Artist creates stunning figurines using avocado pips

14 July 2017 10:08 AM IST

Jan Campbell creates beautiful pieces of art using avocado pips.

Inspired by Celtic folklore, Jan Campbell creates beautiful pieces of artwork using only avocado pips (Photo: Facebook)
Jan places her creation back in the avocado, terming it 'back in the womb' (Photo: Facebook)
\"I found Dagda and his magic harp inside an avocado stone when the Dagda played his harp he could make anyone who heard it giggle with joy, cry with sorrow, or fall instantly into the softest sleep. The playing of his harp made the seasons come in the correct order,\" writes the artist on her Facebook page (Photo: Facebook)
The Irish artist says this is DÃ¡ire the oak spirit (Photo: Facebook)
Jan Campbell excels in creating intricate figurines out of avocado pips or stones (Photo: Facebook)
Fionn the forest listener (Photo: Facebook)
The artist explains that the figurine is Sheela na Gig, who, according to folklore, were known in olden times as 'birthing stones' and were loaned out to women in labour (Photo: Facebook)
A priestess standing amongst her precious things: a hag stone, rose petals, sea shells, lichen and moss (Photo: Facebook)
\"Amairgen in bronze... I named him after a poet who lived in ancient Ireland. He was said to be a shape-shifter and could take on various natural forms including a stag, hawk, boar, salmon, the wind and water,\" the artist writes (Photo: Facebook)
The forest guardians and dwellers Fiachra, Conn, Iarla Rua, RÃ©idÃn and Vanaprastha (Photo: Facebook)

Inspired by Celtic folklore, Jan Campbell creates beautiful pieces of artwork using only avocado pips (Photo: Facebook)

Jan Campbell creates beautiful pieces of art using avocado pips.