Burnt Offerings Studio Salon
Opie and Linda O'Brien

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Eden Lost by Burnt Offerings Studio, Opie and Linda O'Brien Pyroengraving on gourd, mixed media sculpture enhanced with abalone, turquoise, malacite, bone, silver, Mexican coin, wood, and stone Photograph by Studio Rossi

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Wildflowers by Burnt Offerings Studio, Opie and Linda O'Brien Pyroengraving on carved gourd, enhanced with color stain Photograph by Studio Rossi

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Vision Serpent by Burnt Offerings Studio, Opie and Linda O'Brien Pyroengraving on wood plaque, depicting ancient Mayan priest enhanced with color Photograph by Studio Rossi

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Artifact Cats by Burnt Offerings Studio, Opie and Linda O'Brien Pyroengraving on gourd enhanced with sea-grass, grapevine Photograph by Studio Rossi

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For more information, visit Burnt Offerings studio where award-winning contemporary gourd artists Opie and Linda O'Brien make art, poetry, and music with pyrographic and mixed-media interpretations of primitive and ceremonial art and music. They see gourds as "Nature's pottery, ...one of the first cultivated plants throughout the world since prehistoric times. Gourds play a significant role in the origin myths of every culture..." The Burnt Offerings work includes pyroengraved gourd musical instruments as sculpture; Reiki, Runic, and Chakra vessels filled with gemstones and healing herbs; spirit pots, jewelry, and more. Linda and Opie enhance their pyroengraved decoration with a wide variety of organic materials (some of which are shown in the examples displayed here).

There is a fully illustrated article written for the WWWoodc@rver E-Zine about Opie's and Linda's work in pyroengraved musical instruments.

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