This drum was commissioned by a woman who does shamanic healing work. She chose the images and colors, a 3/4-facing white bird surrounded by four crystals of turquoise with some light purple. The slideshow depicts the last two stages of its creation.
It has a beautiful sound. During its birthing, I watched this drum wake up twice: first as I tied it, and again when I painted the light in the bird’s eye.
Beautiful, Tina…
I love the attention and love you bring to your drum-making. What a journey each one represents.
Thank you! The making is so powerful when I know who it’s for ahead of time & can make it just for them, focusing on that person the whole time. Feels like a weaving of soul-stuff, deer and pine and human. At any rate, it’s a magical tool then for sure.
Terrific!
Beautiful, it’s so multi-dimensional (for lack of a better descriptor). Seems like it has a lightening bolt in it and the bird’s got a cosmic sense of humor.
Hi my name is Mike . I am working on painting my drum in the USA. I do not know any Sami people in USA. All I know is what my GreatGranddad taught me about our way of life. The painting and drum u have it very nice.
Hello Mike – I’m honored that you like my drum here; thank you. You are Sami, then? I am friends with one Sami person, also a shamanic practitioner, but he lives in Norway. Will you paint your drum in the traditional way of your people, with symbols invoking your spirit journeys?