Wedding toast-May you never steal, lie order or cheat.

ORIGINAL - HANDCRAFTED - TIMELESS

Its title belies a most loving and tender message. As if the entreats of a romantically coy lover, this piece's play on words is an appeal to forever be near. This piece is the perfect playful gift for that special someone to remind them of how we want them to share in our lives each day.

May you never steal, lie or cheat.
But if you must steal, then
steal away my sorrows.
And if you must lie, lie
with me all the nights of
my life. And if you must
cheat, then please cheat
death, because I couldn't
live a day without you.

Wedding toast from the film “Leap Year”

This print comes double matted and framed with an antiqued gold vine frame. The artist's seal, a stylized design of his initials, is imprinted into molten, charred wax at the bottom of each piece making each print from the original a unique piece of artwork to treasure for years to come. Versatile display options include both hook for wall hanging and easel for tabletop display.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

For centuries, prior to the invention of the printing press, monastic artists had been hand lettering, illuminating and painting books and scrolls on parchment. The most significant illuminated manuscript in the world, The Book of Kells was produced by Irish monks. In the tradition of the Book of Kells, Celtic artist Kevin Dillon has rediscovered the same mediaeval techniques used by these monks. Using a mortar & pestle, Kevin crushes semi-precious stones - lapis lazuli, cinnabar, azurite, orpiment and malachite to make his own paints. Using a dip pen or goose quill the letters are meticulously applied by hand to the calf skin vellum. One at a time the colors are applied - first blue, followed by the reds, then each remaining color in turn. The final illumination is achieved using 24K gold leaf. The artist's seal, a stylized design of his initials, is imprinted into molten, charred wax order at the bottom of each piece making each print from the original a unique piece of artwork to treasure for years to come.

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