Wheel of the Year, Pagan Calendar, Large Wood Slice 45cm

The Wheel of the Year  - Pagan calendar
Pyrografy on a big Wood slice.

Folk art on a wood slice. Handmade by me, one of a kind.

The wood slice itself retains its natural edges, providing an organic and rustic canvas that contrasts beautifully with the detailed and colorful imagery.

This unique large wood slice artwork combines rustic charm, intricate pyrography, and painted designs, making it a lovely centerpiece for any home. The art celebrates the cyclical nature of life, symbolized through seasonal imagery and a central triquetra knot, which is associated with unity and spiritual protection.

As a wall decoration, this piece will add warmth and color to your living space & provide a sense of balance and grounding energy. It’s perfect for anyone looking to enrich their home with folk art that resonates with the changing cycles of nature, offering both aesthetic appeal and spiritual significance.

The Wheel of the Year is an ancient Celtic calendar based on festivals that celebrated our connection with nature. The calendar revolves around eight festivals, from Imbolc to Yule – each one signaling a shift in the season, weather, and the natural world around us.

The sole purpose of this calendar is to connect with nature and its cycles. Celebrating these seasonal shifts with festivities is intended to help us to connect with the spirit of our ancestors, a connection that leads directly to Mother Earth more than to any deity.

The Celts had four great festivals: Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh, these are called the “major sabbats”, which are celebrated at the midpoint between each solstice and equinox. Later the Celts included the solstices in their festivities. These celebrations are called the “lesser sabbats”, and each of the eight festivals is celebrated roughly every month and a half, or every six and a half weeks and makes up what we now refer to as the Wheel of the Year.

The use of pyrography and painting techniques adds a sense of mysticism and enchantment as if the elements themselves have been brought to life on the wood..

Pyrography technique enhances the depiction of the four elements by adding a unique and captivating visual dimension to the design. Pyrography nicely contributes to the overall effect by adding depth and texture, visual contrast, emphasis on details and connection to nature.

Wall decoration, handcrafted, burnt and painted wood slice, fantasy world decoration, handmade gift.

All designs are created for one specific slice, they are all unique and never repeated. The designs are then sketched on the wood, burnt onto it with a pyrography pen and painted.

Measures: about ⌀17.7" (45cm), depth 1" (+/- cm. 3.5)