St. Barbara – Miners, Stonemasons, Bricklayers, Architects
€ 441,00
One of the most beautiful color combinations for an eye-catcher on the wall: exciting red on cream-white handmade paper. Not only the painting, but also the real document ink and paper are handmade. The hard,
but on the edge fine tapering lines of the two powerful columns correspond with the paper in an exciting way.
Real, handmade document ink on handmade paper
Handmade unique item similar to the one shown
Signed and with certificate card
The digital element is the font, printed with conventional black printer ink
Size: approximately A4 21 cm x 28 cm or 8.2 in x 11 in
Personalizable - name your desired saint in the field below
If you're looking for unusual gifts, you almost can't go wrong with this wall art. It suits any furnishing style, sets a powerful accent in a bright Scandi-style living room, enlivens a little-noticed corner in the entrance hall,
breaks the office or home office out of its sobriety or contrasts classic furnishings with velvet covers or leather furniture. Although it is a real eye-catcher, it doesn't impose itself. It is sufficient on its own if it hangs somewhere alone and it stands alongside other pictures, books or antique objects without outdoing them.
Abstract Images of Saints Unusual Gift Idea on Trend
This image is customizable. Since the motif in red is ambiguous, it fits several martyrs. It's originally dedicated to Saint Barbara, but feel free to be creative and look for a specific saint that it also fits.
The Image Motif of this Gift
It shows two bold red lines that can represent columns, towers or shafts. A ravine, a path or gullies can also be seen in it. Barbara is also the patron saint of mines and tunnels. The motif takes up this theme, but can also represent the towers that are part of the martyrdom of the legendary saints.
This unusual gift idea goes, for example, with:
Saint Barbara
Barbara is a martyr and is one of the 14 Holy Helpers. She is one of the most popular saints among Christians, especially in mining regions. Her legends detail her beauty and sharp mind. Her father is said to have kept her prisoner in a tower and later sentenced her to death when he found out, that she had become a Christian.
She was a very beautiful and clever young woman and lived in the 3rd century. Many young men from Nikomedia, her place of origin, courted her, but she rejected them all. Her father Dioscuros tried to shield her from the outside world while he was away and locked her in a specially built tower.
She secretly adopted the Christian faith and decided to live as a hermit in a bathhouse her father had built. There she had a third window added - as a symbol of the Trinity .
When her father found out about her conversion to Christianity, he tried to kill her. Barbara fled and found shelter in a rock that opened before her. But a shepherd betrayed her, she was caught, tortured and sentenced to death. Dioscurus himself beheaded his daughter and was then killed by lightning.
That's why Barbara is also the patron saint in dangers, in mining, in the military and against lightning strikes and sudden death.
Beautiful customs have developed from the veneration of the very popular saints. During parades in her honor, miners often wear their miner's uniform, a smock decorated with 29 buttons meant to symbolize Barbara's 29 years of life. The top three buttons are often open. They either mean faith, hope and love, but also symbolize the Trinity or are intended to commemorate Barbara's three-year imprisonment. The nine points of the cape collar are a reminder about nine years of imprisonment in the tower.
Customs also include “Barbara branches,” which are cut and watered on her day of remembrance. If they bloom by Christmas, this promises the owner happiness in love. Generally, the blossomed branches mean a fruitful coming year.
Patron: of mining, towers, fortifications and artillery; of miners, geologists, architects, bricklayers, stonemasons, carpenters, roofers, electricians, farmers, butchers, cooks, bell ringers, bell founders, firemen, gravediggers, hatters, artillerymen, gunsmiths, booksellers, brush makers, goldsmiths,
blaster and saltpeter boiler; of girls, prisoners, dying; for a good hour of death; against thunderstorms, fire hazards, fever, plague and sudden death Attributes: Tower with three windows, chalice and wafer, cannon barrel, torch Memorial Day: 4.
December Gift especially for: Women or girls with the name Barbara, Babs, Bärbel, Bärbl, Barbra, for men and women with professions: firefighters, miners, cook, butcher, goldsmith, farmer, architect , architect, cook, goldsmith, farmer's wife, carpenter, electrician, milliner and everyone else,
whose patron she is.
Other saints to whom this motif fits very well
John Knox
Was a priest and reformer from Scotland. His attribute is the color red, so this motif suits him well, even though he is not one of the martyrs. The Protestant Church remembers him on November 24th.
Tips for Gifts
When are such unusual gifts particularly appropriate?
Unusual gifts like this picture of a saint are perfect for name days, birthdays, Christmas, opening a shop or office. Particularly suitable for architects, miners, a chef.
Pictures of Saint Barbara are a popular gift idea for all people whose patroness she is. Be it that these people practice one of the professions of which she is the patroness, place themselves under the protection of the saint for other reasons, or bear her name or a form of it. Then this gift is suitable for any occasion.
Because this is always associated with wishes for blessings and the desire for protection for the person. So if you want to particularly emphasize this spiritual aspect in your gift, you're always in the right place. It's not just deeply religious people who appreciate this deep meaning.
This painting is also very suitable for a wedding as a wedding gift, or for moving into a new home, for a golden or silver wedding anniversary, for graduation, starting a career, changing companies, retiring, opening an office, for example from an architect restaurants, another establishment,
Housewarming or moving in. Great gift idea for Christians of all ages: adults, seniors, young people, especially if it is the namesake. And especially if you live or work in a mining region. People who spend a lot of time outdoors, in towers – including modern office buildings
or residential towers – live or work, farm or have anything to do with geology.
Links
Here you will find a list of patronages for professions Gruppen
and here are some Saints by prenoms.To find saints by first name. By the way, this is also an excellent source for very unusual first names and their meanings.
I create the pictures by hand using mixed media on finest handmade paper. Handmade paper is slightly cream-colored and has irregular edges, which give the picture an additional personal and particularly elegant touch. For this reason, the size of the images may vary. The basic size is A4, i.e. 21 cm x 29,7 cm = approx. 8.3 in x 11,7 in
The motif in red is made from real, hand-made document ink. The digital elements (characters) are applied with conventional printer ink.
Every image is unique. My specially developed techniques allow the creation of similar, but never identical, works. You are holding a truly unique piece in your hand. I sign the sheets by hand on the back (pencil, initialed: WR for Wonnereich, year).
A certificate card with information about the materials is included.
Detail of a motif for a martyr picture, original “St. Matrys of Ireland”, sold. Something similar possible.
Customization
Customization
Simply personalize and order online
Many motifs match different saints and the images can be adapted to your wishes. If you like this motif, write the title (St., Saint, S. St.) and the name of your desired saint in the field provided. You will then receive a picture similar to the one shown with the desired name.
You will find many more motifs in the corresponding category Handmade.
Notes
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For personalised works (e.g. personal names, specific lettering, individual adjustments), the right of withdrawal and return is excluded once work on the piece has begun.
Further information on personalised products can be found in the “Personalisation” tab. If this tab is not present, personalisation is not available for the respective work.
Unless otherwise stated, works are delivered without frames or accessories.
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