Friday 5 October 2012

A Rein for the Fairy Queen's Horse






I began by collecting coloured fabrics and objects pertaining to the Fairy Queen's attire when she first met Thomas of Ercildoune in the woods near his castle .

Read more about   THOMAS AND THE FAIRY QUEEN

A Scottish Fairy Tale.







Her dress was of bright green silk and her saddle cloth of scarlet satin .
Tiny bells hanging from her horse's harness of braided silk jingled as she rode through the woods .








My version of silk braiding
















One end of the finished rein, decorated with bells,gold threads and wood pigeon feathers













10 comments:

  1. Ahh, so thats how u made it ;)Gorgeous, give me a heap of fabric & ribbons and my fingers begin to itch, love making!

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    1. Ruthie, I think I've had some help from the fairies here !

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  2. I want one for every holiday and special event!

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    1. Sounds like a good idea ..... thanks for visiting !

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  3. Hi,Ruby,
    Wow, various beautiful materials! Looks a lot of work to make it.
    The tiny bells are cute that make sound chirin, chirin, chirin, in Japanese!
    Tomoko

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    1. Tomoko, it came together surprisingly quickly, in a couple of days .
      Chirin,chirin sounds just right..... like crickets ?

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  4. Such gorgeous colours in the plaited rein, with the feathers and little bells too - no wonder true Thomas went with her - who wouldn't have? Reminds me also of the horses' harnesses in Herat, Afghanistan, how they jingled as the ponies moved along - a lovely sound especially as there were so few motorized vehicles then - I suppose it's changed now, though perhaps not so very much...

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    1. M, there's something quite magical about the sound of tiny bells and the age old connection with fairies and earth spirits.

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  5. Gorgeous!! Dear Ruby, this is truly magical...

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