{"product_id":"melusine","title":"Melusine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMixed media photographic collage on cradled wood panel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x48x2\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the Retrieval series, I work against the inherited iconography of medieval stained glass, recovering the feminine presence it was built to suppress. Each piece layers my own photography — shot across locations in France — with archival materials, returning the stained glass form to what it was shaped to obscure: women not as symbol or margin, but as origin. These are not reconstructions of a lost past. They are retrievals — what cultural memory would hold if it had never been severed from its source.\r\u003cbr\u003e \r\u003cbr\u003eIn Melusine, I wanted to respond to The Morrigan, which I created a month earlier. While The Morrigan recreated a rose window that called to the primordial feminine, Melusine becomes the portal, open and returning that energy to the world. I drew inspiration from old stories, holy wells,  and ancient ruined castles where I spent much time exploring in France and Scotland. There’s a nod here as well to Polish novelist Andrzej Sapkowski (of Witcher fame) and his incredible worlds that inspire me constantly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robin Rivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50359012950119,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1790707076_45583.jpg?v=1790850200","url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/products\/melusine","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}