A Forgotten Piece of My Tolkien Collection
Sometimes I wonder where my brain is. (sometimes??)
The other day I was digging in my closet (remember: tiny apartment means squeezing stuff into small areas)… when I came upon this vest my brother had made….
![eowynvest2[1]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjna38fQTi9BXY1i0SreoabjbMjC0HtXe4OAP5TrwN1QSVCVvUJUjt3MCJ5oInWQgizjZA4OqVZbEYK0SEW4bTrlntXHvSsxN2xZez0LBPotNzKEKABMieFAZeArDnfxBbp2Hgk/s1600-h/eowynvest213.jpg "eowynvest2[1]")
It belongs in that Tolkien collection I posted about…
Not only did my brother sew this leather vest but he drew Eowyn on another piece of leather and then sewed it to the back of the vest…
![eowynvest[1]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHeIKDV_aoZJWh1TRCe7LjQiGIXq211Wcsoen-AdoHXGMNrgmOuI8Xfkj6VLcee6fepu-W9LxAsb8anyPyQIWtUdkG8a9tdzyjH9LFtY9IWhT4ynL_AeoXe0P0Q_l1mmFHmwT/s1600-h/eowynvest%25255B1%25255D%25255B2%25255D.jpg "eowynvest[1]")
I am too fat for it to fit around my waist but I wore it “open” when I went out the other day.. remembering again that I live in a place where everyone is over 65.. no one even noticed the vest! (depressing I know!)
My brother had also painted the Nazgul on a piece of leather but never got around to making another vest. (bummer) I am not certain but I’m pretty sure he copied the drawings from an old Frank Frazetta book. It’s such a shame that they sit here in a closet and never get seen. I sometimes wish I could sell it but leather isn’t cheap and neither is a “one of a kind” drawn piece of artwork, and I’d never get even close to it’s value.
![nazgul[1]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibw2TMPPEmp7tqHdqpWK3DvBRl9-sJfWdwaBtNOonUioV0uTz5zGIJRqlHQTE72L394aNjF1woIT3fWMw73GJx_sePzyTfb0BQyHItVGi9JP5QNac7c048pfklLVTgbHzndP0M/s1600-h/nazgul13.jpg "nazgul[1]")
I think that’s the end of the Tolkien collection.
I think.
posted by DesLily | 10:56 AM
11 Comments:
Those really are amazing!!!!
Your dear brother was a true Artist! That Vest is Fantastic!
Fabulous !!! This post just made my day. The artwork is stunning. (I've always been a fan of Eowyn)
OMG, he drew and painted those? They are beautiful.
thank you all! I miss my brothers talents more than anyone could know.
Your brother was talented!
Those are so beautiful, Pat. What an amazingly talented man he was.
Thanks Kelly.
Cath: it always amazed me how easily art came to him
Wow! Wow! Wow! Creative talent surely ran in your family! (And don't you dare even try to deny that you're a talented artist yourself!)
Yes, they are copies of Frazetta's work. Frazetta is one of the few old school artists that I like his Tolkien renderings. These are great, your brother did a fantastic job. Wow!!!
So glad you came across this and still have it, it is a wonderful piece in and of itself and an even better one given your personal connection to it.
Wow, that's a really special piece Pat!
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