Tuesday 5 June 2007

Wed Stamper/The door to marital bliss



Did you know that the church ceremony in the middle ages took place outside the church door before entering the church for a nuptial mass?

I was thinking that if you look at the old engravings long enough,the colour starts to sip into the black and white images, and they become alive. That's why I didn't colour the stamped images completely. I wanted them to look like the shapes becoming alive and colourful.

I am submitting a real quickie this time, as it's either now or never, this last week was so busy with the school break and the usual havoc at home, which looks like a place after the pillage by the Mongol Tartars, and in fact created by two men, an older and a younger ones.

17 comments:

Sanja said...

beautiful door!!!

Penny said...

I love the way you have partly coloured the couple and your explanation of it. Your work is always deep and very meaningful :)

deb said...

Wonderful thinking behind the piece Galina.

x said...

Looks great. ;)

Sheens said...

Brilliant work as usual Galina!
Love it.

Caroline Moore said...

Its beautiful Galina. Great use of colours

Zuzu's Blog said...

like penny said that idea of colour fading in to the pcs as they become alive is very clever .. i love it. and you always give such thought and meaning to your work Galina.. i think i just cloned Pennys comments but I feel the same :-)

Dymphie said...

It's lovely! Thanks for the story. Love the way you partial coloured the images, very effective :-)

Anonymous said...

Wonderful work!

Seona said...

I love the style of your work Galina - it's very classical.

Kathy McElroy said...

That's a very interesting story. Thanks for sharing. Love your piece.

Paula Whittaker said...

I have to agree with Penny too....I love how youre work is deep and meaningful and beautiful too!

Anonymous said...

Wow! What an original idea! Inspired Galina!

Sharon said...

Such a lovely and creative piece of work, Galina.

Kaz said...

lovely work, I love reading your posts and the meanings behind things. gorgeous "quickie"!!!

Jo Capper-Sandon said...

I love the half colour...fabulous. Your best piece to date imo.

stamp and scrape said...

Thanks for the story - the card is beautiful, and so well thought through.
Ros