When I find something that speaks to me and interests me I can get very excited about it. My first inclination is LETS BUY STUFF!!! but I counter that pretty successfully by deciding to make the item myself or my own version of it. Saves money (sometime ) and fulfills a creative need.
After enjoying using my basic popsicle stick Ogham staves that I made for the Multilingual Challenge, and then used for the Divining Differently Challenge, I decided Iād make my own set. I started off by going out and gathering fallen sticks from my backyard.
but then I started actually looking around at the trees in my yard. I went to school in Montana and learned and knew all the trees and shrubs but I hadnāt bothered to learn any of the ones in North Carolina since I moved here over a decade ago.
So I realized I have some of the trees that correspond to some of the lettersā¦ and that was that. My enthusiasm led me to walk around my neighborhood as well as at work (I am a zookeeper) and realize I have access to an amazing variety of woods. While I wonāt be able to match wood for wood, I absolutely can make a set of 25 staves from 25 different kinds of trees/shrubs.
Great job @Artemisia! I am learning the Ogham, I havenāt gotten to the point of using or making staves yet though. I do have a sort of Ogham journal where I write what Iāve learned about each one in it with the correspondences, history, letters, divinatory meanings, etcā¦
I am very interested in the outcome & how lucky that you will be able to make them each with a different or corresponding wood/plant! I canāt wait to see how they turn out!
@Melora_Fae I work with the Elder Futhark & would love to make my own set of those too I have a bunch of oak in my backyard from a storm that brought down a bough of one of our oak trees in the backyard. I have since claimed that tree as mine because a large portion of the tree fell, so it is still standing & has weathered the storm, but the parts that need to be let go fell off the tree. (Alright, so that portion of the tree was in our neighborās backyard & ours, but itās our tree so we removed it from their yard after the storm passed & now I have the branches & bough in my backyard) I actually collected a lot of information about them: Runes Information
My husband is going to cut discs up from one of the branches, but I may be able to get him & my son to make me 25 āsticksā if I tell them how long the discs are. I have a woodburning tool downstairs with my other DIY crafting things. When the time comes I will post my progress with both!
I look forward to seeing how they turn out @Artemisia!
Oh my goddness, @Artemisia Thatās so amazing! I love that youāve taken one challenge and just ran with it over the course of several weeks. Ogham is such an amazing language and divination tool. I hope to one day make my own staves from different trees just like this!
@Susurrus ā You reminded me that I have so many more letters to work on and make posts for hereās to hoping I find that energy soon!
Lolā¦ sorryā¦ no pressure! I was just thinking that she may be as interested in the information as I am I have a journal that is all about the Ogham & things I learn & find out about them. I just had it printed at the UPS Store into a coil-bound workbook type of book.
) and fulfills a creative need.
but hope yāall can appreciate it!
Thatās so amazing! I love that youāve taken one challenge and just ran with it over the course of several weeks. Ogham is such an amazing language and divination tool. I hope to one day make my own staves from different trees just like this!