Thursday, October 7, 2010

SEAHORSE & MERMAID AMULETS/ Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Eric Whollem/ 'Hippocampus' and 'Kore of the Ancient Sea'/ WEARABLE ART/ Copper carbonate and oxides on white earthenware clay/ Goddess Art: a Nereid of the Sea




Hippocampus
2004
by Eric Whollem
oxides on white earthenware clay
2.5"
PHOTO COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

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Kore of the Ancient Sea
2007
by Eric Whollem
oxides on white earthenware clay
2.5"
PHOTO COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

Amulets of the Sea

Hippocampus is the Latin name for the Sea Horse. I have
created many sea horse pendants over the years. They have
proven one of my most popular ceramic items.

'Kore of the Ancient Sea' is a haunting image of a mermaid
Goddess. 'Kore' is Greek for maiden. The Greek mermaids
are of two main categories: Nereids, of the salt sea; and
Naiads, of the freshwater springs.

This sculpture is a Nereid. The Nereids were the daughters
of Nereus and Doris. They were considered by the Greeks to
be very beneficent, the saviours of sailors lost at sea.


See more ceramic amulets and also figurines and sculptures
on the links below.

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Sea Horse
2004
by Eric Whollem
oxides on terracotta
Collection of the artist
PHOTO COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST


See more CERAMIC AMULETS on this link:

BELOW ARE A FEW
OF MY CERAMIC GODDESS AMULETS
(Photos copyright by the artist)


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THE VIDEO BELOW
DEPICTS A SELECTION OF
MY SEAHORSE CERAMICS


                                            'Ceramic Seahorse' video.                                

See my posts about the GODDESS here:

BELOW ARE A COUPLE OF
MY MERMAID SCULPTURES



My complete archive of posts on CERAMIC SCULPTURES can be found here:

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