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Artists, if you knew the suffering of life and wars. No one thinks and can work and creativity and good tools are not available. Like all countries in the world, there is no comfort and the right place. And I worked with very simple tools, a kitchen knife and a simple brush, as well as gypsum. And the inability and availability of good tools in Iraq to transform gypsum into a good and universally accepted material.. Thank you for listening.. making of Humbaba monster .
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Hakeem Al

Hakeem Ali

Re: My work Humbaba monster from the epic of Gilgamesh from the civilization of Iraq

mohed ahmed Thank you very much

Hakeem Ali

Re: My work Humbaba monster from the epic of Gilgamesh from the civilization of Iraq

ahmed ahmed Thank you very much

Hakeem Ali

Re: My work Humbaba monster from the epic of Gilgamesh from the civilization of Iraq

اكتب تعليقك

Ali Rasheed Thanks for the great artist

Hakeem Ali

Scorpion Dragon

Hi, my name is Karmen, croatian artist based in Ireland. I'm self taught and my favourite creatures to sculpt are dragons in all forms and colours. Scorpion Dragon is sculpted in Cosclay and painted with acrylic, this dragon is something I wanted to make for a long time and now he's finally here. He is a product of my imagination. He is one very proud Dragon .

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”MAKARA” – The Sri Lankan Dragon

Makara is a prominent figure from the mythical realm of Sri Lankan traditional art. The Makara is widely found as a part of the “Makara Torana”, the arch way of the entry to Buddhist temples and also in “Makaragala”, a stone carved art piece that can be seen on either sides of a staircase of an entry way to a temple.

According to the description of the Rajawaliya (v.192), “The Makara has the front of an elephant, paws of a lion, ears of a boar, body of a fish living in water, having teeth turned inside and eyes of those of hanuman and a nice tail”

Each feature of this majestic creature represents celebrated human qualities in a very subtle way:

The elephant tusks – Dexterity
Paws of a lion – Strength
Body of a fish – Movement
Teeth and Jaws of a crocodile – Demand for respect
Eyes of a Monkey – Vision
Ears of a Boar – Acute hearing
Tail of a Bird/Peacock – Splendid Beauty

Hidden in the background behind a clash of shapes and color this majestic beast has made the Sri Lankan traditional art it’s home in very subtle ways that not many actually notice it’s presence, therefor faces a great threat of extinction.

I'm Aishwarya Tennekoon @tenaiworkshop , a passionate sculptor and miniaturist based in Sri Lanka and this diorama is a conceptual remake of the Makara according to my perspective, designed and made as a tribute to the traditional mythical character. The diorama depicts a scene which the Makara protecting an ancient Sri Lankan stupa filled with valuable relics of Buddha from the raging enemies.

It took 27 days to complete this 1/100 scale diorama. The creature along with the stupa has been sculpted using home made cold pressed porcelain because it was hard to find other clay materials locally due to the pandemic situation and the podium(Stone Platform) of the stupa was made of plastic boards. You can watch the process of making this piece if interested: https://youtu.be/8c3z8-0cFAI

Hope you enjoy this majestic creature!

(Designed and sculpted especially for the SWSCA creature sculpting competition)

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