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Working on getting a reasonable number of Beastlies ready for an update this week. I should have a small ceramic update not long after. Meanwhile, a reminder that I have some larger pieces like these available through the Stranger Factory gallery.
Voilá! A selection of freshly-fired weirdos, photographed in the garden! I'm holding a bunch back from their own photo shoot times as I still need to add/fire gold lustre onto them, but these guys are all done!
Depending on my gold lustre timing, I think I'll be popping these guys into my shop in the second half of June, but I'll definitely announce it here when I have a date!
Im super proud of how this piece came out, especially as it's my first ever sculpture!
The concept is as follows: The dusk warden is a gentle protector, but it's face is off-putting so it wears a mask so as not to scare anyone. Despite this, the true face is far more interesting, and mask or no mask the creature has just as sweet a personality!
here’s some photos of the guy with the mask attached to the back :3
A shachi is a supernatural creature with a grotesque head, sometimes rendered as a dragon. A form of the shachi, with the fish’s tail curved forward over the dragon’s head, was used as a roof decoration on castles and temple buzildings to bring good luck and ward off fire. Here, this wondrous fish-like creature has been realistically rendered with a scaly upright body with spiny fins, forged with numerous hammered scales joined inside the body, and the head, mouth and barbels each constructed of moving parts. This shachi can move its body in a supple way, imitating the movements of a real life fish. Japan. [source]
Leaded copper alloy figure of a winged beast; standing position; vigorously modelled head; curved horns with truncated ends; a wing springs from each shoulder; stylised acanthus leaf decoration on chest; tail in the form of a ring. The figure was cast on a clay core, and then extensively worked, in particular most of the surface of the body was systematically roughened with a point or chisel apparently to create the impression of fur or hair. Vertical holes through the front paws; brief incised nastaliq inscription added later to rear left flank. Afghanistan, Helmand River. [source]
Museo de arte popular #alebrijes #artepopular #Artesaniamexicana
Alebrijes. Oaxaca, México.
Wat Samphran (The Dragon Temple) / Thailand (by Sergey Brandys).
