Arts and Crafts
by britta
Stop the Press!
Parade of Horses receives Tourism Innovator Award
Parade of Horses receives 2015 Creative Cultural Award
Meet Charlie
-member of the Parade of Horses created by Headwaters HorseCountry
-painted by Britta Elmberg Spring 2015 at the Caledon Equestrian Centre in Palgrave
-a statue of a life-sized horse about 15.2 hands high and made of fibre glass
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Sources
-the Swedish Dala Horse, a carved wooden, hand painted figure of a horse
-the golden flying horse in Margaret Wise Brown's Big Red Barn, storybook for children
-Pegasus, the flying horse of Hercules
Under Construction
Charlie's Symbolism
Trilliums and Evergreens
-mark the special locale of Caledon,
Charlie's Wings
-refer to the Pegasus myth
-covered by the blanket suggesting the divine is present on earth.
Charlie's Blanket
-imbeds the message of the Dala Horse: through colour, playfulness and whimsy, work is made light
Headwaters
-fork in the river
Blanket Details
-basket refers to the Moses story; a humble beginning
-contents of the basket are local wildflowers, suggesting a light burden
-river is meant to suggest the Humber River, the river in the Moses story (possibly the Nile River), as well as a journey (mirroring Hercules's passage) and memory, often associated with rivers
-river is shown among the hills of Caledon
Caledon Wildflowers
(may include some naturalized domestic flowers, often a delight to hikers and gardeners alike)
-Flowers included are :
Wood Anemone
Wild Rose
Harebell
Scottish Thistle
Purple Aster
Daisy Flea Bane
Tiger Lily
Queen Anne's Lace
Gallardia or Blanket Flower
Other Details
-looped braided mane suggests circular idea and awareness of one's roots
-negative space between braids suggests pi
Light Burden, Silver Breastplate
-echoes chorus from Hande;'s Messiah: "His yoke is easy, his burden is light."
Broken Chain
-suggests an escape from earthly bonds
Wings
-suggest divine presence
-on his back, allude to Pegasus
-on his hind legs, suggest supernatural speed