Heart of Turisas

Lately, we have been in quite a musical mood here on Mixed Media Place. :)
In case you missed it, take a look at our brand new challenge inspired by George Michael's song and today, we come with one more stunning musical inspiration!

Music is a big inspiration to me. If a piece of music is to my liking and really has an effect on me, I see it in pictures.

Sometimes it's like watching a movie, sometimes it's just series of images. The notes turn into colors, lines and visual images. Sometimes the piece always brings the same images into my mind, sometimes it changes during every listening.

This particular piece was inspired by one of my favorite bands, Turisas. The name is a character in Finnish mythology. In their song "Battle Metal", the lyrics go:

"The heart of Turisas was forged by four winds
In a smithy high up in the skies;

On an anvil honour, with a hammer of blood

The Four Winds pounded".

My mental image was a heart made of metal, rising of debris, pounding and red with the flames of the smithy and blood.

I made the heart using styrofoam heart and aluminium tape. I cut small pieces of the tape, layered them across the heart and made the joints visible with a knitting needle. Then I applied black acrylic paint, alcohol inks and glazes to the heart. Finally, I melted some embossing powder on top to make the heart seem a bit rusty and have more texture to it.

I used red and black in the background as they are the colors of the band and they also carried out the bloody yet metal feel. The metal nics and nacks I gathered in the background include for example guitar parts, lamps, screws, bottle caps and pieces of an old clock.

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