Artist Carne Griffiths is actually known for his beautiful paintings that are made with ink and tea. As he tells us, “I work in an unusual medium, I draw in calligraphy ink and use various types of tea to blend the lines - then I repeat the process - layering the work. In the studio I have a host of different flavored teas.. chamomile, vanilla and honey, chai, earl grey, fennel, green tea…you get the idea.”
Influenced by a background in embroidery design and inspired by surrealist painters, Griffiths enjoys pulling people into a personal vision which combines sensual images from fashion and advertising with natural plant forms. His work is bold, beautiful and full of life.
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![a-l-ancien-regime:
Last letter of Marie-Antoinette - also known as Marie-Antoinette’s will addressed to her sister in law Madame Elisabeth.
“The 16 [Octo] ber [1793] at 4 am.”
“To you, my sister, I write for the last time, I have been condemned not to a shameful death, that is so only for criminals, but to join your brother. Like him innocent, I hope to show the same firmness as him in his last moments. I am calm as it is for my consience is not to blame. I have a deep regret to abandon my poor children, you know that I existed only for them and you, my good and tender sister, you, who has sacrificed in your friendship everything to be with us, in what position I leave you. I have learned through the advocacy of the trial that my daughter was separated from you. Alas, the poor child, I dare not write to her, she would not receive my letter. I do not even know if this one will reach you. Receive for the two of them, my blessing. I hope that one day, when they are older, that they can meet with you and enjoy your entire tender care. That they both think that I have been their inspiration: the principles and the exact execution of their duties are the base of life […]”.
Countersigned by Guffroy, Massieu, Lecointre, Fouquier-Tinville and Leg […] (Legot?).
date 1793/10/16
FRANCE - eighteenth century, PARIS (France) - Prison of the Conciergerie](http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/archim/0003/dafanch01_pc45003456_2.jpg)
