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| "Saule Brings the Winter Solstice Sun" Ceramic Mosaic (2025) |
I'm excited to participate in the Tucson Sculpture Festival once more, which is coming up next weekend! The Opening is Friday evening the 28th of March, and the Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, the 29th and the 30th.
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It's such a beautiful event, and gets better every year!
This year I made a few new pieces, all based on Mythology of course, for the Festival. Among them is the work above. Saulė is the Sun Goddess of Finnish/Baltic cultures, called Saulė in Lithuania, Saule in Latvia (pronounced Sow-ley). She also is found among the Sami people of Finland.
In some stories it is Saule who brings the Sun at the time of the Winter Solstice, in her sled drawn by reindeer. Her origins are very ancient, going back to prehistoric times that honored the Great Mother, the source of light and regeneration, the radiant Goddess who loves and nourishes all beings. I don't know why Saule has fascinated me so much - She just seemed to appear in my imagination, until I could make a shrine of some kind for Her.
And She has a mask as well! The mask awaits someone to activate it..............
