If it means anything, I really did love your work that you've posted and treasure the ones I was able to get when Shapeways was still up. Thank you for sharing it :)
Hi Anon,
It means a lot actually! Your message made me smile, which I’ve been needing. Thank you so much! 😊
Hi! I hope that you've been well. Unfortunately, it seems Shapeways has gone under, and along with it, all of your lovely jewelry. Have you been able to seek out an alternative?
Hi, I’ve been reasonably okay, thank you for asking. And yes, unfortunately Shapeways went bankrupt awhile back. To be honest, I haven’t felt at all motivated to put in the time and energy looking for an alternative and getting everything setup again. I was nicely settled in over on Shapeways, so losing that platform was a blow. Sales were extremely down as well, which definitely doesn’t help with the whole motivation issue. That said, there is one of my pieces that I am kind of wishing I had bought for myself, so maybe that will open the way to me finding an alternative and onward to a limited case-by-case sort of reopening.
Bon voyage, my love, bon voyage. ;_; Never again shall we meet as you are now.
Actually, this clay master came back to me whole and hale a couple of years ago (and I have recently unearthed him while unpacking all my shrine stuff.) I’m now seriously thinking of reworking him into a stylistically modern version with smooth planed surfaces and flowing lines where those planes meet. It’s a vision that’s been in my head for a while now and is something which I can potentially achieve as well.
Two wooden statuettes of cobra-headed goddesses, missing their forearms, at the Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition. They have jackal-headed shoes on. @bigbadjackal, I see those shoes on a lot of different deities – what do they mean?
When: Late/Ptolemaic Period
Where: Sharm El Sheikh Museum
I am inclined to believe they are representative of speed (& thereby efficiency), possibly also possession of freedom of movement.
In the name of following up every lead and reference, I bought myself an affordable copy of Kees, H., “Der Götterglaube im Alten Ägypten.” There are actually quite a few mentions of Wepwawet, so I’m pleased. In my quick photographing of relevant pages, I also caught part of a section where Kees discusses arrows and some of their symbolism/significance, which I want to review carefully to see what insight might be revealed about the unusual arrow motif on Wepwawet’s standard that I have been tracking for years. Something else of interest: Kees not only points out the use of black for the jackal divinities as something they have in common but suggests a whyas well, beyond an association with the dead: It’s rarity. It makes sense that rare colouration could be seen as an indicator of sacredness. 👏👏👏
I don’t know if it’s just the current economy or what, but I haven’t had any Shapeways sales (or customization/commissions requests) for a few months now and it is (was?) my only real way of generating any income of my own that I can do anything I want with. 😩 If you’ve had your eye on anything, send me a message over there and I’ll knock at least $5 off the price, excluding the travel jackal charms (but I will take $2.50 off them.)
Still around, just plugging away at the second part of the epithets project for Wepwawet. To those ends, does anyone here happen to have access to:
Franke, D., Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the 13th-17th Dynasties.
If a PDF of the volume is not available but someone has access to a hardcopy, I am in need of the pages covering EA506, which should be pp.169-173, pl. 42-46.
Still in need of another buyer or two for Wepwawet jackal casts to go forward. And friendly reminder that I do custom cartouches and take commissions for ancient Egyptian & Kemetic designs should I not already have something in particular in my Shapeways shop: On the Temple Steps
Now looking for 1 more person who would like to join the group order for one of my bronze Wepwawet statues. 🥳 I’m in the process of seeing if I can nail down an ordering date so I can set a deadline for when interested parties should aim to have the money available to send over to me. I’ll update accordingly when I’ve got a date determined. Thank you to all who have helped spread the word, we’re so nearly there in terms of having the numbers needed to proceed! 😃
Looking for three more people interested in joining the group order for one of my standing Wepwawet jackal bronzes. 😊
I don’t particularly find myself needing another cast of my statue, but nonetheless can just about swing being the 5th person for an order if I can find 2 more people interested in joining. I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to (or rather want to) offer them again as this new minimum order requirement is a total PITA and it has put me right out. 😩 So I probably will request to have my moulds sent to me if I do have to be the 5th person. I’m not sure I’ll be able to find anywhere over here in the UK to cast individually from them for anything like a reasonable price, but 🤷♀️
