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Sculpture~Anthropology~ Hummingbird Specialist A sculptor for many years. I post mostly art & cultural criticism. “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.” — Berthold Brecht www.yampapath.com
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My Work. “Torso” Canadian Soapstone Artist: Sherburn LaBelle

My Work. “Tribute to Miro” Assembled Clay Artist: Sherburn LaBelle

You think you've got the weight of the world on your shoulders? Hah! Here's the oldest extant sculpture of Atlas, holding up the heavens in the form of a celestial sphere which features a majority of the constellations known to the Greeks. 🏺 #ancientbluesky Roman, ca. 150 CE. #MANN 📸 me

Street Level (2024) #divide #Februarty #ArtYear #Maxon #C4D #Redshift #cg #cgart #art #artbyhumans #kelownaartist #BlueskyArtists

Wait, did someone say #caturday? Who could resist this bronze statuette of a lion who has just plopped down and is clearly waiting for a treat? He was probably once attached to the rim of a bronze vessel. 🏺 #ancientbluesky Greek, from Sparta, ca. 550 BCE. #GettyVilla 📸 me

Fiona Gibson, contemporary sculptor based in Llandeilo, West Wales. Her work is based on local mythology

“Dreams of my Washroom”

Hello Everyone! With #bluesky growing so quickly, I thought I'd add a bit more about myself! I'm an early career artist focusing on #copper wire #sculpture and #ceramics to make pieces that reflect my love of #nature.

remember a butterfly can only soar freely in a sunlit field Basho

Si la sombra no fuese más que sombra y el eco sólo eco, no sería la llama luminosa ni sonoro el silencio. No tendría la voz por la palabra corporeidad de tiempo; ni la luz por su clara trasparencia lejanía de sueño. José Bergamín

The Intricate Connection of Birdsongs to Human Language www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/14/t... ( Can the author really never have heard of Olivier Messaien ? Well, such a question is really ... for the birds ) #birds #language #song @audubon.org

A stunnning miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms. On display at British Museum 📷me 🏺

A tiny #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian (height 0.9 cm). Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility. Dating c. 1540-1296 BC, New Kingdom. Photo: Cleveland Museum of Art 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky