{"product_id":"ostrze-the-blade","title":"Ostrzę (The Blade)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMixed media photographic collage on cradled wood panel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23x36x2\"\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 this piece,  I wanted to reconstruct a window based on the Arthurian myth of the Lady In the Lake. In traditional storytelling and iconography, the passive woman provides the sword to the king. Instead, I reworked the imagery so that she is the sword, the power, the force from which only a true leader could draw. I also layered in the triple goddess motif to honour the old one Hekate and my Polish heritage (matryoshka). Finally, I chose stark background photography to create a sense of the old faith and ancient power of women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robin Rivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50362938327143,"sku":null,"price":2125.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1790705280_43359.jpg?v=1790910980","url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/products\/ostrze-the-blade","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}