This is a detail of an art installation in Stratford by artist Mark Czajkowski called tir na nOg - Land of Youth. It is an ornate metal gateway from Downie Street into a small park. Tir na nOg is a popular otherworld in Irish mythology thought to be on an island far beyond the edges of maps and reachable only by a long, challenging journey or by invitation from a fairy who lived there.
© Sheila Creighton 2011
Imagery of Light 
Wow, what wondeful detail. It must have taken hours of work to make it 🙂
it is quite the structure… wish I could post more than one shot with this theme – perhaps some changing secondary pages are an idea..
It’s really very beautiful. I like the detail and the colours – is it called a patina when it’s metal? Not sure.
Are you able to insert a gallery with this theme Sheila? Viewers could then click on the thumbnail to get the bigger picture. I can do it with Duotone although I do sometimes use the slideshow feature instead.
it sure is lovely metal work – yes patina applies to metals. the Monotone theme does not allow for anything added other than pages. Duotone improved on that but I prefer just one colour bg – so it’s a trade off.
Love it! This is the sort I’ll have on my own place one day:-)
thanks E – I hope you do!
Beautiful details! 🙂
thank you Ted – this artist sure has a talent for metal work. I would like to find more about his work but he is not online it seems… ?
Thought that name sounded and looked Irish… 😉 😉 😉
🙂 🙂 🙂
Beautiful metal work – lovely!
an impressive artist who needs to promote himself better since I can find next to nothing on him… hmmmm.
Oh yes! I’m sure you could do an entire series on this structure … in various lighting — backlit by a storm would be awesome! Thank you so much for including some the history of it as well 🙂
glad you like it! it could use some more research – and several angles – I like the storm idea!
According to the “My Stratford” blog about a year ago, Mark Czajkowski is now in St. Mary’s, running his business “Creative Carpentry” and connected to a gallery called “Creations.” I understand he also created a Remembrance gateway by the St. Mary’s War Memorial. That’s a terrific photo!
Thank you Trish and thanks for that information about Mark!
Thanks for giving us a chance to see this!
you are welcome – a talented artist in metal.