Exotic fish tank linocut

I have just added a new listing in my Etsy shop, Goddess Gruia, an original, one-of-a kind linocut print entitled "Exotic fish tank", entirely made by hand. Each print is unique, marked accordingly "EA" - Epreuve d'artiste, signed and dated in pencil by the artist, aka Ana Maria Gruia. The linocut also includes handmade details in gold marker that shine under oblique light and reveal new decorative elements.
The subject, exotic fish tank decoration, with tropical fish and plants, is less usual for my style, but this is part of a small series created for a special order.
Size: 14x21 cm (5.5x8.2 inches).

Exotic fish tank linocut, tropical leaf, tropical fish, original print, home gift, handmade golden details, unique artwork by Goddess Gruia

Detail of linocut with golden elements

Detail of the print with the individual lino plates used in its making

Painting inspired by the fortified church in Calnic, Transylvania

Another original artwork has been added o my online Etsy Shop - the Goddess Gruia. It is a another average-size mixed technique work (linocut, collage, acrylic on canvas), this time inspired by one of my favorite historical monuments in Transylvania, the fortified church in Calnic. Read more about the site HERE.

This original painting is inspired by a historical landmark that I like in my home region of Transylvania: the fortified medieval Saxon church in Calnic, Alba County. There is a central keep, depicted here in the background, surrounded by a courtain wall, and I have added out of my imagination but also inspired by medieval altar paintings, a vision of the Virgin with Child and Saint Catherine of Alexandria with her iconographic attribute, the wheel.
Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm, 2 cm in thickness
Technique: collage, linocut, acrylic on canvas
Unframed but ready to hang, with painted edges and provided with a saw tooth hanger (allowing perfect balance and balance corrections if needed) and canvas stretchers already in place, on the back (if, due to display or storage conditions the canvas should need stretching in the future, the pegs are just pushed in a bit). 

Medieval scene from Transylvania, fortified church in Calnic, Virgin with child and St. Catherine of Alexandria, original collage, linocut

Detail of the above - original painting by Ana-Maria Gruia

Detail of the signature Ana-Maria Gruia 2015

Baroque Transylvanian etching

After the Baroque heart-shaped flowers print that opened the Vintage Art category on my Transylvanian Trove Etsy shop, I have now added another unique engraving from the same period and province.

The new item is a lovely small print after an original eighteenth-century plate with Baroque decoration. It is dated "1766" on the cartouche at the top. Though not all can be easily interpreted, it contains several scenes of daily life: a beggar receiving money from a traveler, two men in Transylvanian oriental costumes drinking under a tree, a man showing a dog an unidentified building and in the center the strangest scene of all: a woman inside a barrel, a man poking inside the barrel with the end of a halberd and another man (a drunk?) crawling out of the same barrel at the other end. 
The etching contains extremely detailed elements.
The reprint was made in 2014 by the National History Museum of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca, Romania after one of the eighteenth century printing plates in its collection. It includes the dry stamped logo of the museum in the right bottom corner. Unknown engraving master. Reprint numbered in pencil 3/I and signed.
Dimensions: printed area: 12.5 x 8.5 cm (4.9 x 3.3 inches), total paper size: 18.5 x 25 cm (7.3 x 9.8 inches).
Not framed, in relatively good condition, small deteriorations of the plate resulting in tiny smudges, slightly wavy paper.

Eighteenth century engraving plate printed in 2014, vintage print, unknown Transylvanian daily life scenes, etching, dry point, must have

Detail of the date "anno 1766"

Detail of the central, unknown scene

Beggar and traveler

Silver leather earrings, feather-shaped

The lot of handmade leather-made goods in the Transylvanian Trove on Etsy has just been enriched with another pair of earrings. The feather-shaped pair, entirely handmade out of metal silver dyed leather, is entirely handmade and designed slightly asymmetrical, in order the match the wearer's face. Due to their size and color, these earrings are meant to party!

Feather earrings made of natural leather, metal silver earrings, entirely handmade in Transylvania, Romania, light jewelry, original design

100% natural leather, metal silver dye finish, very trendy.
Silver-color metal hooks (common metal alloy).
Length: 5.5 cm (2.1 inches).
See more earrings from the Transylvanian Trove HERE.