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A caterpillar is earth stuck. Its whole existence depends on the material plane. After 4 cycles the chrysalis starts. And then it becomes a butterfly that can rise itself above the material level. It still lives with the earth, eats from the earth, but has a better view of things than a caterpillar. For this reason it has often been used as a symbol of a person that has evolved from one that only used to be concerned about material needs to someone that cares for the development of her/his soul.

Roberta Abet,  2001, ITALY
Albero Magico
Mirror pieces

For the trunk and the big branches little pieces of mirrors have been taken, using the living elements: the small plants coming out of cracks and holes of the rock. This makes a warmer effect at daytime, and in the twilight the tree as a whole becomes magic: uniting sun, heat, moon and magic.

In Western societies only two separate kinds of gender are allowed. In earlier days it was different, and in many African, American and Asian cultures there are still at least 3 different kinds of gender groups. Some North American Indians know even 6 different Types of gender behavior. In this symbol you find 3 gender symbols united: down points the Mars symbol, up right the Venus, and up left the Uranus Sign. In Astrology Uranus stands for the 'unusual', 'unexpected', for something beyond normal standards.

The idea of the steel sculpture was taken from the tropical flower Heliconia. The name is rooted from Mt. Helico, the home of ancient Greek gods. There are 23 basic leaves. In the Indian tarot the number 23 means "Maya". Usually Maya is represented as a woman working on a distaff. She stands for the illusion that the material world seems real and the spiritual worlds unreal. After the basic leaves 10 main leaves follow, symbolizing the 10 dimensions of the real world. On top are three leaves twisted like a Möbius-ring. The latter shows a particular feature: cut along the middle line, the ring does not fall apart into two pieces, but remains one!

Bird\ : any of a class (Aves) of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animals with the body covered with feathers and the forelimbs modified as wings. In this photo a Pelecanus onocratulus acciaius was captured. Instead of eggs this rare birdy lays stones

The painting on the screen symbolizes the development of the universe. The surface of the screen is two-dimensional. The images on it arrives from one dimension higher, the third dimension. In the same way our visible 3-D universe is created from unseen higher dimensions. Modern science talks about 10 dimensions altogether, a number that was know by Buddhists already 2500 years ago. The Celts used to place 10 points in a triangle to symbolize the universe as a whole, an arrangement found in the centre of the screen: n this way the 10 becomes a single unit forming a triangle as a divine symbol. Every side of the triangle is composed out of 4 points. 4 Points are needed to define visible space:1) the zero point, 2) the x-axis, 3) the y-axis, 4) the z-axis. 4 points define the first regular volume: a tetrahedron, that looks from the top like the right drawing. 

Annabella Claudia, 2001
Dream Catcher
Stainless Steel

Dream Catchers have been used by American Indians at the first night in a tent or a building. They should help to remember the first dream.

On the outside ring of the dream catcher one finds 7 triangles. With the seven pointed star on the inside they form 7 irregular pentagons. "7" is the number of the subdivisions in every natural cycle, "5" is the number of life. 

The 5-star in the centre is a human symbol, surrounded by a circle. The circle connects with ten rods to the dream catcher. Here the "10" means the ten dimensions of the universe where human beings take part in. This was known already 2500 years ago by Buddhists, and now the same concept is proposed by modern science.