St. Hya or Ia, Riding to Cornwall on a Leaf

I became interested in the story of Ia after I read about her in my Unknown Cornwall book.

"You may have read, or heard, how the daughter of an Irish noble, a Christian girl named Hya or Ia, desired greatly to join the expeditionary force of holy men and women who were setting forth from Ireland to fight heathendom in Wales and Cornwall.  She hoped to find a place in the company of Fingan and Piala, devout missionaries, but they sailed without her.  And one day, as Hya was walking by the waterside, there floated close to her a monstrous large leaf.  She put forth her staff and drew the leaf towards her; it was so broad and so buoyant that she, stepping daintily thereon, was wafted across the sea to the very shpre that she was seeking. St. Ives the scene of her landing, bears her name - St. Hya, or Ies or Ia." pps. 73-74

I went to Ia's church in Saint Ives on the 3rd of January.

One night at Brisons Veor I began doodling about St. Hya a few days before I got to St. Ives.

These are bench ends from Ia’s church in St. Ives. The church is full of interesting bench ends. 

This is a piece I made about Ia.  The text reads the same as the text I used the start this post from the Unknown Cornwall book.

Playing around with these shapes from the top of a bench end from Ia’s church in St. Ives. 

This design is put together with draw shapes in photoshop. 

Here I decided to cut some blocks. 

This print has a washed background and the linoleum prints and some hand painted elements. 

Here is another variation with the same blocks except I didn't used the diamond one.