GIVEAWAY!

First three bloggers to guess correctly what this is below gets

One of my Silver Frozen Charlottes!

Good luck!

I will be amazed who gets this right!

xo

"ICONIC" NEW WORKS FROM AN ICON:



Iconic images, filled with colour, layers and textures.

Lynne Perrella, the master of mixed media and the author of many books has just added a fascinating series of new works of altered portraits in a slide show.



28 works

entitled

"Faces & Folly"

can be viewed on her web-site.
Hit the link and go see it on her wonderful new slide show.

And guess what – they are now for sale in her new ETSY store together

with other original mixed media works.



Enjoy the show, I certainly

xo

"Seeking Sara"

An Evidence Based Mixed Media Art Journey

Part 2

Post is up on my other blog here

Enjoy

xo

On the binding of things:


It seems my insertion of my signature within the binding of my books


has generated some interest.


So I thought I would show you one more


Mainly for the benefit of those doing my classes who choose to follow suit.

Find something you feel is pertinent to the books subject or that is really personal and meaningful to you.


You do not even have to sign it because you already will have.

What’s she talking about I hear you all say!


Believe me, after doing a class with me your fingerprints will be all over the books.



Add some text, maybe it’s a note you have written.

Find something that is unique to your location maybe,


I chose this amazing leaf….

Lets imagine that this book was found in 50 years and the person was curious as to who made it.

So they went ahead and cut the binding open, what would they learn?

They would be able to conclude that the book was made in the fall.

AND

They would probably be able to forensically determine that the leaf was from Australia and what year it was inserted.

They would see I was probably from an English Speaking country

Yet they would wonder why there is Hebrew text within the binding.

But it would not take them long to figure out that I wanted them to know I was Jewish


For I signed my name in Hebrew.

You see in Judaism we are given a Hebrew name. Historically, Jews did not have permanent family surnames at all. Within the Jewish community, we used patronymics. For instance mine is

"Judy"

“Yehudit”

the name of your father

"Bat Eliyakim"

“the daughter of Eliyakim”

And which of the 3 “tribes” one comes from

“Ha Levi”

“The Levite”

The Tribe of Levi, from "the 12 Tribes of Israel" - see side of my blog for a direct link to this artwork.

Now, the use of the word “tribe” here is not entirely correct but good enough to explain the name.


You see throughout the 40 years the Jewish people spent wandering in the desert the Jewish people travelled according to their tribe. When we entered into the Land of Israel (1273 BCE.), each tribe received a specific territory (except the Tribe of Levi which was given specific cities in which to live).


After the split of the Kingdom into Israel and Judah, following the death of King Solomon, the Assyrians conquered the Kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE and exiled the Ten Tribes.




Since then the Ten Tribes were not heard from and Jews can now only trace their lineage to the Kohanim

and The Levites.

The Levite (with the red sash, is assisting the Kohen, the High Priest with his duties)

Those that do not fall under those 2 tribes, reside under the designation of "Israelites" - not sure from which tribe they descend.

So I am a Levite but my children must follow their father and they are Israelites.

Therefore, the person who has opened the binding will now know that I am a Jew, the daughter of Eliyakim who can trace his lineage back thousands of years to the original Tribe of Levi.


Traditions and the upkeep of them, enables me to know my heritage.


Pretty interesting, isn’t it.

xo