“As if you were on fire from within.
The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
~Pablo Neruda
Meet my new friend, Delia.
I have always wanted to have have a model to wear my earrings. I had this idea of using sketches by Da Vinci on canvas, or old
cabinet card photos of early 20th century beauties forgotten by time, and I tried to do this several times on my own, but nothing ever seemed right.
I came across
her creator in a
treasury
that featured both of us. Hopping over to her shop, I was enthralled by
the hauntingly gorgeous prints by artist Joanna Haber of
ABitofWhimsyArt,
in particular one called 'The Beauty Within'. I struck up a
conversation with Miss Joanna and told her of my desire for a model for
my earrings and she agreed that would be a wonderful use of her art and
also agreed to put this lovely on canvas to make it more durable for me. She arrived right around Christmas, so lovingly wrapped. I would like to get back to having
more of my jewelry available for sale, and my new model, will
help me achieve that in very poetic and brilliant fashion befitting her
new name.
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I asked my daughter last night what we should call her, because a
beauty like this needs a name that reflects her personality. She didn't
hesitate. She said her name is
Delia. I looked up
Delia to
find the meaning and it turns out that it usually means 'dark', but the
one that I liked the best is that it is the Celtic name for the goddess
of fire and poetry. A perfect choice for one so fiery and romantic.
I asked Miss Joanna who this mysterious woman was. This is what she told me...
"She just appeared on paper one day... A lot of my work just starts
with a blank piece of paper & my pencil. & I sort of just let my
imagination take over. When I was finished with her I didn't know
right away what to title the piece... I was sort of thinking like she's
the kind of beauty that only exists in fairy tales an "untouchable" sort
of beauty... then I thought to myself... that's not true, we all have
the ability to be beautiful like this...inside that is. So there you
have it, "The Beauty Within". The representation of all that is good
& kind in people."
This makes me love Delia even more!
If you would like to view more of Joanna Haber's hauntingly beautiful works of art, please visit her shop
ABitofWhimsyArt or her blog
A Bit of Whimsy and tell her that Delia and I are doing fine!
And if you want to know more about the earrings, head over to
Earrings Everyday!
