A dear friend, even after a year, was having a very difficult time accepting the unexpected loss of her mother. I decided to needlepoint for her a guardian angel...More......From my art history studies, I remembered a tender angel helping a soul successfully undergo its weighing, as depicted on a tympanum of the Romanesque church in Autun, France, and thought that it could be just perfect for her.
I isolated the little angel with the souls in its care, and set it all against a heavenly gold-toned background, achieved through the use of color, not specialty threads.
The (fuzzy, sorry!, but it's the only one I have) picture shows the unfinished, unblocked needlepoint (hence its skew).
(To see the original, go to: http://www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography/iconographySupplementalImages/autunTympanum.psychostasy.html)
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This is a beauty! I wish I had seen it a few weeks ago before I turned in the copy for my Nov/Dec article in Needlepoint Now - I did a lot of research for it, and painted light hearted type guardian angels - trying to steer away the idea that they are for Christmas only, flying around with trumpets. I really like this one you did - dealing with the loss of a beloved grand daughter two years ago has furthered my gratitude for the angels who guide us.
Thank you for your kind words. Why not write a "P.S." in the form of a letter to the editor of "Needlepoint Now," to share the post and image with your readers?
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