The Pinkie Promise
Dale Copeland, 2025
A small glass & brass display case, a book and a stone made into a relic.
12 x 10 x 6 cm
| I originally titled this one 'The Jesuits' Promise' but read on ... Some sources say the quote "Show me the child until he is 7 and I will show you the man" was from the writings of Aristotle. Others say it was the Jesuits with "Give me the boy until he is 7 and I will have him for life". To me it's the self binding of a child's promise. Almost impossible to leave. So finally I gave it the title "The pinkie promise" ... the binding nature of a child's promise, sealed by linked little fingers. I have known many who were raised with a strict belief system. Hard to leave, and always that residual guilt. The little book, "Garden of the Soul", sealed with the stone icon, was my grandmother's. She was raised as a Catholic. |
Dale's studio can be found at Puniho,
Surf Highway, Coastal Taranaki, New Zealand
More of her artwork, and the books she makes, can be found on her site at dalecopeland.co.nz.
email Dale at dale@tart.co.nz