POSTCARD CHALLENGE weeek 29~IRELAND

HOW APPROPRIATE DARCY PICKED MY MOTHER'S HOMELAND THE NEXT WEEK AFTER VISITING MY FATHER'S HOMELAND OF GERMANY LAST WEEK?...
IRELAND IS SUCH  A LAND OF BEAUTY AND A MYSTERY. IT HOLDS SO MANY LEGENDS ABOUT  FAIRIES, LEPRECHAUNS, RAINBOWS AND POTS OF GOLD, LUCKY 4 LEAF CLOVERS AND THE "BLARNEY STONE".  I CHOSE TO INCORPORATE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS IN MY WORK THIS WEEK ; BUT MY  MAIN SUBJECT WAS SLANE CASTLE- MOST PEOPLE KNOW OF SLANE CASTLE DUE TO MANY GREAT ROCK CONCERTS HELD THERE SINCE 1981- THE CASTLE HAS A NATURAL 80,000 SEAT AMPHITHEATRE,THEREFORE THE LIKES OF U2, ROLLING STONES,MADONNA AND MANY OTHER CLASSIC ACTS HAVE PERFORMED THERE TO SOLD OUT CONCERTS!

FRONT OF CARD

This card was based on a poster from a

Rolling Stones concert held at Slane Castle.

Many Irish symbols are zentangled into the

background - Such as the Harp (national symbol of Ireland)-

Trinity Knot (many meanings  such as Past, Present & Future or

Spirit, Mind & Body or Power, Intellect & Love)-

the 4 Leaf clover or Shamrock  (which means Respect,

Wealth, Love and Health)

Done in pen  and copic markers.

BACK OF CARD

 CORRESPONDENCE

"Alexander,

Where are you? It's been almost a month since 

I last heard from you~

Did you get lost in American?

When I left Germany I went to Ireland -

Kissed the Blarney Stone hoping it would bring

me 'GOOD LUCK' in returning my memory.

So frustrating but with  each day I'm having

some flashes of  my visit to Austria -

I figured out who "Rueben was" - I think it's

Peter Paul Ruben from the Kunst

Historches Museum- Anyways I

hope it is his images that make me  make

me scream his name out in my dreams...

Melite"

 PAGE IN BOOK

Started the page out by making a background of a

Irish Tartan print using Pan Pastels(hard to see)

Next I included images of a Celtic Cross (found from a

travel ad to visit Ireland put out by TWA in the 50's)

Then an image of Slane Castle is found on the left mid section of the page.

The cute couple were added showing the traditional  dress of

Irish people . The "handsome" guy is wearing a  formal Irish tartan
Kilt and Sporran (the patterns of the tartan determines their family lineage

or what part of Ireland they are from) The lady is wearing a corseted gown that is

probably made from heavy wool or velvet!.

COMPLETED PAGE

SO HARD TO BELIEVE ANOTHER WEEK IS DONE -

 MELITE AND ALEXANDER  ARE STILL

COMMUNICATING ABOUT A MEETING THEY HAD

6 MONTHS AGO THAT ONLY 1 PERSON CAN REMEMBER-

OH WELL HOPEFULLY THIS WILL CHANGE SOON...

HAPPY CREATING THIS WEEK

FOTOJOY/JOYCE