Sunday, January 12, 2014

Icon//BVM

I take a lot of guff for using Catholic iconography, but, though I left that org a long time ago, I still dig the Saints. It is my take on an art history staple.
Plus, I found this plastic, and it looks like a Virgin, kind of like the Jesus on grilled cheese, except not. I used varegaited gilding foil to highlight the figure, leaving the face and hands clear.
trim is from a 1940s sweater, metal and pearls. Cross above is made of rusty nails, cloud below figure is made of vintage shell buttons, vintage velvet violets, rusted metal, and beads. The found wood is weathered with peeling paint, which gives the piece that old/new feeling I love.




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