Description
‘The Norns’ by Kirsten Schaap
Artist: Kirsten Schaap
Title: ‘The Norns’
Medium: Pen, acrylic ink, and genuine silver and green gold leaf on Ampersand Claybord panel, coated with UV resistant archival satin matte varnish
Dimensions: 15.7″ x 11.8″
Framing: Framed in a black coated wooden frame (frame size: 16.9″ x 13″)
Year of Creation: 2023
About the Artwork:
The Norns, in Norse mythology, were three sisters who created and controlled Fate by weaving the tapestry of Fate and who, by doing so, were responsible for shaping the course of human lives.
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Kirsten Schaap (@kirsketchbook) is an illustrator living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her work revolves around introspection, darkness, contrast and raw emotion- fear, loss and decay are recurring themes in her work. She mainly works in black-and-white and her work is drawn by hand using a stippling technique, which enables her to bring depth, texture and layers into her work. She is inspired by nature, mythology and science fiction.