Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Cherokee Eagle

Native American People attach a special significance to the eagle. They are highly revered and considered sacred within the American Indian traditions, culture, and religion.
Native Americans agree that the creator made all birds, and that he made the eagle the leader and king of the sky.

The wings of an eagle represent the balance, between the male and female, each one dependent upon the strengths and abilities of the other.

They represent honesty, truth, majesty, strength, courage, wisdom, power and freedom. As they roam the sky, they are believed to have a special connection to God.
This shape was made especially for my aunt Tere, who likes the Eagle, reason to make it into a necklace. Actually this shape is in Valencia Spain, were my aunt lives.

Cherokee Awohali
Designer: Juan Francisco

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Snowflake-Box

Snowflakes and Origami have similar ways. Snowflakes are particles in the snow's universe, and the snowflake form, never repeats itself two or more times, making a big universe of infinite forms, created in different temperatures. Just like in Origami there are different shapes made by different artists.

This is a special snowflake. Snowflakes always have 6 sides, like an hexagon, however this snowflake has 8 sides. It's easy to explain: it tell us how the unreal may be possible, and that we can to think beyond that thought.

Representing a Snowflake-Box helps to, explain how the knowledge is saved into a box. That is our mind is a snowfkake of infinite wisdom like the infinite snowflakes form. But it is an empty not a fully box, that we are going to fill, learn and enjoy through life. Because you are a Snowflake-Box, no one is like you. So live life and be happy.

Snowflake-Box
Designer: Juan Francisco

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Friday, June 13, 2008

Welsh Dragon

It starts in Dinas Emrys in Northern of Wales in the United Kingdom around the Age of Iron. Vortigern tried to build a castle there, but every night walls fell-down by unseen and mystic forces. Vortigern the King asked for a boy to sacrifice, finding a special boy ( later named Merlin), with his death to solve the problem. The intelligent boy told the King about the White Dragon, which it demolished the castle.
Then Vortigern freed the dragons into a hill, they fought each other; Finally the Red Dragon defeats the White Dragon.
Nowadays this place is known as Wales. The Red Dragon or "Y Ddraig Goch" in the Welsh Language is a strong symbol.

This European Dragon represents, intelligence, power and mostly the freedom that everybody wants to gachieve.


Ddraig Goch
Designer: Juan Francisco

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