{"product_id":"garden-of-the-mind-hand-beaded-skull","title":"Garden of the Mind — One-of-a-Kind Beaded Skull Sculpture","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBefore social media. Before careers and cities and the relentless noise of modern life — there was a farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThere were quilts. There were hands that knew how to work the land, put up food, stitch something beautiful out of necessity, and take care of each other without being asked. I grew up in that world — Cherokee and Irish, farm kid, granddaughter of women who made everything by hand because that was how love was expressed. We grew food. We butchered our own meat. We sewed quilts from hand-me-down fabric and wrapped each other in them. We gardened before school and after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI never really left that world. I just carried it quietly for forty years through a professional life that had nothing to do with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eGarden of the Mind is my reckoning with all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe quilt pattern you see across the crown of the skull comes directly from the hand-sewn blankets my grandmother and mother made — patterns passed down not purchased, stitched by women who loved you enough to sit and make something by hand. The green cabochon anchors the piece in the earth — in gardens worked at dawn, in soil that fed a family. The turquoise beading and poppy flowers that bloom along the sides are exactly what they look like: something growing. Something that refuses to stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is a piece about what lives inside a mind that has been quiet enough, and worked hard enough, to finally grow something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFully hand-beaded using a heritage beaded art \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003etechnique passed down through my Cherokee grandmother. Every bead placed by hand. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNo two will ever be identical. This is the only one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSize: \u003cspan\u003e6 x 4.5 x 4 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMedium: Hand-placed seed beads, glass and ceramic, green cabochon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMounting: Free-standing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCertificate of authenticity included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eShips carefully packaged from Tallahassee, Florida\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAlso available on Saatchi Art (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/art\/Sculpture-Garden-of-the-Mind-Hand-Beaded-Skull\/2996845\/13846329\/view\"\u003eGarden of the Mind - Hand Beaded Skull Sculpture by Debra Booth | Saatchi Art\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dequa Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45079156850864,"sku":null,"price":2460.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/4790\/1616\/files\/1skull.jpg?v=1777584503","url":"https:\/\/www.dequadesign.com\/products\/garden-of-the-mind-hand-beaded-skull","provider":"Dequa Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}