Monday 18 January 2016

Here There Be Dragons.

Here in Ireland we have a dragon, his name is Lig-na- Paiste. There are several translations of Lig-na-Paiste, but the one I like is 'Last Great Reptile'. You may know that we don't have any snakes in Ireland, this is said to have come about because St. Patrick chased all the serpents out of Ireland. This included all snakes, worms and dragons, however the Irish Dragon called Lig-na-Paiste remained overlooked. He lived near the source of the Owenreagh River, and outlived Saint Patrick. He would often curl around a small green hill nearby and hold his tail in his mouth. Unfortunately after Saint Patrick died he started terrorising the neighbourhood until at long last St Murrough defeated it. He did this by putting reeds on the dragon, which the dragon thought would be harmless, but St Murrough turned them into bands of Iron which imprisoned Lig-na-Paiste and he has remained like this forever since.

One of the Zentangle books I have is by Anya Lothop and in it one of her outlines for a ZIA was this dragon which I enjoyed drawing yesterday. It looked just like I had imagined Lig-na-Paiste would have looked.

The Diva this week tells us that it is Moebious Syndrome Awareness Day on Sunday. I was very interested to read about her son's disease, as this time last year I hadn't discovered the Diva Challenge, and knew nothing about Moebious Syndrome. I just love those photo's, they are all so cute, Artoo looks a lovely little chap. Apparently purple is the colour for MSAD so I decided to follow suit and do my tile in purple.
Next I decided to I should use Diva Dance in the tile. I use Diva Dance a lot, especially the rock 'n roll version, not just when Laura will see it. I really thought Laura should be represented in the tile as she has had to go through so much as well looking after that little boy.
So where is the Moebious Logo we were asked to draw? Well you see, I drew it in the centre of a four tile ensemble and when you place them together this is what you get:-



23 comments:

  1. Awesome to make a mosaic for the challenge! lots to see and great pattern choice!

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  2. Your ensemble is really beautiful!!!!! The dragon .... GORGEOUS!

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  3. wow! i love the ensemble Moebius logo!! thank you for your support!!

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  4. What a fabulous idea! And so beautifully done.

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  5. Super creative idea with a brilliant result. P.S: I feel kinda sorry for the dragon.

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  6. Clever and pretty and innovative and thoroughly enviable. Love it.

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  7. How amazing your mosaic turned out. I love the story about the dragon. I just love dragons :)

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  8. Wow. You totally surprised me with your ensemble! And your dragon, with its legend, is wonderful! Thank you!

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  9. I liked how you used only part of the moebius strip. I was inspired by your idea and used it for one of my tiles.

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  10. What a fantastic idea! Your ensemble is just beautiful!

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  11. The tiles are each beautiful on there own. All put together they are stunning!

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  12. Great ensemble for the diva challenge, and Wow the dragon is so lovely!

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  13. Quite impressive mosaic! WOW! And the dragon is lovely; thanks for sharing the story. Have a brilliant day! Cheryl

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  14. Well that's just brilliant and beautiful too!

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  15. WOW what a great idea and an absolutely wonderful result. And your green dragon is also just amazing.

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  16. A four tile ensemble, what a great idea! They all look fabulous. And I love your dragon tile too.

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  17. Great tiles. I like your ensemble.

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  18. Absolutely wonderful ensemble! Your tiles for the Moebious are exquisite. And I love dragons!

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  19. Absolutely stunning! I love all of the tiles and I especially love your dragon tale. Dragons are some of my favorite critters. Loved it all!

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  20. Gorgeous work! I love the four tile ensemble for the logo. And the dragon tile is great.

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  21. Oh look! You did an ensemble for your moebius syndrome Diva challenge! very cool. And your awesome Celtic dragon....LOVE it.

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