Inspiration

This is a page from a beautiful book called Shrines.  It is filled with amazing photos of private shrines all over Italy. It also was the inspiration for the "Vintage Elements" collection as I tried to recreate the soft, weathered look of these breathtaking images.

   

                                                    

("Vintage Elements" incorporates actual vintage and antique crucifixes and medals into the design of the rosary or chaplet.  These are not the re-cast pieces I normally use.)  This book is filled with page after page of exquisite examples of human devotion to the Mother of God and the Saints.