Thank you to all my patrons! ❤ Enjoy this bit of silliness (and its sequel) up on my Patreon page!
Well it’s been a real humdinger of a year. It’s sometimes hard to find reasons to make art and have fun when the world seems to be maybe literally ending? There’s been precious little good happening in the last few months, but one of the things that keeps me going is knowing there’s this group of beautiful nerds out there who continue to make my life interesting and joyful, whose support has kept me going through some very trying times, whose creativity and input constantly blow me away, and make me want to stick around and do weird stuff.
Thank you for still being here. Thank you for all your support, your encouragement, your brilliance, your incredible generosity. A toast to you, friends! Mahal grant you all strength, endurance, inspiration, and protection in the new year.
Thank you to all my patrons! ❤ Enjoy this bit of silliness (and its sequel) up on my Patreon page!
Well it’s been a real humdinger of a year. It’s sometimes hard to find reasons to make art and have fun when the world seems to be maybe literally ending? There’s been precious little good happening in the last few months, but one of the things that keeps me going is knowing there’s this group of beautiful nerds out there who continue to make my life interesting and joyful, whose support has kept me going through some very trying times, whose creativity and input constantly blow me away, and make me want to stick around and do weird stuff.
Thank you for still being here. Thank you for all your support, your encouragement, your brilliance, your incredible generosity. A toast to you, friends! Mahal grant you all strength, endurance, inspiration, and protection in the new year.
Ancient Greek gold, garnet, and carnelian necklace with pendants of the sun and crescents. The necklace dates to the 4th to 2nd centuries BCE and is found in Hixenbaugh Ancient Art.
Two Etruscan amulets, both dated to the 5th century BCE. The left is of an arrowhead capped with gold, and on the right is a shark tooth. Both are from the Thorvaldsens Museum.
Scythian gold torque in the form of dragons, dated to the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE. From the source:
Hundreds of tiny scales are individually soldered to the writhing forms of two confronted dragons on this magnificent gold torc. Thick curving horns sweep back over the long pointed ears of the rather wolf-like dragon heads. With muzzles drawn into ferocious snarls, these mighty beasts express the formidable strength of the Scythians, one of ancient Eurasia’s most powerful cultures.
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