Tribute: Young Soldiers of Malvinas {1982}
- Description
- The Story: 34 years ago, in a cold morning of April 2nd, a war would start for the possession of the Malvinas, you may know them better as Falklands. Without disputing the conflict at heart, which is for a me a difficult one, taken that I was born there, but for many many years my home is England, the memory of these events is a sour one to put it lightly. You see the military service at the time was compulsory in Argentina, which meant that thousands of 18 to 20 years old boys, some with no training or skills at all, were sent to fight in very hostile weather conditions (the Malvinas are almost in the south Pole) Still, all these young men (and 16 women, nurses, taken after the war was started) fought and with courage defended their country fighting with all their might. The war lasted 74 days, taken the life of 649 Argentinians, 255 British soldiers and 3 Island's civilians. This is a page specially dedicated to the very young boys who fought, the hundreds that were left behind and the returned and their families. Praying for the story never to be repeated.
Page Design: I wanted to use mostly metals and looked for rusted or old , then army green and greys and dark colors to represent a dark event, I was set to make a page with no color at all, but when I chose the burnt paper I started finding a good balance with the golden ish/copper metal. The lady blended in the back gives me the idea of looking back (and she has a sad look) I wanted the page not to be neat, as to me all events of this kind are anything but clean, so I added paint splatters and the messy stitches and the darker, chunkier stitches to hold the layered frames, and paper bits with the photo. I made the alpha and then applied an effect from my program (what you call styles for PSE)
Supplies: Made on Craft Artist Professional by Serif, alpha and title text made with the program and styles from it. The kits: Quirky Heart: Always Remember, Amber LaBau & Jenn CK: Aviator Collab . Also here: ViVa Artistry: Illuminated Journal V, Studio Mix 57, 1776, Broken Hearts and Destinations. The journaling font is Notera.TFL!