Persona -- Rylie Muir

This is a protection charm of my patron. It's a simplification of his crest, it symbolizes the protection he provides. The three grass knots are imperative, missing one means a core part of your personhood cannot be protected.

Braiding together flowers and grass with a stick that has both old leaves and new blossoms on it is an easy way to celebrate the changing of the seasons. Death and life are simply mirrors of one existence, and both should be given proper reverence. This charm should always stay hung upside down after it's finished, or else you'll have bad luck during the planting season.

A charm for survival. Ideally, this should use sprigs of evergreen, but other hardy trees are acceptable as well. Survival despite harsh winters, survival no matter how long or arduous your journey. This is one I keep on me regularly, and it's a very common gift for good luck and well wishes.



I decided to make my art based on a nomadic person with a reverence for nature. Maybe a sort of druid. I imagine this character is a young man, explaining the things he makes to somebody he met during his travels. I wanted to do something simple but relatively restricted. I decided to completely rule out drawing for this assignment and keep the materials I could use to found objects. This helped me both find out what to make, as well as developing the character as I walked around the yard to find my materials and appreciate nature during this weird time.