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Medusa Head Pendant

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So, I made this for the Devious-Jewellery Group "Myths and Legends" Contest. :icondevious-jewellery:
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In Greek mythology Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα (Médousa), was a Gorgon, a chthonic monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield.
In his conquest, Perseus received a mirrored shield from Athena, gold, winged sandals from Hermes, a sword from Hephaestus and Hades' helm of invisibility. Medusa was the only one of the three Gorgons who was mortal, so Perseus was able to slay her while looking at the reflection from the mirrored shield he received from Athena.

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In the story I've read as a child, Medusa was turned into stone when she looked at her reflection on Perseus's shield. This is why I gave her a stone-grey complexion here. Also, in later versions of the Myth, Medusa was presented as a beautiful woman, but I stuck to the older versions where she's terrifying, rather than attractive. Her facial expression is such, because she's dead.

This is the first time I managed to sculpt a realistic face, I improvised entirely and I managed to not only pull off a relative satisfactory anatomy, but also the facial features I was going for. So, I'm happy with the result, even if it's still not proffessional.
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:bulletwhite: Entirely handmade, handsculpted Medusa head, took me an entire day to make. I'm guessing around 12-13 hours.
:bulletwhite: Polymer clay, orange glass cabochons, some acrylic paint.
:bulletwhite:Do you like this? Then do check the rest of my gallery for more arts and crafts! :heart:

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Hello! :D

Congrats! As a winner in the contest you receive a feature in my journal (here: [link]) and a pixel art commission. :) The pixel art commission can be an avatar, an emote or whatever pixel scene (see my gallery [link] for examples of what I can make). Please let me know what you'd like. :hug: