Bread and bird
As some of you know I'm a member of a small group of textile artists "15 x 15" (see us HERE ). Every two months we create a piece of textile artwork on a theme. For this year we had to choose a country we want to explore through the year in our art. The first theme was "Emblem". So what is more emblematic for France, the country of my choice, than baguette... ... and cockerel! Back in Ancient history Romans were laughing at Gauls because of a linguistic coincidence – in Latin, the word gallus means Gaul… but also rooster! Later on the French kings adopted the rooster as a symbol of courage and bravery. And I have a thing with roosters. You may remember my "Rooster on blue" (posted HERE ) so let me introduce to you the brand new "Rooster in black". What's so special in roosters? Well, visually they are very impressive, aren't they? But if you dig dipper in folklore they are also very positive symbolism - sensitive to daylig...