Tuesday, November 23, 2010

CERAMIC SEAHORSE SCULPTURE/ Artist Stamps from Amorphagos/ VIRTUAL STAMPS/ The Story of Voltumna, from Etruscan Mythology/ A ceramic pendant by Eric Whollem/ Oxides on white earthenware clay




Seahorse
2006
by Eric Whollem
oxides on white earthenware clay
Collection of the artist
PHOTO COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

A Ceramic Seahorse Visualized on the Stamps of Amorphagos

Utilizing Cyrillic script I have created another fantasy micronation,
based on Greek mythology. This is the island realm of Amorphagos,
the God of Dreams.

The Etruscans especially venerated the Seahorse, which actually was
their chief God, which went by the name of Voltumna. Voltumna is
related to the Chimaera, a being that is multidimensional insofar as
it partakes of a variety of beings in it's makeup. The seahorse is dragon,
horse, fish, & serpent. It was thus worshipped as a shape shifting God,
who could take any form.

The art of the Etruscans, in the north of Italy, is derived largely from
the arts of the Greeks. My fantasy island of Amorphagos, could thus
be construed as perhaps an isle in the Tyrhennian Sea, off the coast of
Tuscany.


Voltumna
AMORPHAGOS
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST



Faux Postage Stamps by Eric Whollem
AMORPHAGOS

2010




Voltumna
AMORPHAGOS
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST


Below is a selection of more stamps from Amporphagos. These
are entitled: Muse of the Isle of the God of Dreams.





MUSE OF THE ISLE OF THE GOD OF DREAMS
Amorphagos
2010
by Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist


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See more of my CERAMIC AMULETS & PENDANTS on this link:

THESE ARE SOME OF MY
CERAMIC SEAHORSE
CREATIONS
(Photos
copyright
by the artist)



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Readers may be interested in these posts of SEAHORSE ART:

BELOW IS A VIDEO
OF MY SEAHORSE
STAMPS FROM
THE EMPIRE OF AMPHORA

Sea Horse Stamps from Amphora.                           


See my posts of ARTIST STAMPS here:

Read more about the ETRUSCANS here:

In the year 2001 I privately printed a variety of STAMP BOOKS, among which was THE SEAHORSES OF AMPHORA, now out of print; a copy is available through a bookseller on Amazon.com:

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ARTIST STAMPS

Artistamps, fantasy stamps, cyberstamps,
faux postage, mail art, micronation stamps,
virtual stamps; digital art; cinderella stamps.

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