I wanted to create a poppet that gives me all the feelings that I experience when I am in my garden. I give you Flora. Flora in Roman and Greek religions is the goddess of the flowering plants from around 238 B.C.E. Flora was associated with vegetation and flowering plants. The Romans honored her in order to ensure her continued blessing on their lands. This was crucial for an ancient people dependent on agriculture. With the sun embroidered onto Flora's chest I represent life-giving abundance with its warmth radiating healing and peace. With the flowers at her feet I represent rebirth, joy and pleasure.

Poppet Pillow Materials: 100% cotton flannel, 100% polyester thread for embroidery, and poly-fil stuffing Height: 13"

Heket – In upper and lower Egypt around 3150 BC a cult was started to worship the Goddess Heqet. Heqet is a goddess of fertility represented in the form of a frog. As a fertility goddess, Heqet is associated explicitly with the last stages of the flooding of the Nile, and so with the germination of corn, she became associated with the final stages of childbirth. It is through this image that my Poppet Pillow Heket was birthed. With a giant spiral on her abdomen representing the spiritual development of humans and the birthing of ideas. A large bosom to nourish our souls. Her shape resembles that of a frog sitting symbolizing transformation, fertility, purity, and prosperity for our future days.

Poppet Pillow Materials: 100% cotton flannel, 100% polyester thread for embroidery, and poly-fil stuffing

Luna is a Poppet after my own heart. Her shape was inspired by a goddess from the Bronze era (4000 B.C.E) in North Africa. Using the symbols of the Moon and the Triskelion (triple spiral) to represent the rhythm of time, and the cycles of our lives. Mother, Maiden, Crone. This movement of time presents the ability to move forward and overcome adversity thus making Luna a symbol of strength.

Poppet Pillow Materials: 100% cotton flannel, 100% polyester thread for embroidery, and poly-fil stuffing Height: 7"

Zeita is my homage to the Cucuteni- Trypillians Culture (which is usually called the “Cucuteni” in Romania and the “Trypillia” culture in Ukraine). The Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture inhabited Eastern Europe 5,400 to 2,700 BCE (The Bronze era). With the intricacy of thread, I have created Zeita to reflect the details in the ceramic figurines found in 1981. Were the markings tattoos? A kind of language? Objects of ceremony? Through findings on different archaeological sites there is evidence that the Cucuteni- Trypillians believed in a kind of sacred numerology, seen through repeated patterns on figurines. Due to the incredible number of feminine figurines that have been found, some scholars believe that the Cucuteni-Trypillians were a feminine-led, pacifistic society that survived through skillful trade.

Poppet Pillow Materials: 100% cotton flannel, 100% polyester thread for embroidery, and poly-fil stuffing Height: 13"

Zeita is my homage to the Cucuteni- Trypillians Culture (which is usually called the “Cucuteni” in Romania and the “Trypillia” culture in Ukraine). The Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture inhabited Eastern Europe 5,400 to 2,700 BCE (The Bronze era). With the intricacy of thread, I have created Zeita to reflect the details in the ceramic figurines found in 1981. Were the markings tattoos? A kind of language? Objects of ceremony? Through findings on different archaeological sites there is evidence that the Cucuteni- Trypillians believed in a kind of sacred numerology, seen through repeated patterns on figurines. Due to the incredible number of feminine figurines that have been found, some scholars believe that the Cucuteni-Trypillians were a feminine-led, pacifistic society that survived through skillful trade.

Poppet Pillow Materials: 100% cotton flannel, 100% polyester thread for embroidery, and poly-fil stuffing Height: 13"