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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Atlantean Net-Man
Retiarius: sculpture mix; green glazing layered; copper wire.
July 2007.
I've never managed to take any good photos of this piece. I think he looks best at close range, in person, as it were. I need to experiment with different angles and lighting.
My favorite word--garsecg--from the Old English Beowulf is a kenning or poetic riddle-word for the sea. It means "the spear-man," perhaps the echo of a figure like the Norse Aegir or some other surly northern Neptune. In other texts, garsecg seems to be an adjective meaning "sea-like," "stormy" or "tempestuous."