Someone asked if something similar to the scroll above could be done on canvas, in the same colours... cream & browns for a natural look.
Well, of course it could be done! This was a 16 x 20 inch canvas (40 x 50 cm approx). I can post this size & larger in the UK without any problem, but for international orders, the price jumps up for anything with total dimensions over 90cm / 35.5", so I tend to stick to 12 x 16 inches / 30 x 40 cm for shipping abroad.
I tore templates, in different sizes, from paper.... rough squares, torn rather than cut, so that the edges have a raggedy, natural appearance rather than a hard line. Turn them at an angle & hey presto, we have diamonds!
This is the wording I used for the canvas:
Love is a temporary madness,
it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.
And when it subsides you have to make a
decision.
You have to work out whether your roots have
so entwined together
that it is inconceivable that you should ever
part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness,
it is not excitement,
it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal
passion.
That is just being "in love" which
any fool can do.
Love itself is what is left over when being
in love has burned away,
and this is both an art and a fortunate
accident.
Those that truly love, have roots that grow
towards each other underground,
and when all the pretty blossom have fallen
from their branches,
they find that they are one tree and not
two.
Louis De Bernières
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