Arcana Verte

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Arcana Verte (meaning Language of the birds) is the handle of fine artist and craftsman Aeiden Swan who paints the natural world seen through a veil of myth, mysticism and dream imagery; inspired by history. Her magically charged depictions time travel from our primal ancestors to a romantic near history picking up inspiration all along the way. Her art is also incarnate in the form of jewelry created from leather, natural found objects, beads, resin and whatever else speaks to her. Her work has been used in international film productions and her current project is creation of a tarot deck.

ABOUT THE WORK:
Shoot the Messenger makes wry commentary on our trigger happy response to how we receive difficult news. In mythology and folk belief, moths are the letter bringers, unfortunately in modern thought, moths and many other creatures that thrive at night are seen as ominous and are frequently at the receiving end of our worst impulses. The work is created in various papers, with the wings and small moths made out of layers of Japanese mulberry paper, ink painted and put through a number of processes to create the soft furry finish set into a wall of layers of the spectacular textural hand made paper by Soylent Green. 

For a quick video of the work please CLICK HERE for a short on YouTube.

For more info about the artist: 
https://www.arcanaverte.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@arcanaverte