Appreciating What We Already Have
Appreciating What We Already Have is a collection of mixed media, artist books, handcrafted journals, and ceremonial tools that invite you to pause and reflect on the passing of time, the natural world, and the quiet beauty that surrounds us. These pieces blend the subtle energies of unseen dimensions with elements from nature, bringing new, meaningful objects into the physical world. Objects you can use, hold, and cherish.
Within this collection, you’ll find Gratitude & Miracle Journals, artist books, and smudge sticks crafted for ceremony and space clearing. Each item supports your connection to yourself, to the cycles of nature, and to the deeper energies that guide your growth and healing.
This work is an offering for anyone ready to slow down, appreciate the present, and discover the sacred in everyday moments.
Waves, mixed media on wood, 4x4in, Marika Esarey, 2024
Rings, mixed media on wood, 4x4in, Marika Esarey, 2024
Icosahedron, mixed media on wood, 4x4in, Marika Esarey, 2024
Flowing, mixed media on wood, 4x4in, Marika Esarey, 2024
Growth, hand crafted journal, ink, paper, cloth, thread, 6x9in, Marika Esarey, 2024
Growth, hand crafted journal, ink, paper, cloth, thread, 6x9in, Marika Esarey, 2024
Gratitude + Miracles, hand crafted journals, paper, cloth, thread, eco-prints, 4x5in, Marika Esarey, 2024
Peony Leaves
An artist book from the collection Appreciating What We Already Have.
Peony Leaves is a handmade accordion-fold artist book featuring botanical prints, simple black-and-white line drawings of peony leaves, asemic writing, and layered paper textures. A single haiku on the opening page invites the reader into a quiet reflection on memory, loss, and the delicate, brief beauty of the peony bloom.
This piece explores the interconnectedness of inner and outer seasons. We are shaped by what surrounds us.
This book is also an ode to the peony leaves themselves. Their distinctive shape creates striking eco-print impressions, leaving behind a visual echo of the plant long after the flower has gone.
Peony Leaves holds space for what’s fleeting and what lingers.
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Peony Leaves, detail
Artist book, cloth, paper, ink, eco-prints, 6 x 6 in, Marika Esarey, 2024
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Peony Leaves
Artist book, cloth, paper, ink, eco-prints, 6 x 6 in, Marika Esarey, 2024
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Peony Leaves
Artist book, cloth, paper, ink, eco-prints, 6 x 6 in, Marika Esarey, 2024
Ceremonial Tools
From the collection Appreciating What We Already Have.
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Sweetgrass
smudge sticks, 1x14in, Marika Esarey, 2024
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Gifts from the Eart
smudge sticks, 1x14in, Marika Esarey, 2024
