Reimagining Greek mythology and the concept of a modern day shrine in your home.
The big concepts of beauty, power and fertility are just as relevant today as they were 3000 years ago. From warding off hangovers to protecting the family home - there is a Greek God for every domestic need. How these translate today gives me endless inspiration and a hope that by owning my work it might bring enjoyment and maybe divine power!
Meet the collection….
Poseidon reigns over the sea and its tempests, commanding the creatures of the depths and the safe passage of sea-fearers above.
Brother to Zeus, lover of Aphrodite and Medusa, after Perseus killed Medusa, Poseidon mixed her blood with sea-foam to create the winged horse Pegasus.
‘Bring him offerings from your walk along the seashore for good luck.’
“I wanted to convey movement as if he was
turning his head under water”
'“I used real conical shells in his crown ”
This wall hanging is a shrine to the unpredictable god of wild nature, fertility and music, he shares many traits with the Celtic god Cernunnos or the Wiccan Horned god. An unpredictable and powerful force of nature that can evoke ‘pandemonium’, to avoid his lust the nymph Pitys turned herself into a pine tree to hide from his advances.
’Adorn his golden stag scull with pine twigs and place seed offerings in his hands’
Cursed by Athena for her affair with Poseidon, she turns anyone who looks upon her to stone.
But there is more to this story!
A beautiful and virtuous woman, transformed by
mans evil actions into a monster.
Disgusted by this damaged women, man averts his gaze and creates the myth.
‘ Gaze at her to rewrite man’s coercive myth’
Goddess of the hearth and home, she tends the eternal fame on Mount Olympus and watches over domestic family life.
‘Light a candle in Hestia’s temple to bring warmth and protection into your home’
A slumped and disheveled cameo of the perpetually inebriated Dionysus the god of wine and pleasure.
After the death of his lover the satyr Ampelos, Dionysus turned his body into the first grape vine and created wine from his blood.
‘Crown him with a wire cage and he will spare you the hangover from the night before.’
Goddess of love, beauty and marriage, Aphrodite emerges in all her divine and curvaceous glory.
She turns away from the distorted mirror of her phone representing societies crushing expectations of beauty.
‘Hang this cameo by your mirror and let it be a true reflection of feminine beauty.’
God of the sky and thunder, after overthrowing his father Cronus, Zeus ruled over all the gods dealing justice and protection with his thunderbolt.
‘A symbol of power and the strength to weald it’