Outside of the Easter Flair Invitation
Inside of Eastern Flair Invitation
Details of the Eastern Flair Invitation
Paisley's Edge Invitation (2 page invite)
Paisley's Edge Invite
Second page would have the same invite printed in the Bengali Language.
Detail of Paisley's Edge Invitation
A Sultan's Grace Invitation (2 page)
A Sultan's Grace (2nd page would also have the Bengali Language)
Regal Love Invitation
2 comments:
Your designs are beautiful but admittedly we were a little turned off by the swastica resemblance in some of your designs. Sorry :-( Thought I'd let you know because I know what its like to run a small business.
Hello. I am sorry you feel that way. However, I do have to defend myself on these designs, my business and my client I created them for.
I had the pleasure of working with my friend, Sanjana Datta, and her now husband, Josh Greenhill from 2009-2010.
I know it might have helped a little to know that my client's (the bride) native country is India with a religious background of Hinduism under the Bengali language. {I now go into explanation on many of my designs in my new blog at http://www.whitneyowendesignsblog.com}
The swastika symbol in her culture has a different meaning than that of the ideas of the Nazi Party in Germany such as Facism and White Supremacism. Per Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika) and The Datta Family, it means the following:
"meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of su- meaning "good, well" and asti "to be" svasti thus means "well-being." The suffix -ka either forms a diminutive or intensifies the verbal meaning, and svastika might thus be translated literally as "that which is associated with well-being," corresponding to "lucky charm" or "thing that is auspicious.....The swastika is a historical sacred symbol in Indian religions."
Not only is it found in the Middle East but it is also commonly used in Asian traditions. Native Americans used the swastika shape as well. There is so much more behind the symbol than most realize. Unfortunately, the Nazi movement gave it a terrible connotation.
To be honest, after initially meeting with my client I had to do my own research to understand a little about her culture and the meaning behind the swastika as it meant to her and her family. I grew up only knowing the association it had with the Nazi Germans. Therefore, I read more about India, Hinduism and the Bengali language so that I could create designs that were appropriate for Sanjana and Josh. It also helped me prepare for photographing their wedding, which you can view it at http://www.whitneyowendesignsblog.com/?p=946. Their wedding had a traditional Christian ceremony as well as a traditional Indian ceremony. Everything was beautiful and I was so honored to be a part of their big day and learn so many new things I never knew before.
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