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The centre image is stamped, trimmed and layered with Hero Arts "Etched Medallion". I coloured the medallion using Copic Markers and added a button to form the centre of the floral image. I created a background using Distress inks on watercolour paper, then sprayed the ink with a mixture of Perfect Pearls and water. Using a piece of Hero Arts Floral Layering Paper as a card base, I mounted the background. Using another square of the same paper, I cut a circular opening and added a very thin circle of black cardstock to add depth to the central image and then mounted both with dimensional tape to the base. I added the sentiment on a thin strip of coordinating cardstock and added 2 small Swarovski crystals as a finishing touch. This card was made using the first, square sketch.
I imprinted an image of a fern on a teardrop shaped copper element, then etched away the surrounding metal. The piece has been antiqued and hand sanded for a vintage, distressed look.
The Nazca lines are a collection of massive lines and geoglyphs etched into the desert near Nazca, Peru. The range of geoglyphs is diverse and includes animals, trapezoids, spirals, and hundreds of perfectly straight lines that go on for miles. The lines were created by the Nazca culture (200 BC to 600 AD) by removing iron oxide covered rocks from the desert floor to reveal the lighter colored earth underneath.
There is a lot of mystery surrounding the Nazca lines because they can only be seen from above. There are a lot of theories as to why the Nazca people built the lines which they presumably couldn’t see, including UFO landing strips and pictures for the gods. But the explanation I found most satisfying was that the lines were used as walking temples, similar to labyrinths. Due to the extreme dryness of the region it was thought that the Nazca culture worshiped water and that rituals were preformed by walking along the geoglyphs which are located at important points corresponding to the underground water network. The animal-shaped glyphs were each drawn in one continuous line and bits of pottery have been found along these paths. I’ve always wondered why they would build the lines if the couldn’t appreciate them from above; however, the idea that they are paths first (and pictures for the gods second) seems far more reasonable to me than UFO landing strips.
More information about the lines can be found in this brief but excellent Wikipedia article.
A set of blocks my friend Matt is working on.
They are sitting on a monopoly board (4' x 4') I made years ago, I use this my desk in my studio/office at home.