Submitted as part of the Art Tourney at Feast of Voraniss I - April 6th, 2019
Compiled by Renee "Kindrianna" Booke
Esto'miel aka Zane Raschick's Entry |
Laika aka Stephen Sanford's Entry in regular light |
Laika's Entry in the dark |
I built this project in several ways. The outside of the project is a bucket coated in black paint with hundreds of holes drilled into it and covered with symbols of gods cut out by Aaron Metzger on his Cricut. I added several coats of glow in the dark paint for an added luminous effect. Inside of the project was a red candle holder gifted to me several months back from Janna Oakfellow-Pushee. I affixed glow wire along the candle holder and designed a 3d printed base to hide the inverter. Devon Power helped sand and paint the base of the project. For a final touch, I added an LED taper candle inside to add a flicker effect that is visible even while inside the bucket.
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Part 1 of Shalindra aka Maryanne English-Betie's Entry |
This is a two-part piece, meaning both works are part of the same series. In my homelands, we have quite a few shamans. Our rituals tend to involve lots of drumming, fire, and dancing…and we’re not particularly fond of outsiders bearing witness. But this is a common enough one that it’s safe to share.
In the main piece, we have a shaman practicing a ritual. There’s a hidden element to her movement, forming a bow out of her upper arm over her head, down through the line of her body, into her right leg. The bow is one of the sacred weapons of our goddess, the Huntress. The second piece depicts what looks like a statue of a wolf. In reality, it’s an elemental spirit…one of earth…that’s made its presence known.
Part 2 of Shalindra aka Maryanne English-Betie's Entry
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The four elements are combined in this piece…from the incense and wind for air, to the trees and earth elemental for earth (obviously!), to the fire and lightning bugs for fire. The element of water is represented by the shaman herself, for do we not have water in our blood and in our tears? The same salt in our blood matches that of the oceans, just as our tears do.
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Created on watercolor paper using watercolor paint, watercolor pencil, Micron Fineliners, and Dr PH Martin’s Bleed Proof White. Both pieces are double matted (cut myself) and framed. The shaman measure 11”x14” and the statue/elemental is 8”x10”.