Boy! I have a few ordered for us, they aren’t here yet, will post pictures when they are. But the reason, is the season, I am posting this…In honor of today, April 20th a.k.a. 420… I just listed 2 variations of masks. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t have a mock-up of a person wearing it. So…if you buy one…SEND PICTURES! Our digital store isn’t linked here, so I will do the product link to our 420 wood carving, links to the masks are there. I give up. All day trying to get everything linked. Nothing has worked. Did find out the 420 wood carving wasn’t on the website. It is now. Can’t link it through FB though. So go to Etsy and search SignsOfSpiritDigital for the face masks. May you have better luck than I’ve been having. Gonna go put some insulation up! #signsofspiritdigital #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #potsmokers #stonernation420 #marijuanaculture #420time #ganjaqueen #ganjagoddess #stonersdaily #420everyday #facemask #weedcommunity #canabiscommunity

(at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_NrMzJHsTY/?igshid=1rrlw7i67ulzx

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All day trying to get links on FB and IG...1 minute on Tumblr and Hello link! Happy 420 to you.

420 Face Mask Covers Weed Bud Reusable Lined Marijuana Face Mask With Pocket Pot Smoker Dust Mask Green Ganja Cannabis Pride

This digital design is created from a photo of a wood carving by Signs of Spirit of our 420. A picture of the carving was manipulated in Ph

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My friends, I must apologize. I have known since the beginning of my social media (started with Pinterest) that I shouldn’t only post products, but to share a bit of the other aspects of life we enjoy. I got a little focused on how we are going to survive the drought of no shows! While doing research on how to increase Instagram engagement I was reminded of that…they also said I should be doing 5-7 posts a day…and here I was so proud of myself for doing one almost every day! Ah well… So, to share a bit of what we’ve been doing in between the cutting and carving… As some of the previous posts showed you us building our new storage building, I’ll brag about that! I helped a bit more but Coop did most of the work himself as I got busy doing other stuff. We did have a young man who likes heights come over and help put the roof on. We now have a place to store his wood, the display flats, completed stock and other miscellany. One side allows us to back up to load/unload (the caveat being until I fix the water flow from above and level out the soil, we get stuck after rains…I have pictures to prove it…wanna see?) The step side is next to the carving studio so it is quicker and easier for him to go get the next board. He built a rack system to stack his boards. It works nicely! We are low on wood right now, so he will have to make more to hold 4-5 times as much cedar with dunnage.

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(at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Kmo4JH-Mk/?igshid=qtswalvt7eer

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Now I just have to paint it!

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Shading the Weave. Using my favorite shading tip, I create shadow on the “under” part of the band knot. #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #signsofspiritpyrography #elementalpentacle (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-j5VlrHjLw/?igshid=12jxmtamenuii

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THIS IS NO JOKE! With the great hope and belief that things will start getting better…maybe not as soon as we would like, I’ve extended the StayHome10 sale for a month…we are still not doing shows, so you still get our…”We would have paid this to the promoter” discount. If you can’t buy for a while, no problem, stay well, visit the website…dream and drool a bit, then share and favorite ‘cause everyone else is sitting around looking at the computer in their underwear, and we’ll see you later! #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving

(at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cQQRRHjeX/?igshid=1c3jjdd3jxcwm

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Here is how I layout the pattern for the bands. The design is drawn on a piece of Canson Vidalon Vellum. I flip the paper and with a soft pencil, trace the lines. Flip it again, line it up between the circles and trace onto the wood. This brand of vellum is transparent enough I can see the markings for centering on the band and between the points. But, especially after a few uses, the traced lines are faint and off from one side to another…look at the UNDER weave…one side is fatter than the other. Depending on the grain, sometimes the pencil will hit and get out of a smooth curve or line. After the tracing, I go back over the knot and fix all of these problems, a light burning and onto the next band! #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #signsofspiritpyrography #elementalpentacle (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ZlhWiHTTQ/?igshid=3jolzmutvr00

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Process for wood burning an Elemental Wide-Banded Pentacle! 

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Triple Moon Pentacle Celtic Goddess Symbol On A Moonlit Night by Katrina Hoffman

Triple Moon Pentacle Celtic Goddess Symbol On A Moonlit Night Digital Art by Katrina Hoffman

Even though I’m trying to get the wood carving followers onto signsofspirit here on Tumblr, I am getting digital art on various sites, Redbubble, FineArtAmerican and Zazzle as well as on Etsy.  This is what I got done today!  If you have seen one of our wood carvings you would like on a tee shirt, let me know!

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Katrina is starting a new wood burning order, the Elemental Pentacle. First step is to extend a line out from the point of the star across the circle. Then find the center of the band. A circle is drawn centered and aligned (hopefully) with the point of the star and the center of the band. The symbols are drawn and lightly burned.

(at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-QUpJ5nSQh/?igshid=cbvjh8ajjb9d

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Still trying to move this feed to signsofspirit.tumbler.com! Please find us and follow!   

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Trying to figure out the primary/secondary blog thing!  I changed this to signsofspiritdigital, you might have to follow https://www.tumblr.com/blog/signsofspirit to see what is happening. Meanwhile, we are having a “You stay at Home, We have No Shows” sale www.signsofspirit.com

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Opening day! Willing but a wee wet! Bring your umbrella! For our friends that will be coming to see us here, don’t freak…we are in the same place but there are 2 new buildings between us and the top of the hill. Better pictures later, Katrina was dodging raindrops! #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #scarboroughrenaissancefestival #inspiredwoodcarvings (at Scarborough Renaissance Festival) https://www.instagram.com/signsofspiritart/p/Bv6xGEZFBS7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d4xnqcl3qrbz

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Yesterday’s accomplishment! Got to our space at the Dublin Ohio Irish Festival, our neighbors from #twistedmaille were there setting up and helped us unload. Got the display set up and a couple of panels done before calling it quits. #signsofspiritart #signsofspiritwoodcarving #inspiredwoodcarvings #irishfestivaldublinohio #dublinohioirishfestival