SANYA BUDNA - STONE ART
From childhood Sanya Budna has observed nature with a poet’s sensibility, but also with an inherent acceptance of life cycles, a quiet gratitude for the majestic power and infinite wisdom of Mother Earth.
As an artist Sanya has always searched for ways to honor this life-affirming connection in all forms of her creative expression, in music, performance and visual language. The thread that weaves together the attributes of her unique voice, her prophetic poetry, and the expressive power of her visual sensibility is one of an intuitive understanding of the rhythms of nature, a respect for its cosmic harmony and sacred geometry. It is after moving from London and living in Hove for few years that Sanya started working in Art you can Hold way in 2009.
“With as little disturbance to them as possible, Sanya says, I simply want to unveil the timeless beauty of “ordinary” pebbles and stones from the beach, I want to draw attention to their ancient imprints and cosmic codes that are here for us all, to be touched by, to learn from, to pass on and to share. Each time I work with them it is an inside out process for me. First I have to become very small and unassuming, then wait for the heart of the stone to open, once it's heart opens, I gently walk in and I listen. Everything else happens by itself, it is a Divine Collaboration, full of Love and Mutual Admiration. Indian Inks merge with the stones so beautifully, as they gradually soak up the colour it all becomes an act of integration rather than application or projection.
I feel that heartfelt & soulful Integration on all levels is essential in our world today, if our vast, emotional intelligence potential is ever to come to the forefront of how we live and do things. If we strip everything bare, are we not all spinning through cosmos on a giant ball of rock, are we not all truly in the same boat? ”
Each ArtRox! piece is an original, a one off, spontaneous work of art that will never be repeated, with the purpose for each stone to also serve its beholder as a loving, stimulative and comforting companion. By touching/stroking them, these vibrant stones become vessels for meditative states of inner wisdom and joy, healing and contemplation. In fact, the stones of ArtRox! can be anything that you bestow upon them. If you chose to hold them as ornaments, their buoyant colours and elegant filigree figures will nurture your natural need for beholding beauty. Yet, just like the imagery in tea-leaves, clouds or tarot spreads, the stones will become alive and potent the most, when touched with your hands and infused with the power of your own intent.
Whether you have questions or are interested in artrox workshops, commission artwork or visiting the studio where you can have an informal chat and browse unhurriedly please message Sanya directly via
Art you can Hold by Sanya Budna facebook page or email sanyabudna@gmail.com
To hear Sanya’s MUSIC you can visit her youtube chanel https://www.youtube.com/sanyabudna
As an artist Sanya has always searched for ways to honor this life-affirming connection in all forms of her creative expression, in music, performance and visual language. The thread that weaves together the attributes of her unique voice, her prophetic poetry, and the expressive power of her visual sensibility is one of an intuitive understanding of the rhythms of nature, a respect for its cosmic harmony and sacred geometry. It is after moving from London and living in Hove for few years that Sanya started working in Art you can Hold way in 2009.
“With as little disturbance to them as possible, Sanya says, I simply want to unveil the timeless beauty of “ordinary” pebbles and stones from the beach, I want to draw attention to their ancient imprints and cosmic codes that are here for us all, to be touched by, to learn from, to pass on and to share. Each time I work with them it is an inside out process for me. First I have to become very small and unassuming, then wait for the heart of the stone to open, once it's heart opens, I gently walk in and I listen. Everything else happens by itself, it is a Divine Collaboration, full of Love and Mutual Admiration. Indian Inks merge with the stones so beautifully, as they gradually soak up the colour it all becomes an act of integration rather than application or projection.
I feel that heartfelt & soulful Integration on all levels is essential in our world today, if our vast, emotional intelligence potential is ever to come to the forefront of how we live and do things. If we strip everything bare, are we not all spinning through cosmos on a giant ball of rock, are we not all truly in the same boat? ”
Each ArtRox! piece is an original, a one off, spontaneous work of art that will never be repeated, with the purpose for each stone to also serve its beholder as a loving, stimulative and comforting companion. By touching/stroking them, these vibrant stones become vessels for meditative states of inner wisdom and joy, healing and contemplation. In fact, the stones of ArtRox! can be anything that you bestow upon them. If you chose to hold them as ornaments, their buoyant colours and elegant filigree figures will nurture your natural need for beholding beauty. Yet, just like the imagery in tea-leaves, clouds or tarot spreads, the stones will become alive and potent the most, when touched with your hands and infused with the power of your own intent.
Whether you have questions or are interested in artrox workshops, commission artwork or visiting the studio where you can have an informal chat and browse unhurriedly please message Sanya directly via
Art you can Hold by Sanya Budna facebook page or email sanyabudna@gmail.com
To hear Sanya’s MUSIC you can visit her youtube chanel https://www.youtube.com/sanyabudna