Chinese hair ornament, thought to have been worn by the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908). Made from gilded copper alloy worked into phoenix-shapes, decorated with pearls, other gemstones, and kingfisher feathers. Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.
royalneedleworkWOW – just think how much stitching you could get done with eight arms! 🦑 😍Fabulous Goldwork from @chrissie_juno_mann on our Future Tutors programme.
I’m calling this donezo for now. The grayscale has been done since yesterday, but I feel like if I keep messing with the color, I’ll screw it up beyond repair. I’ll probably go back and fix things as I feel like it (because I’m never satisfied lol). My first time coloring over grayscale, so be kind 🙂
I kind of headcanon his hair to be bloodstained or dyed…maybe?
“…A hunter was Celegorm, who in Valinor was a friend of Oromë and often followed the Vala’s horn. Celegorm went rather to the house of Oromë, and there he got great knowledge of birds and beasts, and all their tongues he knew.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalie)
“Then Túrin bowed before them, and took his leave. And soon after he put on the Dragon-helm, and took arms, and went away to the north-marches, and was joined to the elven-warriors who there waged unceasing war upon the Orcs and all servants and creatures of Morgoth.” ~Tolkien
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I remember being 17 years old, riding my bike back from the bookstore where I had pre-ordered The Children of Húrin. As soon as I got hope I opened it and began to read. I wept as I read because I was reading new, beautiful words written by Tolkien, when I thought I had already read them all. Since then I have been captivated by the story of the family of men who defined the Dark Lord and suffered for it. And I have long desired to posses the Dragon-helm itself. Thanks to our Patreon supporters, we were able to recreate the cover art of the book by Alan Lee. Many more photos to come as we tell the story of the House of Hador and it’s war with Morgoth through pictures!
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Many thanks to our friend Nicholas Bruno for capturing this moment.
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