Inspiration of "Four Hearts Come Together"


This creation, I called,  "Four Hearts Come Together" as a part of the Topkapi Zaharoff Collection.  This is the only link in the collection which isn't some sort of a knot or star. 

                                               


I came across this design (above) in an empty room, it was a fragment from a Byzantine Church from the second half of the 11th centruy - incredible.  I don't know if you can see on the bottom edge, but there's some inscription in ancient Greek.  It states, "Seeing this gate, reflect that within it is a more glorious house.  Which is Constantine, in great love and faith.  Built for the divine benefit of man."  Pretty cool, eh?  Even better, this was made in Mosynopolis, at the height of their prosperity.


                                                            

When I was putting the cufflink collection together, I saw this pattern and sketched one of the hearts - well, sketched is a stretch, more like scribble scratch.  I then created a cross.  When I finished this and saw a final link, first thing that came to mind was "Four Hearts Come Together" - but rather than think of the heart pattern like that of a Valentine's Day heart, I thought of it like a human's heart, and what it's purpose is to its' body.  When four similar hearts, or four people, or just a group of people, come together with like mind, things can happen.  In this case a cross, in reality anything is possible.

I wanted to create objects d'art the person wearing would stop and think about.  You have to be open to everything because you never know where you will find inspiration.

Posted by George Zaharoff at 1 November 2009, 11:55 PM
Categories: Inspiration
Tags: hearts cross inspiration zaharoff four byzantine prosperity
 
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