Devoted Craftsmanship -Smithing- of sound, sound healing, sacred sound, sacred space, and devotion to lifting the Bakti heart sounding in us all
SoundSmithing
Smithing:
Sound,
Sound Healing,
Sounding Tools & the Sacred Spaces they produce
SoundSmithing uses his high level of craftsmanship and design to forge and fabricate sound healing instruments and sound sculptures. Working with awareness of the vibrational sound energy within metal is a spiritual practice for Joshua, the “Smith” behind SoundSmithing
SoundSmithing makes vibrational sound instruments for healing practitioners that bridge sculpture, design, and practical use. SoundSmithing also develops and designs custom project commissions..
SoundSmithing
Custom gongs, gong stands, Sound Healing Instruments, Sound Healing tools, and sound sculpture.
Personal sadhana altars, temple altars, puja tables, sacred object furnishing, design of sacred space and sacred structures.
Spiritual healing jewelry. Energy Jewelry. Jewelry for Vedic Astrology and spiritual practices of all kinds.
Sound Plates
Gongs
Chimes
Custom Healing Tools
Sound Sculpture
Jewelry
Custom Services and Commissions
Project Gallery
Resources, Links, & Inspirations
Insight and inspiration through words
“Taking the pollen-like dust of my Guru’s lotus feet to polish the mirror of my heart,
I can now sing the pure splendor of Sri Rām, the best of Raghus, which bestows the four fruits of life.
I don’t know anything, so I remember you, Son of the Wind; grant me strength, intelligence, and wisdom,
and remove my impurities and sorrows.”
“Remember the statement from Swami Sankarananda about us and all things being not form but sound vibrating. that we are vibrations and waves”
“Sounds are vibrations. They give rise to definite forms. Each sound produces a form in the indivisible world, and combinations of sound create complicated shapes. Repetition of a Mantra has a mysterious power of bringing about the manifestation of the Divinity, just as the splitting of an atom manifests the tremendous forces latent in it. ”
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Philosophy- sacred sound & sacred space
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About Me
MY NAME IS Joshua
Joshua Ray Smith uses his high level of craftsmanship and design to forge and fabricate sound healing instruments and sound sculptures. Working with awareness of the vibrational sound energy within metal is a spiritual practice for Joshua.
Born on a small cattle ranch in Wyoming, his first experiences of space, time, and sound, were endless horizons, brilliant starscapes, and the high desert wind of the Rocky Mountains. The sense of natural silence with sound is a deep inspiration within Joshua's work.
Joshua's background includes welding fabrication as well as art, sculpture, and metalsmithing. He received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and served as Assistant Professor of Art at Concordia University. He has been a lecturer for the University of Michigan School of Art and Design.
He currently operates SoundSmithing, this metal sound fabrication studio in Lincoln, Nebraska