Knots

Mother encouraged us to do arts and crafts when we were kids. She purchased a whole rainbow of craft paint tubes (Tri-Chem) for us. We had an aunt that did wonders with Tri-Chem and I suppose Mother was hoping we could come up with something fabulous.

I can't say we came up with fabulous artworks but we did TRY our hand at it.

I honestly don't remember what my siblings tried to do, but I had several 'works' of art which are still a testament to the existence of the Tri-Chem in our house.

I have the SERVER glass which can still be found on my study room table at Cebu Avenue. The SERVER glass was supposed to be a gift to the Servers (my godparents) but I think I was too shy to give away something which I had made. It has been there for almost thirty years serving as a pen holder.

Aside from the SERVER glass, I painted the door to one of my drawers. When I say 'door' and 'drawer,' please do not think DOOR and DRAWER. It was a small door to a very small drawer.

Nonetheless, it was (and still is) my work of art which decorates this door.

Yes, I chose the design myself and I painted it myself.

The design was from a bracelet that Father and Mother had given me. The bracelet has knots between the bracelet links. Very beautiful. I guess they could tell that I'd appreciate the beauty of the design. The bracelet was given when I was still a teenager and it was kept in this small drawer for years and years since I didn't really wear bracelets until fairly recently.

I loved the design so much that I decided to use that for the door of the drawer.

If I had known about Celtic knots back then, perhaps I would have added them to the design as a border.