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The Wild Hunt Released in 2007 |
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The Wild Hunt Released in 2007 |
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About the design:
I was in the Picture This store one day when Marilyn
said, “Hey, you should design a carousel.”
I replied, “What for?
Everyone does carousels.”
But, I kept thinking about it and tried a variety
of versions. The
animals were pretty easy.
I’ve always been fascinated by mythology and
these were inspired by Celtic legends of the Wild Hunt,
when a mad Sidhe lord would roam the countryside with
his hounds killing anyone unlucky enough to be out.
I’ve never found a good description of Fae
horses, but these seem rather in character, especially
as I was feeling rather grumpy when I created them.
The hounds are my version of Welsh spirit hounds
called Cwn Annwn.
Once I had the animals, I was still never satisfied with
the frame, until I was thinking about incorporating the
Celtic Tree of Life one day and then decided that a tree
would make a good frame by itself.
That worked fairly well, but a pretty green tree
with mossy ground didn’t seem right for so grim a
subject, so, again, I took the advice of Marilyn, Shari,
and my creative consultant, Beth, and used these more
autumny colors.
And, so we have the first tree-o-sel.
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