my art table at the moment:)
wearing a gunne sax dress from beyond retro & a 50's apron from threads in peckham.
i am to create my next character tomorrow or early next week. when depends on the weather (NO RAIN PLEEEEASE)!!! she is based on my grandmother:) her name was vera andersson and she was a farmer's wife loving her cows, chickens (all 50 of them), horse & cat. a wonderful bondmora, as we call it in sweden. it is our saga.
"vårt liv är en vindfläkt,
en saga, en dröm
en droppe faller
i tidernas ström
den skimrar i regnbågens färg
en minut
brister och faller
och drömmen är slut
- nils ferlin
i am playing with the idea of creating a classic portrait, the way they did back in the late 1800's. or at least the way i have it in my mind they used to do it. there is no images of my grandma from her being a young farmer's wife which was in the 40's & 50's, not even from the 60's. back then to have ones photo taken, you were part of the upper class i am assuming!? the only photo i know of her being young is the wedding photo to my grandfather.
i hope to bring her love with this story
xxx
alice solantania saga