The thimble can be seen as a symbol of creativity.
Stones provide grounding, a connection to Earth.
As a human family, we are facing immense change. Creativity can support wellness during change, and healing through hardship or loss. Thimble and Stone asks: How can we use what is around us creatively? Ecological materials, low impact, local, sustainable? What is provided here is not only responding to these questions, but also hopes to inspire others to create sustainably with what is around them, and to incorporate ritual into life.
Thimble and Stone exists to support transformation through folk art and ritual.
Hi, my name is Diana “Dee” O’Riordan Verschoor. I come from lineages of farmers, wood and metal workers, quilters, seamstresses, and musicians among others. In reclaiming the thimble of my grandparents and in orienting to stone as a grounding force, I bring curiosity to my work.
This website is dedicated to the work that I do as an artist, ritual worker, and officiant. I am also a mental health counselor, a mover and embodiment enthusiast, and a tender of the land.
This is a photo of me on Achill Island, Ireland, on a cold day in October. My ancestors come from Northern and Western Europe, and the Mediterranean. Most of the time, I live and work in the United States on Cheyenne, Ute, and Arapahoe ancestral land. I am occasionally or seasonally in other areas of the US, or based internationally.
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