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Bringing Nature and Art together in my backyard.

My backyard is where I escape to when life seems out of control. Over the many years, I have dug many holes, engineered and moved rocks,stones,creeks and tons of dirt, composted and planted, and nurtured all the creatures and follage that have graced my 4 acres in the mountains of Virginia. My back yard has created a wondrous source of energy, inspiration, and thankfulness for this earth. It is no wonder that nature, along with the many beautiful people who have crossed my path, has played an incredibly significant role in my business - sculpting and designing symbolic images and jewelry. A couple of years ago, I was 'into' creating concrete gaias. I had the idea of placing them all over this country as reminders that we needed to take care of Mother Earth. We named this project Gaia 777.

In Nelson County,Virginia, where I live, there are many who are coming together to work on projects that are moving us towards a more self-sustainable community. I plan to be involved and hope to share much of their work and ideas via this site.

My great hope in doing this is that more people will be encouraged to create their own Gaia Projects - be they large or small.

In the garden in 2008

This year, I am fascinated with making Japanese laterns

This year, besides working in the creek and finishing the creation of my little pool that is served by 2 natural springs, I have become fascinated with making Japanese laterns. I have been picking up all kinds of materials, matching them together and just enjoying seeing what comes of it all.

Tea Laterns in The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

More information about Tea Laterns

Stone and bronze lanterns have been used in Japanese temple precincts and gardens for hundreds of years. The use of stone lanterns dates back to 600 A.D., when they were brought from China. Originally, lanterns were used to line entrances to temples and pagodas. Some of the earliest lanterns had compartments for an oil lamp.The lamps were lit as an offering to the Buddha. When lanterns were introduced into Japanese tea gardens, they became popular as a garden element. These lanterns lit the way through a garden for an evening tea ceremony. In contemporary gardens, lanterns are placed for aesthetic purposes. Japanese lanterns are positioned along a curve in a path,near water, or near a building. Japanese lanterns come in a number of different forms. Lanterns on a vertical post are called pedestal lanterns (tachi-doro), other lanterns have multiple supports and are called legged lanterns (ashitsuki-doro). A buried lantern (ikekomi-doro) has its base sunk directly into the soil. At the Huntington, your students will see mostly pedestal and legged lanterns.

Pictured is one of K's laterns in her own garden.

Garden sculptures in K's Garden

Tea Lanterns and other sculptures in artist K Robins' garden.
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Link to K's Website

K Robins Symbolic Jewelry Designs - jewelry depicting celtic, spiritual, yoga, meditative & mythological themes.
EMBRACING OUR WORLD - Caring for Mother Earth - To find our more about K's work and passions, please visit her website.

Gaia designs are currently on sale.

Nelson County, Virginia - Sustainable Living

Eco-friendly living in Nelson County, Virginia

Folks who are coming together to teach each other and create ways of doing business to promote self-sustainability in Nelson County, Virginia. Nelson County lies in the mountains west of Charlottesville.
Nelson County, Virginia
About Nelson County - Virginia guide to communitities, organizations, churches, tourism, community action health services, rural health.
Blue Heron Farm
Farmers - Blue Heron Farm produces organically farmed fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs.
Buck Creek Nursery
Farmers - Buck Creek Nursery provides plants and materials as well as landscape designs and lawn installation and repair.
Edible Landscaping
Farmers - Edible Landscaping plants trees and plants that produce edible food.
Lucky Moon Farm
Farmers - Ann Mooney, farmer and accupuncturist, produces local and exotic plants and herbs for medicinal purposes.
Rural Nelson
Land Management - A broad-based citizen's rural preservation group.

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