1. Bear Jewelry Inspiration

    Zealandia offers several varieties of fossilized ivory bear jewelry; bears have meaningful totemic messages that resonate year-round and continue to call our attention. When it’s cold outside and the days are short, something deep within us longs to snuggle under a warm blanket and get a few more hours of sleep. We aren’t alone in these seasonal rhythms; bears are...
  2. Katmai Bears 2016, Continued… Into the Drink

    Written by: Jenny The bonus of my deep love for the Katmai brown bears is that I get to watch them at Brooks Camp, one of the most beautiful campgrounds I know. The camp is right on the edge of the lake, which is ringed with snow-capped mountains and clouds that form and dissipate. The lake’s waters change from glacial...
  3. Katmai Bears 2016 – The Year of the Cubs

    Written by: Jenny This year it was all about sows and their cubs during our annual camping trip to Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve where we go to spend time among the brown bears. We are usually lucky to spot cubs on 3 or 4 occasions over the course of our 10-day visit. This time there were 1 to...
  4. Katmai Inspired Silver Bear Jewelry

      Written by: Jenny Katmai bear camp is one of the highlights of my adventurous year. Those summer days spent watching, photographing, breathing, and living very near the brown bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve re-inspire my silver bear jewelry collection as well as my awe of the natural world. We fly in over spectacular Naknek Lake, landing on water...

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