John Bingley Garland...Victorian Blood Book... Sept 1854

Assembled from several hundred engravings, many taken from books of etchings by William Blake, as well as other illustrations from early nineteenth-century books. The principal motifs are natural (birds, animals, and especially snakes) and Christian (images of the crucifixion, scenes from the Bible, and crusaders). Drops of red india ink and extensive religious commentary have been added to many of the images.

inscribed "To Amy Lester Garland--A legacy left in his lifetime for her future examination by her affectionate father" September 1st 1854

André Masson... Mythologie de la nature ...1938

Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787–1832)... Satyr and nymph... Shunga...1825

Austin Osman Spare... self portraits...

published in The Focus of Life (Redux) by Fulgur

François-Nicolas Chifflart (St. Omer, 1825 - Parigi, 1901)... Perseo...1865

Benedetto Montagna (Vicenza, 1481 - Vicenza, 1553)... The Witch...1506

Philippe Galle (Haarlem, 1537 - Anversa, 1612)...Judgment... Hell 1565

Robert Budzinsk... The VIctory of Life... woodcut...1948

Bruno Goldschmitt... The Revelation of St. John... woodcuts... 1923

The Whore of Babylon

Francesco (Cino) Bozzetti... Harpies...1913

Celenus and his Harpies 1913

The Wood of the Harpies 1913

Cécile Reims ... burin and dry-point prints

Cécile Reims ~ Metamorphoses ~ 1957-1958 

Cécile Reims ~ Metamorphoses ~ 1957-1958 

Ephemeral being ~ 2003

Sacred liquor - 2003-2004 

Bocio sculptures...Benin & UK... Unknown & Charlotte Rodgers

Bocio sculpture Benin

bocio; the word means "empowered (bo) cadaver (cio)" in the Fon language of Benin.

The most common and prototypical of the bacio genre, are bla-bocio whose surfaces have been bound tightly with cord, cloth, fur, chains, vines or other wrapping materials.The tieing and knotting of cords or other materials around a bocio serve to activate its power and bind other potent additive matter to the work.

The materials chosen to bind a sculpture vary; the most frequently employed are cotton thread, twisted feathers or plant parts, and strips of animal hide.

The placement of the bondage - usually on the stomach, chest arms or head - affects the meaning of the sculpture, since each body part is considered as the seat of different emotional concerns

Charlotte Rodgers 2013  ~  'I Did Not Die Easy'. A baited badger which I found wrapped in a black plastic bag, and thrown onto the side of a motorway bypass. Its life,spirit and death were acknowledged, and its cry was sealed with nettle cord knotted around the jaw.Nothing is disposable.

more sculptures by Charlotte Rodgers HERE & HERE