busymagpie
Remember this?
Thought I'd finish another wip from that wip folder so I don't have to think of something new to draw.
#so cool
Carnivale in Venice. Magnificent costumes - which are both costly and heavy!
absterge
posting this a little late but here’s my piece for @theuntamedzine ! wanted to do something st. sebastian-y with yll.. it was such an honor to be a part of this project, thanks for having me!
egoarc4de
subject #0101, wammy’s house for extrasensory perception research
pt 2 of my ESP au, please click for higher quality
part 1 (L) | part 2 (Mello) | part 3 (Near)Â | part 4 (Matt)
Votive Ram’s Head
This splendid bust of a ram with curving horns and stylized mane is placed on an inscribed pedestal. The top of the pedestal is marked by a cavetto cornice and a torus molding. The front has a shallow incised decoration of Amenhotep I in front of an offering stand. He is identified as “Amenhotep of Karoi”, meaning of southern Nubia.
Other inscriptions mention the “Priest of Amun of Karnak with right of access, the scribe of the barn of the temple of Amun, Penta-weret” as the donor of the statue. The offering formula mentions, of course, “Amun-Re, the Ruler of Thebes”, appearing in this statue in his form of a ram.
The ram’s head apparently played a special role during certain festivals in Thebes. It served as the hieroglyph for “majesty, respect”, especially used for Amun. This majestic, monumental votive gift, a donation from Penta-weret to honour the deified king Amenhotep I in the temple of Amun at Karnak, is one of the more important creations of the later Ramesside Period.
New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ramesside Period, ca. 1189-1070 BC. Serpentinite, from Karnak Temple Complex. Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Inv. 1029
Photo: Erich Lessing
woven (and combined technique) sample collection inspired by primary forest in Yakushima, Japan. All yarns except embroidery threads are hand dyed or painted.