ECO Art: Talking to Leaves

"The material or most common leaf used in leaf carving is the leaf of a Chinar tree. The Chinar tree is native to India, Pakistan and China. There are sixty steps in the process of drying, curing and creating these amazing works of art." Go to Natural Leaf Carving Art for more information and to Nature's Art to download a pdf file on the process.

In Hawaii you will find a tree that the locals call the autograph tree. Tradition has it that you can leave messages on the leaves of that tree for your friends to see. I was led to drawing on the leaves of that tree creating Zentangle inspired Art. You can see the Art I create each day and learn about the process on my blog.

I have "chicken skin" when I realized that the work that I was creating on those leaves, along with the Whispers of Aloha that I shared, was done by ancient peoples from places around the world. I have been creating art as a moving meditation with the intention of helping to make this world a better place and in the footsteps of my ancestors my art is perpetuated as a spiritual practice.