This post will be short and sweet - but quite different from usual posts.
I love the 'feel' of ABV right now - and don't want to mess with that.
However, I am creating a series like the images below, in large and small sizes. (And possibly prints.) This would seem to warrant a different storefront on etsy - but I am wondering what others think?
I am fascinated with some of the more obscure saint martyrdom stories, especially cephalophores (those who picked up their heads after beheading and walked/talked.)
It made me wonder what they would
actually have looked like, rather than the 'medieval photoshop' of their likenesses that we see. That's where this series was born from. (Along with a healthy dose of horror films, perhaps.)
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St. Osyth, a personal favorite |
Note: These exact works will not be sold, as they are based off of a *current* recreation of illustrated manuscript work, not a restoration of an older one. (My mix up which I apologized for.) I'm working with some dear friends who are illuminated manuscript specialists to ensure the next pieces I work from are copyright-free. So these are to demonstrate the style and mixed-medium work only.
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St. Mary of Egypt |
I certainly don't want to disrespect anyone's beliefs - but would like to see these images find a market. I think there's got to be one. Thoughts?
P.S. Yes, that's tiny bits of gold foil torn and painstakingly affixed piece by piece, ( some are then painted), to create the halos.