Interfictions Auction 2 - A Necklace Based on “A Dirge for Prester John”

May 5th, 2008

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Prester John by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Prester John by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Prester John Pendant Detail

19″ necklace with pendant.

Based on “A Dirge for Prester John” by Catherynne M. Valente

Valente’s tale is a complex story about colonialism, religion and an incredible romance between a Blemmyae (the “anthropophagi” to which Othello refers in Act I of Shakespeare’s play) and a befuddled priest. It’s a story of scorching desert sands and madness, of Old World and New World, of love between two very different beings. It is a tale of dichotomies, religious, cultural, emotional.

The presbyter hails from (quite literally) a different world, from comparatively colder and more austere Christian Europe, represented by the silver plate chain and sterling silver findings. Befitting his connection to the sea (and to further contrast the waterless desert in which he finds himself), his colors are blue: pearls, blue glass seed beads, dyed blue agate and blue glass as well as the vintage blue rhinestone in the antiqued silver cross (the little glass box above it reminded me of an ikon, so I used it, too).

Joselle Vanderhooft

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