Another Cthulhu Installment

 

This being Easter and all brings to mind the various myths of risen saviors which, in turn, leads one's thoughts down dark and tortured paths hewn in solid dripping stone to the secret chamber of.....well, nevermind.   But I thought "hey!", this is the perfect time for the unveiling of the newest Cthulhu statute...aka idol...origin and provenance unknown.   Cast from the dark reaches of the Universe to wash up on the shores of this planet, or disgustingly disgorged by the very earth itself, this relic of the Elder Things exists between the planes of sanity and madness....and now, is thrust fully into the sunlight to ensnare new devotees to the star-spawned slumbering God.

Ceramic, 12 cm x 10 cm x 6 cm.   

Polynesian Relic...........

Polynesian carving of an unidentified green stone (possibly meteoric in origin?) 127mm x 101mm x 25mm. Date: circa 480 BCE (via carbon dating).   Origin:  Unknown.  Obtained from a native trader on Naairoa, Rurutu Island by the 1923 Marsh and Wilder South Pacific Expedition, but anecdotal evidence suggests original source is an outlying uninhabited southern island.     Believed to depict "Cthulhu" - leader of the Great Old Ones.   Miskatonic University Museum Collection,  Item# 23A14-00452319-MWC Restricted Access.

A Gift to the Pacific Ocean........

 I created a small (about 6-inches tall) Cthulhu idol and thought it'd be cool to take a photo of it in the surf (as if it had just washed up on the beach).   Just after I planted it in the sand, the surf surged hungrily in and swallowed the idol, washing it out to sea.   This was not my intention, but this is both ironic and fitting -- given the Mythos that Cthulhu lies dreaming in a sunken city somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean.   I hope it washes ashore again and gives someone pause for thought ;)   If you visit the Sitka Sedge area, check the shore line!

A small idol of Nyarlathotep, half buried in the eternal sands of time.  Ceramic, roughly 6-inches tall.

Cthulhu Rises!..........................

......in several guises......the top - the Crow-Kin Cthulhu, the bottom, your basic primitive Cthulhu idol......constructed of earthenware clay.  Both are in the first stages of sculpting.  Roughly 6-7 inches high.

Cthulhu relics.............

......and fetishes.  Ceramic.  Glazed and cold finished.

Cthulhu Idol ................

......discovered recently in the Miskatonic University Library Archives.  The attribution is "found near Innsmouth, Massachusetts by Professor Grave, 1931.   Height is roughly 10cm.  Carved from a greenish stone  with fused glass veining (possibly meteorite?)."

Modeled with ^10 clay, bisque fired.  ^04 glaze applied, wiped back, fired to ^6.  Finished in acrylics.

Prehistoric Cthulhu idols ...............

..........finished.  Ceramic clay, bisque fired, glazed and wiped back and low fired.  Cold finished with acrylics.  Roughly 4 & 5-inches high.

Cthulhu idols............

......recently rediscovered under unusual circumstances.  Believed to be artifacts initially found during the 1930 Miskatonic University expedition to the Antarctic.

Approximately 5 to 3-inches high.   Ceramic material.

Innsmouth West........

.....Cthulhu Shrine discovered in Bandon, Oregon on the waterfront (where else?).

Awakening.............

................digital work.

Have a Merry...............

.....Cthulhumas!  No...I did not make this.  Found it at a local bookshop -- but you can get it HERE!

Season's Greetings.............

.........from Festive R'lyeh....where CaTHULHU lies dreaming....

CaTHULHU........

......."That is not dead which can eternal lie"....and what is more catlike...more Cthulhu like, I must ask. eh? Whipped out with a graphics tablet and Paint Shop Pro X.

Cthulhu Rising

Pencil sketch 11x14. Colored in watercolor pencil.

Cthulhu Returns...

Pencil drawing. Full size is 11x14. Cthulhu striding forth from R'lyeh.

Cthulhu drawing in progress

Pencil drawing. 11 x 14. Cthulhu emerging from a newly risen city of R'yleh. Still in progress.

Cthulhu Lives!

Ceramic. Bisque fired red clay & painted with acrylics. Roughly 7-inches tall.

My homage to HP Lovecraft's mythos.