Helena Palazzi
Through photography, I'm able to move between past, present and future.
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Maidens in Mystic Lands • 10 artworks
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Working on these images, Helena Palazzi went back to her childhood; growing up in Sweden, she would[...]
Working on these images, Helena Palazzi went back to her childhood; growing up in Sweden, she would hear heroic tales of Viking female warriors, and stories from Nordic mythology and folklore, filled with powerful creatures and mysterious forest spirits.
As she put it in an interview, “What fascinates me the most are the women and the goddesses of Norse mythology. They are fierce, they are strong, and they are full of spit and fire. They are unapologetically sexual. They just speak to me.”
The images presented here are photographic reproductions of one-of-a-kind portrait and landscape artworks Helena creates in her art studio. For the original pieces, she uses various media and techniques, from shooting with an infrared camera to add a certain otherworldliness to her colors, to printing the different image layers on fragile rice paper before sealing them with encaustic.
The reproductions are printed on luster paper, something with a little bit of shine, to better replicate the depth of the original wax-covered pieces.
The layered images draw you in as you discover textures, details, and symbols buried within them.
As she put it in an interview, “What fascinates me the most are the women and the goddesses of Norse mythology. They are fierce, they are strong, and they are full of spit and fire. They are unapologetically sexual. They just speak to me.”
The images presented here are photographic reproductions of one-of-a-kind portrait and landscape artworks Helena creates in her art studio. For the original pieces, she uses various media and techniques, from shooting with an infrared camera to add a certain otherworldliness to her colors, to printing the different image layers on fragile rice paper before sealing them with encaustic.
The reproductions are printed on luster paper, something with a little bit of shine, to better replicate the depth of the original wax-covered pieces.
The layered images draw you in as you discover textures, details, and symbols buried within them.
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