Journey Orbs

GLASS GLOBES FOR YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY.

Journey Orbs are an interactive tool designed to permanently hold handwritten notes written by you or your loved ones.  I use mine for intention setting, and sometimes to send a note to a pet I’ve lost, others have used them for prayers or at weddings and in ceremonies.

  • WRITE

    Fill your orb with handwritten notes. This could take days or years, up to you!

    Try this, write your intentions on a slip of paper and keep it with you. At days end place it in the globe to let the day go knowing you made an honest effort.

     

  • KNOW

    Know that each time you use your orb it is your personal symbol of strength & growth. Your transformation orb is on your side! It's something beautiful cheering you on from wherever it's perched in your home or office.

Journey Orb ready for use

Detail of carbon inclusions

Completed transformation of Journey Orb with Caron finial

  • TRANSFORM

    When it's time, your orb comes back to the hotshop where your orb and notes are combined with molten glass to make a new vessel. The notes turn to carbon and are visible as black or white inclusions inside the vessel.

     

  • REPEAT

    This vessel grows with you, and has a larger opening so you can retrieve the notes if you wish. Or it can become a special piece of art that has the essence of your journey permanently imbued within its walls.

How do I order one? 

Journey Orbs are available for purchase in our gallery or by contacting ruth@calientehotglass.com

Can I get my notes out? 

The intention is for your notes to stay in the orb permanently.

In detail, how do Journey Orbs work? 

You fill your orb with notes, reflections, responses.

Once your orb is full, or when you're ready, contact ruth@calientehotglass.com to discuss a transformation. You are invited to select colors that are meaningful to you and the colors do not have to match the original orb.

When I bring it into the hotshop, I prefer to make a smallish vessel like the one pictured above with a small mouth and a finial. The finial is created with the carbon ash from your notes as a symbol of ascension.

Why did you make this? 

I wanted to create something that could connect humans to each other, even when no one else is present. I love the idea that something has ephemeral as thought, hopes, & wishes could be captured (as carbon ash) within the glass itself for potentially thousands of years.

Do you read my notes? 

Nope! the notes are reduced to carbon ash when they come in contact with molten glass. What you write is sacred and secret to you.

What are the costs? 

In 2025 the Journey Orbs are $55 and when you're ready for a transformation, those start at $125.

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