?I want this piece to be very personal to someone who has lost a loved one. The form is very simple, very pure. I think when someone dies, they?re still a part of you?they haven?t left you. Their essence lives within you and the memories that you shared keep them alive in your heart, like an inner light, a gift that glows from within. You feel it always, and you keep it safe. I hope this figure is a healing reminder, that positive energy and good things will continue to radiate from the spirit of one you love.? ?Susan Lordi A gift to express sympathy, comfort, remembrance and healing. DETAILS .7"h hand-painted resin figure. Applied gold leaf .Female figure with hands surrounding small gold-leaf flame on her chest .Packaging box includes enclosure card for gift-giving OUR STORY Willow Tree sculptural art forms beautifully express love, closeness, healing, courage, hope? all the emotions of a life well lived. Artist Susan Lordi hand carves the original of each figure from her studio in Kansas City Missouri. Pieces are cast from her original carvings, and individually painted by hand. Expression is revealed through gestures only? a tilt of the head, placement of the hands, a turn of the body. The simplicity of form and absence of facial features signify Willow Tree. It is Susan?s hope that these pieces be meaningful to both giver and receiver. ARTIST Susan Lordi Susan Lordi's artistic process is rather intuitive; she "sketches" in clay as she conceives, sculpts and carves each piece, always with a focus on gesture that speaks to the universal. By stripping down the essence of emotion to pure form, she opens the interpretation of each piece to the giver and the receiver. This one-of-a-kind approach to product creation makes her pieces truly individual... her hand, and her unique perspective, is evident in each sculpture.