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Thursday, 28 October 2010

The Scottish Play

 By the pricking of my thumbs
Something evil this way comes
Open, locks
Whoever knocks
 These are my three MACBETH witches! They are a bit confused as they have Russian hats!
They are my inspiration piece for this weeks 
STAMPOTIQUE DESIGNERS CHALLENGE....the theme this time is FRIGHT NIGHT, this time it is STAMPOTIQUE stamps only.

 Apparently in the play the witches don't have names but in later works Shakespeare refers to them as URSULA, GLENDA and MEDEA, now is it just me or does a witch called Glenda not sound in the least scary? Ursula is Ok but not that scary, the only one that is even vaguely a witch name is Medea!
Now.......maybe there is something to this whole curse thing (you know the one where you not supposed to say the word MACBETH inside a theatre as it brings bad luck to the production and the actors in it).......after I finished this piece I closed my journal to discover that I had worked in it upside down........spooky or what!!!

20 comments:

Sid said...

You are producing work like the clappers at the moment......

Love this piece, colours are fab and I love your Macbeth theme. Super piece and a little spooky that you worked upside down Sue !

Helen said...

What a brilliant journal page - upside down or not! Love the colours, and the images are perfect for the 3 witches.

Sandy said...

So cool pages again.
Your inspire me with your great journals Sue.

AngelaC said...

Halloween is definitely your forte Sue!! I love Shakespeare and I love how you have interpreted the words with yoyr art work.

Suzanne B aka brookfies said...

Laughing at you working in your journal upside down....its must be a curse....not Sue like at all....Suzanne like yes hehehe...

Hope you not getting paid piecemeal Sue....you're turning out work at an alarming rate....great for us voyeurs though...keep it coming xxx

Siobhan Brignull said...

oooh that is spooky, but such a brilliant piece, it doesnt matter, love your work I will be back

hazel said...

Brilliant pages Sue, love the colours and the images.
xxx Hazel.

Lavender Rose said...

Brilliant artwork as always. Your Macbeth witches are fabulous, love the colours!

Willy said...

Your witches are fantastic, Sue. Great use of the crowline stamp.

Linda M. Cain said...

I LOVE these little guys!

Gillian .... said...

Another fab Hallowe'en project, love those withches and their quirky hats.

Anonymous said...

Scottish and witches eh...smacks of Jamie!!!

Unknown said...

Fabby job love the Macbeth theme I think my fave Shakespear play of them all

Love Dawn xx

Beth Norman-Roberts said...

Sue, this is another fantastic piece of art. I don't know how you manage to pump out such fabulous work so quickly.

Luna Art said...

Fantastic page, just love those witches! You are so talented with the spooky stuff!! Must say thanks to you, I found the Octopode factory blog through your blog. What a talented girl, I ordered some images last night to make a halloween journal page and they are just fab!

Kazza said...

Beautiful journal pages Sue (upside down will only add to making it more interesting and spooky LOL).
Gorgeous vibrant colours - what inks /colouring stuff do you use?)

Rosie said...

Oh my that IS a bit spooky, but what a great thing to remember when you leaf back through the journal!! Love your spooky pages.

Sarah Anderson said...

I think it was the effect of including some 'white space' on that page - it was all too much for you;) Great journal page, love the stampotique faces as the three witches

hazel said...

Fantastic pages, I love everything about them.
xxx Hazel.

Valerie H. Marshall said...

Sue, this is stunning! The colors are so luscious! I really love journal pages - so much room to incorporate all kinds of kewl passages and great images! This piece is perfect!
Cheers,
Val :)