Garden of Blood & Bone

04/12/2022

Valid via website only (etsy is excluded)!

04/12/2022

Just posted to website and etsy!

OOAK Trophy skull mixed media sculpture. Asmat and Dayak inspired reproduction. Finished piece as pictured.

Approximately 9.5" x 6.5" x 10.5" Comprised with real humanely sourced horse hair, real bones, caracoles, wood and bone beads, jute rope and scaled human high quality PVC skull mounted on wood plaque.

17/09/2022

‘Tis the season!

Standard trophy skull shrunken head top hat with natural feathers.

See more of my work or to order on www.gardenofbloodandbone.com or my my Etsy.

Happy haunting!

05/09/2022

Working on some new stuff that was on the back burner. Stay tuned!

Please also check out the official website at www.gardenofbloodandbone.com, and IG!

05/09/2022

OOAK Oshun poppet doll fe**sh - sold as unconsecrated & "uncharged".

Approximately 18" head to bottom tassel. Comprised of bones, wool, metal, cotton fabric, glass beads, polymer, acrylic, cowries, Czech glass and crow beads.

Please see www.gardenofbloodandbone.com

Oshun is the goddess of the river of the same name in Nigeria. It's said she lived in a cave that still exists in Ijesa, Nigera, to the north towards the river Nile. She was the second wife of Shangó.

In Nigeria she is adored in many parts of Yorubaland, although it is in the city of Osogbo, through where passes her river where she has the greater amount of believers. The Osogbo name comes from the union of Oshun and Ogbo. She saved this city for that reason the king called it that way. In Africa her messenger is the crocodile. Their followers take offerings to the river and requests her favors.

Oshun is the Orisha of the fresh water. Her name comes from the Yorùbá Osún. She saved the world flying like a (Ibú Kolé), specie of vulture. Also she spoke with Olofin, when Olokun brought the deluge. It was Yemayá who gave her fortune and gave her as house house the river waters. She was the one who requested the intervention of the women in the Orishas meeting.

Her number are 5 and its multiples. Her color is the yellow in all its tonalities. Her favorite food offering is Ochinchin. She has many avatars.

Oshun is greeted Yalodde Yeyé Kari! Yeyeo! Omoriyeyeo.

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29/05/2022

Tuesday we launched the official Garden of Blood & Bone website and also now a fresh IG too! Not the best timing! Mercury is retrograde until June, and as is typical, lots of technical trials and issues.

Adapt, improvise and over come.

https://instagram.com/garden_of_bloodandbone?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Ase'!!!

26/05/2022

Tuesday we launched the official Garden of Blood & Bone website. Not the best timing! Mercury is retrograde until June, and as is typical, lots of technical trials and issues.

Adapt, improvise and over come.

www.gardenofbloodandbone.com/

Ase'!!!

Purveyors of the obscure, peculiar and the uncommon. Garden of Blood & Bone is your one-stop destination for all things encompassing African, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Cuban Diasporic Practices, Root religions and More... Selections: accessories, altar, altar figures, botanica, chicken fe**shes, collares...

09/05/2022

Happy customers, one hat at a time. Well, three hats!
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06/05/2022

06/05/2022

Waiting on parts to finish scales. Mantilla-cape pre-hand beading.

05/05/2022

Haven't decided if I want thw matilla or cape with hood... Attributes in progress. I did a little silver in her hair and have hand beading on gown to start... Devil's in the details.

04/05/2022

Leather voodoo top hat with lfull skull head - stitched jaw, leather band, ostrich leg leather accent and dark veve bones.

04/05/2022

Sneak peak at 17" special edition blue Santa Muerte in progress. She'll be listed in shop by Monday the 9th, finished sculpture OOAK.

Constructed with hand dyed mint/aqua Imperial Batiste gown with cream Imperial Batiste lining, ornate embroidered mesh lace trim, gold guipure trim, bronze and copper attributes and collares, Czech glass beads. All attributes.

04/05/2022

Leather Voodoo top hats.

A custom request from a previous customer upgrading his original Baron Samedi top hat that fell victim to his dog.

27/04/2022

My April super shopper, with another order en route and two in progress.
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21/04/2022

Yemaya poppet shrine

Hand twisted Gotland Peltsheep (pälsfår) hair wefts, adorned with caracols, blue luster crystals, saphire glass beads, sterling silver beads, white shell Czech glass beads, matte turquoise glass beads, hand-tied, color-washed jute rope netting, silvered brass sea ornaments, 18g verdigris "Degas" blue-green over black bress etched cable chain, housed in wood age-painted boat shrine.

Approximately 18" x4 3/4".

21/04/2022

New in the shop. OOAK custom Yemaya poppet shrine.

18/04/2022

Finally starting on my Santa Muerte. My original 17" that was the inspiration for the versions I make today was deconstructed. The versions today far surpass her in detail and quality! I have had the honor to create her physical likeness for many.

I go to Santa Muerte Holy Mother of Death, great protector of the living, guardian spirit of the dead for all "human" things that do not encompass orisha. My orisha would not take kindly to providing for those who are not in the path, and do not pay tribute or offer ebo' in return. Creating in their image is on a different level. I have full permission and create based on their influences.

It is an honor to create for orisha, and Santa Muerte.

17/04/2022

Going above and beyond separates you from the rest.
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14/04/2022

I am my craft, my craft is me...
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14/04/2022

The 34" 1:3 scale Santa Muerte is the most life like of the three sizes I create. Unlike the 17" and 24", she is a scaled version of a human skeleton, cast in high quality PVC instead of plastic. Her size allows for much more detail, in both trims and fabrics, as well as her attributes, which I also hand make.

She is on her way to her home.

13/04/2022

Mad hatting for Samedi.
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12/04/2022

34" Santa Muerte about ready to depart

12/04/2022

Some extra for Babalu Aye. En route...

12/04/2022

Happy customers. Devil's in the details...
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07/04/2022

Flaka is home and a happy customer she made.
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03/04/2022

Custom fe**sh request. Happy customer.
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03/04/2022

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23001727/etsy-seller-strike-boycott-fee-increase

Sellers are calling for a shopping boycott beginning April 11th.

30/03/2022

You go above and beyond to rise above the rest. Happy customers return. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

29/03/2022

Ready for her teeth...

29/03/2022

Devil's in the details... Flaka blanca

24/03/2022

I will be adding a version of this Oshun hard body style to the shop. This one is sold.

23/03/2022

Happy customers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

21/03/2022

New Oshun poppets coming soon.

21/03/2022

Commissioned pieces

21/03/2022

Sneak peak of a piece in progress. Will be in shop by end of week.

16/03/2022

Hard to see in the pic, but these wood beads came out looking like charcoaled wood. Fantastic!! Commission in progress... Rope belt with removable skulls and tribal wood beaded eleke-style collar and waist belt. Ironically, they are amost the same size!!

12/03/2022

Finally back in stock. Current batch ready to ship within 7 days.

12/03/2022

Prototypes for orisha sculptures. Wrapped metal skeletal, skinned over with canvas and clayed, and sanded for days. A very lengthy process!!!

12/03/2022

New osteomancy sets in the near future. This style will be a full set with wood throwing cazuela. Utilizing both natural and tile pieces.