PICK OF THIS WEEK - Week #04
This work is by Marijo Carney.
MBlessed is the Match:

 

Holocaust victim Hanna Sennesh
 
19"x36" and is executed on Black Arches Cover paper using gouache and colored pencils.
 
A few years ago I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. where I first read these words in a display documenting the bravery of the Jewish Resistance fighters in World War II.
 
“Blessed is the match, consumed in kindling flame, Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart.  Blessed is the heart with strength to stop it's beating for honour's sake.”
 
This was written by Hannah Sennesh, a 23 year old Jewish woman, who was a published poet, a pilot, and part of the resistance movement.
 
One fact was that the Latin word for poinsettia means "very beautiful," and so I made up the greeting on the front to say, "Wishing you a very beautiful Christmas."
 
After working out the lettering size and spacing with black ink, I did the final in gold gouache with a Mitchell #2 and EF-66 nibs onto white bristol card stock. I then cut out the letters with an xacto knife, leaving some white space around them. I elevated them with small pieces of foam core glued to the bottom of the letters and then affixed to the poinsettia background. Foil pen dots of gold were added for a festive look. 
 
Finally, I photographed it and, with Reggie's help, learned how to do some basic adjustments on the computer to get a crisp clean print. I had them printed on oversized postcards and sent them as Christmas cards for 2013.

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