And because I'm in the process of designing wedding invitations for friends, as I mentioned in my previous post, I want to show you one of the most extraordinary illustration books in my home. This is the classical story of the Day-dawn Fairy written by Ioan Slavici after a Romanian folk tale. The uber-talented illustrator is Madalina Andronic, also Romanian - but you can see this for yourselves in the depiction of our traditional embroidery of the national costume. Madalina takes the Romanian design and transforms it into a smashing show of vivid color and fantastic imagery. And now I'll just let the images do the talk :)
So fascinating and full of color! Thanks for sharing :)
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Stephanie
Thank you, Stephanie - I wasn't kidding about the color!
DeleteSo gorgeous! I love all of the illustrations - it truly is a beautiful book!
ReplyDeleteNow you can see how much I love it :)
DeleteWow, such vibrant colors, BEAUTIFUL!
ReplyDeleteIndeed :) I wish that one day I could draw like that!
DeleteJust beautiful!! Love, love, love! :))
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vesna - amazing artist, isn't she?
DeleteI can't believe my eyes! Never seen pictures so beautiful and full of feeling! Can I buy this book by Amazon?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it's not available outside the country, from what I could see... I could mail it to you, but it has lots of text in Romanian language...
DeleteSo amazing book - Love those wonderful colors and the illustrations! That book is really a precious, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fantastic book. I'll let my daughter know as the artwork is beautiful. Thanks for letting us know about it. Chel x
ReplyDeleteEven if it's not available on Amazon, I though I'd share this book, I think it's worth it even to glance at it on a blog :)
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ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! I love all of the illustrations This looks like a fantástic book
you wrote about this author some time ago, I belive. I like her work, too,
ReplyDeleteexpecially folk details!
Yes, she is the author of my flamingo LOVE poster! She started using the national folk signs heavily about a year and a half ago, I am very proud that she makes such jewels from our Romanian heritage!
DeleteImpresionant. O astfel de carte ar trebui tradusă... povestea şi ilustraţia ar înfrumuseţa standurile de carte europene.
ReplyDeleteNu mai e demult un secret ca sunt nebuna dupa Madalina.... si mai ales ca duce mai departe mostenirea noastra culturala... ar trebui sa faca turul lumii!
DeleteAbsolutely gorgeous! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe illustrations are so colourful and beautiful. They have a certain Eastern charm to me, lovely!
ReplyDeleteWOW, the illustrations are awsome! I love them
ReplyDeleteThey clash beautifully, don't they?
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned this book earlier and I was intrigued. How lovely! Now I'm even more intrigued.
ReplyDeleteYes, Danni, you've got such perfect memory - I am a little obsessed with this talented girl and I stalk her blog frequently :)
DeleteSuch beautiful colors! I love how they look like knitted fabric, too. :) Can't wait to see your design!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jutta!
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