At the recent NEOS show I received a few commissions, and for the past few weeks I’ve desperately been trying to get them finished. Most of them were for old designs, which were pretty boring to stitch out. But there was one really exciting new commission: a man asked me to embroider the symbols of the Four Evangelists, in a Celtic style that would be similar to the illustrations in the Book of Kells. Now THAT was an interesting commission!
I’m not ecclesiastical myself so I had to look up the symbols, and Matthew is a Winged Man, Mark is a Winged Lion, Luke is a Winged Ox, and John is an Eagle, and I have spent a very enjoyable few weeks drawing and digitising these. The client was very interested in what I was doing and gave me some welcome and helpful suggestions, and between us I hope we now have some designs that he'll like. Here is the first of them – the symbol of Mark the Evangelist. (Really, I should already have known that Mark was a Lion – I’d spent so long admiring the Lion of St Marks in Venice last year that you’d think I would have remembered)
A Lion for a Celtic St Mark
Very nice! I especially like the shape of the cross and the shading around the halo…hope he loves it.
Hi Mia, An awesome design! I really like how you incorporated the touch of celtic in the tail of the lion and the body of the lion. I am sure he will love this exceptional design that you drew and digitized.
Magnifique
Wow!! Striking, bold and powerful!
I can see why you had fun in all aspects of these designs. Love the Celtic tail of the lion. and the halo around the cross is magnificent. Can hardly wait to see the other 3.
I love the face and mane. Great design! I can’t wait to see the others. I’m glad you gained such a fun job from the exhibition.
You continue to amaze me with your talent and creativity! WOW