Monday, December 6, 2010

Wear Desert Landscape on Your Shoulder

Picture or Landscape Jasper creates scenes which resemble desert landscapes.

Esoteric meaning of the stone:
Picture Jasper is useful in retrieving hidden messages or a “picture” from the past. It is also a stone of harmony and proportion. Creativity and understanding of other cultures is encouraged through Picture Jasper. Business pursuits and activities leading to increase are affected.
Picture Jasper is also helpful in bringing hidden thoughts, grievances, fears, and hopes to the surface. It stimulates proper functioning of the immune system and treats disorders of the kidneys and skin.


Landscape Jasper brooch:

Pink Ice Brooch

This lovely Rose Quartz cabochon with the flat back and its contrastingly uneven surface has  inspired me to imagine pink ice - so the source of my design idea for this brooch: