The Selkie Stone. Needle felted standing stone.

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The Selkie Stone. Needle felted standing stone.

£59.00

US CUSTOMERS - US Customers - Prepaid duties and taxes: Your order will arrive with all import fees covered. Nothing due on delivery

A white standing stone stands in a field. This stone has witnessed many things over many yers. Once part of a circle, when the sea was much further away - today only a single stone remains, with the edge of the shore not too far away.

One twilight the stone witnessed several seals haul themselves out of the water and onto the shore. Under the rising moon seven women emerges from the seals - each one carefully hiding their selkie skins. One woman tip toes up to the stone and buried her selkie skin down by the base of the stone under the earth.

That evening six of the women returned, retrieving heir selkie skins and once seals again rushed back below the waves. the seventh woman didn’t return. There are stories in the village of a selkie woman who came to live on land, and tales of children with dark soulful eyes, just like their mother.

As long as this single stone remains, it watches over the selkie skin, knowing one day that the seventh woman will return, shape-shift into seal and answer the call of the sea. These three stones are inspired by a stone circle while the original story may have no longer survived, threads of the story speak of a place to bring questions and petitions – a place to stay overnight and speak to the old ones.

Materials

  • The main background is created by wool, Harris Tweed, yarn and sari ribbon.

  • The stones is created by needle felting and embellished with French knot lichen.

  • Additional embellishments – Razorfish shell

Measurements

The embroidery hoop has a diameter of 8 inches / 20 cm

  • Shipping

  • UK - Tracked 48 with Royal Mail
    Rest of the World - International Tracked

  • For US customers the UK Global Tariff (UKGT) costs have been added to shipping / US customers are now required to add their phone number to the order

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