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“Cactus Totem”

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Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations people of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events.

Totem poles are tall, colorful poles that have human or animal faces carved and painted on them. Each face represents a part of the family’s past, telling the story of a family or community.

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… This unqiue creation begins with a Cholla Cactus base that I found out in the wild of New Mexico, USA.   I then hand sawed, hand carved, shaped, sanded, and lathered with a few coats of wood protectant.   After the wood was prepared, I took copper wire and began to design and create this necklace that features a teal magnesite bead, black lava bead, real yellow and red Jasper chips that I picked out of the ground while rock hunting in Moab Utah, and rock hounded Quartz I hand picked from the hills in Arkansas at the bottom of the totem.

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IMPORTANT:   Please include your necklace option and length in the checkout notes 🙂

Necklace Options:

• “Olive” Green suede cord + ( Choose your length; see measurements photo )

• “Pewter” Light-Grey suede cord + ( Choose your length; see measurements photo )

• “Cafe” Light-Brown suede cord + ( Choose your length; see measurements photo )

• “Black” nylon cord with metal lobster clasp ( 26″ premade )

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I strongly consider various pendants I make to be a meditation piece for the person wearing it.   Picture yourself sitting on a park bench under the sun and shade, you feel a bit of anxiety but you had this necklace on today… When you look down your eyes begin to trace the copper wires around the warm wood.. you take in the colors for a moment and you find you’re beginning to feel calm. You take a few five second deep breaths in and out and you begin your grounding process.  When you feel a bit better, you keep on keeping on