Blazing Star

“Shrines to burn earth’s incense on, the altar-fires of heaven!” (John Greenleaf Whittier)

Happy New Year!

Blazing Star (2010). Digital collage. Artwork created & copyright © by Eric Edelman. All rights reserved.

Throughout history, the five-pointed star has stood for excellence and spiritual ideals. This new series of designs is based on hand-made kirigami (hand-folded-&-cut paper) designs that have been scanned and colorized digitally.

(All artwork and descriptions [with the exception of quotes] created and copyright © by Eric Edelman. All rights reserved.)

5 abstraction chromatic circle fifth five folded & cut paper geometric kirigami pentacle pentagram rainbow ring star stars

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• Dorothy January 1, 2011 at 9:09 pm edit

  Happy New Year and may 2011 be full of health and happiness~

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  • Eric Edelman January 1, 2011 at 11:53 pm edit

    Thank you. The same to you and yours

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• Yakini January 4, 2011 at 11:15 pm edit

  Happy New Year to you! What a beautiful star – Happy WW!

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  • Eric Edelman January 12, 2011 at 8:51 pm edit

    Thanks, there are many other stars I designed you can see on this website

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• stevebethere from bethere2day January 5, 2011 at 1:21 am edit

  Love the red star…happy WW!
  Happy New Year to you and thanks for your visits

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• bethere2day January 5, 2011 at 1:24 am edit

  Love the red star

  Happy new year and thank you for your visits

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  • Eric Edelman January 12, 2011 at 8:50 pm edit

    Thanks, I have a whole series of stars, all hand-cut by me, and colored using different techniques.

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• CatSynth January 5, 2011 at 11:18 am edit

  Happy New Year. I like the geometry and color contrast.

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  • Eric Edelman January 12, 2011 at 8:48 pm edit

    Happy New Year to you, too

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• Cafe au lait January 12, 2011 at 1:10 am edit

  Happy New Year! Wishing you good health and more blessings.

  Take a coffee break…
  It’s Time To Laugh

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  • Eric Edelman January 12, 2011 at 7:18 pm edit

    Thanks, and regards to Fluffy!

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• Layla Morgan Wilde January 12, 2011 at 4:22 am edit

  Happy WW!Beautiful star.

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  • Eric Edelman January 12, 2011 at 7:15 pm edit

    Thanks! Happy WW to you, too!

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• PJ (Patti) February 5, 2011 at 1:21 pm edit

  I love stars, and the colors are beautiful as usual.
  God Bless,
  PJ

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  • Eric Edelman February 5, 2011 at 7:03 pm edit

    Creating and enhancing stars are very meaningful for me, too. Thank you.

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