I am still taken aback by what happened in the last couple of days.🤯⭕️❤️
Something I have been working towards and hoping for came true.
Let me take you on my biggest collector journey that started over 2.5 years ago.
I completed another set for my collection.
The Last Tribe by @The_Same_Same Warrior, Healer, Scholar, Priest and Chief👇
Could be interesting for @oxgbed?
GM! ✨‘HAJIME’ signifies a pivotal moment in my artistic journey. It represents the inception of a new series I���ve been cultivating behind the scenes. For some time now, I’ve been exploring ways to blend the two styles I’ve developed over the past four years. I aimed to create something that feels like a natural progression, an evolution of my work. Hajime is the first step in this exciting new direction. Stay tuned for more updates soon.
Anna Coleman Ladd, an American sculptor, dedicated her expertise to crafting customized masks for British soldiers with facial injuries from World War I. In her studio, soldiers had their faces cast, and Ladd used lightweight copper to meticulously create prosthetics.
These prosthetics were carefully painted to match the soldiers' skin tones, and Ladd ingeniously incorporated strings or eyeglasses for secure attachment.
Napoleon's death mask, originally crafted 40 hours after his passing in 1821, remains steeped in mystery and controversy.
In the era of Napoleon Bonaparte, it was a customary practice to create death masks of esteemed leaders who had recently passed.
Much mystery and controversy surrounds the origins and whereabouts of the most original cast moulds.