PRODUCT DETAILS
- Mission Style Oak Finish Wood Frame
- 6″ x 6″ Ceramic Kiln Fired Tile
- Frame: 10.25″ x 10.25″ – Outside Dimensions.
- Frame Border: 1 1/8″ – Total Depth: 7/8″ – Lip Depth: 1/4″
- For inside use only – no direct sunlight.
- Limited Production – Made in Artist’s Studio
- Original Celtic Art by Jen Delyth ©
- We need approximately one week to make these:)
- Also available in Iron Frame, Wood frame, or Keep-sake Tile Box
ABOUT THIS DESIGN
The Wren – Drwy – is a deeply mystical divine bird for the Celts. In Welsh the name of the Wren is connected to the word for Druid. – Drwy, and in Irish Gaelic, Drui-en – the Druid bird.
The wise and elusive Wren is the King of the Birds – a little bird, cunning, fertile, and with a strong beautiful voice that particularly inspired the Bards, and was sacred to Taliesin, and a voice of augury for the Druids. There are many folk songs – especially in Wales and Ireland, about the Winter custom of “Hunting of the Wren – Hela’r Dryw”. This folk tradition has ancient roots, and potent symbolism around the Winter Solstice, when the Wren is sacrificed and given a ritual burial to ensure the fertility and light returning to the world, at the darkest time. In some customs the Wren is let free instead…
All artwork and text ©Jen Delyth 2002
The Horse was loved and worshipped by the Celtic people. Horses decorate bronze, gold and silver objects as creatures of grace, intelligence and beauty. Horses also serve as solar symbols, embodying the sun’s divine qualities of strength and fertility – and golden Celtic Coins were often minted with images of the Horse, and solar symbols such as the wheel..
