Mixed Media Monday – A Cup of Tea with a Bit of Cold
What a fascinating selection this week. I have been working on a piece for submission to Cloth Paper Scissors. The call is for pieces that represent “A Tea Party.” And low and behold Mixed Media Monday selected “tea” for this week. I think one might call that Serendipity.
The piece is for my mother-in-law who resides in England. The collage is an 11×14” piece on a wooden panel. It is dedicated to my mother-in-law, whose memories have succumbed to Alzheimer. The background is old book pages, music, and an English newspaper. Once upon a time, my mother-in-law had a cherry tree in her English garden. The garden was, from all who knew her, just amazing. In my collage, the cherry tree is holding up one of her prized tea cups, that she received from her mother, and will be passed on to her grand children. If you look amongst the flowers there are little words of inspiration to recall her life and to remind us of the importance of dreams, family, friends, hope, peace, gratitude, and love. The bird is symbolic for two reasons: to help remind us to never give up our joy regardless of the circumstances and it is also our family name. As the tea set is trimmed in gold, I trimmed the wooden panel in gold as well.
She used to love a cup of tea with a bit of cold, hence the title of the submission. Whenever you made a cup for her, my father-in-law would always remind me to make her tea with just a bit of cold water.
Have a good week….
July 14th, 2008 at 9:19 am
This is beautiful and filled with such love and meaning. It is a wonderful gift to your mother-in-law and to those of us who have a chance to see it.
July 14th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Wow! This is just BEAUTIFUL!!!!
July 14th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Very romantic and sweet
July 14th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
What a lovely piece! The colors are just stunning. I too submitted something for the Cloth Paper Scissors tea party challenge and then found Mixed Media Monday a couple of days ago, very serendipitious, as you say. I loved reading about the meaning behind your piece; my grandmother had a cherry tree in her back yard and always complained that the birds got the best fruit!
Best of luck to you with your submission, though having seen it, I can easily imagine I’ll be seeing it again in the November issue of CPS! 
July 15th, 2008 at 5:01 am
gorgeous colours and a feeling of texture.. very soft and feminine. reminds me of a piece by one of the impressionists!
July 16th, 2008 at 3:57 am
This is beautiful, the art and the idea behind it.
July 16th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Lovely, Venita! What a lucky MIL you have. Diane