Mountain of Dreams No. 0001 — Star
Nature made the design. I'm just complimenting it.
The crack became the mountain.
One mountain in every piece. A different sky each time.
The natural driftwood crack sets the mountain side and the frame.
Mike's flagship work — burned by hand, sealed with beeswax, on hemp.
Nothing stained. Nothing printed. Just wood and fire.
The particulars
Every Mountain of Dreams piece starts the same way: a mountain, burned by hand into a disc of driftwood Mike cut himself. What changes is the sky. This one's sky holds a single star. The crack in this disc isn't damage — it's the mountainside. Mike burns the range around the crack the wood already had, so the break in the wood becomes the break in the ridge. No two pieces in this edition share a sky, a ridge, or a crack. This is No. 0001, the first of the edition. Driftwood disc, sealed in beeswax, on a hemp cord with a breakaway clasp. Burned by hand, by a human — never laser, never printed. Don't wear jewelry? Hang it from your mirror. It rides with you. Hand-burned by a human — no laser, ever. Sealed in beeswax. This piece is dw-mod-0001, numbered once and never repeated.
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The wood has the last word.
Nothing stained. Nothing printed. Just wood and fire.
Take it off for showers and swimming. If it gets wet, dry it slowly at room temperature.
On wax-finished pieces, rub in a little plain beeswax and buff with a soft cloth. Labor of Love is boiled in beeswax: refresh it the same way to keep that finish.
A bad crack? Write to Monkey Mike. Repair beats a drawer.