Caroline Blackburn : "These are no ordinary snapshots, freezing a mere passing moment in time, but elaborate supernatural tableaux that take months to create." - Jane Warren (The Express)

 

THE MAY QUEEN

The virgin aspect of the Triple Moon Goddess. English spring festivals. Ties in with the Goddess Eostre, who gave her name to our Easter, and Bloduedd, the lady of flowers from Welsh Celtic mythology. One of the main type of flower used in the picture is Hawthorn, who's colloquial old name is 'May'.
In the picture she has the maypole, and there are 3 masks to symbolise the three aspects of the goddess, and to give warning not to believe what you see. One is in her hand, one immediately to her left, and the third is seeded into backdrop in between the top two streamers on the left-hand side.
The three pictures are linked together by the shaping of the Maypole, the streamers of which in this picture are close together like the tightly furled petals of a flower bud.


 

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