Honesty.
Margaret and Frances Macdonald shared a studio at 128 Hope Street, Glasgow, from 1894 to 1899. This piece by Frances known as the 'Honesty Mirror', is dated around 1895-96.Methinks, the Honesty plant is apposite for a mirror.
Since the original work is is a beaten tin metal frame, a great deal of Pantalunatic licence/license has been took. The licence/license what I took, is taken, by me. Yup.
The original can be seen here.
As always, clicking upon the graphic should enable a larger view.
posted by Sans Pantaloons at 3:59 AM
4 Comments:
It doesn't get much more honest than looking yourself in the eye in the mirror.
The mirror had kind of an eerie quality, the eye's of the muses are quite haunting. I like the softer tone of your rendition.
Sushi, I left quite a number of facial lines out. I wasn't sure if Frances original intention was to have one figure showing an ageing face, and the other showing a youthful face. I couldn't tell so I settled for a softer compromise.
I was just thinking today, that anyone with a spare baking tray, could make one of these with a hanful of nails, a toffee hammer, and a shitload of confidence.
Now, where is my toffee hammer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toffee_hammer
A toffee hammer! You mean it's not candy?
I think a 'Candy Hammer' might be a good title for a scary movie!
Do you have a spare baking tray, Zed?
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