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In the poem the knight-at-arms, is condemned to wander eternally in a desolate dream-like world. I love the mysterious atmosphere which leaves you wondering exactly what has happened between him and the entrancing fairy maiden. |
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci |
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I met a lady in the meads Full beautiful, a faery’s child Her hair was long, Her foot was light’ And her
eyes were wild. John Keats (1795-1821) |
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© Eileen
Sedgwick 2006 |
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In his painting of 1926 Cowper captures the moment he falls asleep. I love her dress with the opulent design based
on opium poppies, papaver somniferum, whose name means “bringer of sleep”. |
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My figures are twelfth-scale, so about 6 inches high. The base plate of the setting is about 8inches/20cm square. I made the armour from clay, and to simulate the pattern on her dress I painted
directly onto the fabric with black and gold fabric paints. The figures are
fixed due to the pose. |