| B R E N D A N : The First Voyage, Womb to World. Calligraphic Glass Art by Denis Brown, 2002. |
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5 layers of engraved glass, over a watercolor paper background bearing a one-off unique original print, 30 x
41 cm.
The form suggests a turbulent river passing through an icy straight, (as could have been explored by St Brendan), and also a female torso with child. The concept relates to the legendary Irish Saint Brendan, famous for sea voyages and explorations during the 6th century AD. The theme was originally explored in a manuscript book I made as a welcoming to a new baby, (actually the new son, named Brendan, of my first calligraphy mentor). Here the foetal Brendan is presented with celtic knotted umbilical cord.
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