These Vessels came from my desire to create a cover for a mason jars that protects the jars from breaking or clanging together while sailing on my boat.

As I discovered the different geometries in the patterns of the weavings, I became interested in the intention of use of the vessels based on the meanings in Sacred Geometry

Together with the rich history of knot tying in sailing and the mysticism inherent in sailing lore through the practice of sailing the globe and navigating by the stars, these vessels will carry you on your travels.

Mason Jars are practical, recyclable, and re-useable and can provide an alternative to paper, plastic and styrofoam cups.

Mason Jars and the Masonic traditions from which their name is shared, honor the wisdom of Sacred Geometry as the building block for meaning in architecture and design

Original Intentionality in a Vessel?

Here I am making reference to several interpretations of the title to this Blog:

1  "Vessels" are in-tension: Hence, they are a cover for Mason Jars and since Glass, from which Mason jars are made, is better in compression than tension,  I have added the tension to add to the tension of the Vessel.  They are practical covers  (in-tension) and therefore more durable.

2  What is this vessels intention?  In nautical terms,  "what are you going to do?"  Here the title implies that the vessel 'holds' what it is going to do--even if what it holds is unstated.  I weave into the vessel its intention and the end user holds her own intention.

3.  Can an object, such as a vessel, have intention?  This is what is referred to as: Original intentionality.  This is used in reference to Tim  Crane's Mechanical Mind where there is an argument as to whether an object can have intelligence and therefore intention.  My use of Sacred Geometry is to confer intelligence to the vessel.  John Landis Mason also conferred intention to the Mason jar by allowing it to be used in any manner the user sees fit.


4 Vessel of Intension (spelled with an 's').  This is a linguistic term referring to what is represented by the word, intention. An "intention" can become something that is real or unreal.  Therefore it need not exist to be real.  My dream is that it will exist because we say it exists!