Avery W

A raku fired dolphin sculpture on a white background. It is iridescent with blues, reds, coppers.

A close up of the face of the dolphin.

A view of the other side of the dolphin.

A close up of the body and fin of the dolphin.

'Delphinus' is a star, leaping from the ocean, a celestial traveller caught between the depths and the heavens.

Born from fire and smoke in the unpredictable alchemy of raku, it's iridescent surface swirls with cosmic starlight, copper reds and nebula blues.

#ArtAdventCalendar #pottery

ah here he comes that soon of a gun that cat that Garfield that gigantic thing

I'm every woman
It's all in me
Anything you want done, baby
I'll do it naturally
I'm every woman
It's all in me
I can read your thoughts right now
Everyone, from A to Z
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa (Oh), whoa (Oh), whoa

I can cast a spell
Secrets you can't tell
Mix a special groove
Put fire inside of you

My photo shows a Roman bronze dragon’s head from a military standard carried by Roman cavalry. The head is elongated with open jaws. The top and bottom jaws are lined with sharp triangular teeth. The top of the snout has diagonal ridges. It has a single round eye socket. The rear of the head and neck is textured with scales. At the top of the head there is a short, jagged, fin-like, upright crest. The bronze surface is weathered with greenish and gold patches. It is mounted on a dark stand in a museum display case.

Roman bronze dragon’s head standard, AD 190-260.

Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked!

Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology

My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.

A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology

a screenshot of the Australian version of Taste Christmas, a recipe magazine, showing a recipe for a gingerbread house made of something known as "crack", which I think is some kind of mixture of chocolate and salty ingredients like crackers or pretzels. so they've called it "festive crack house"

oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that

A large porcelain Christmas ornament glazed in blues and whites.

A medium sized porcelain ornament in blue and white with square divets, resembling a round grenade.

A small porcelain ornament in blues and whites

✨ New Porcelain Ornament Sets are live on the website! ✨

I’m in love with how the glazes blend and flow into each other. There’s something magical about those in-between moments where the colors transition. The way they melt together feels like a little piece of winter magic. ❄️🎄

#Art #Pottery

Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day of mourning, reflection, and also a call for action. PIC continues to be a welcoming space & advocate for rights of trans & nonbinary s*x workers.

Transgender Day of Remembrance gatherings in NL: www.transgendernetwerk.nl/nieuws/samen...

#TDOR #TransRights

This is why I will never abandon ACT UP, because ACT UP will never abandon us. #ACTUP #TransRights #FightBack

A leaf-shaped stone dagger with a flaked, uneven surface, mounted on a neutral gray background. The tool has a pointed tip and a wider base.

A late Neolithic dagger found in the pile dwelling site of the Roseninsel, Bavaria.The blade is made of flint from the Monti Lessini, upper Italy.
Dating 3500 - 2700 BC.

On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München

📷 me

🏺 #archaeology

The museum image shows a rich purple Roman glass bottle. Free-blown with a spherical body, a flat base, and a narrow, slightly tapering cylindrical neck with flaring rim. 13.7 cm in height. The glass appears to have patchy accretions which have built up over time. The display lighting makes the centre of the bottle glow with a reddish light, as if it contains warm embers. Circa 1st century AD.

Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.

📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins

#Archaeology

My photo shows a small pouring vessel carved in the shape of a duck from a single piece of clear rock crystal. The handle is formed from the duck’s gracefully curved neck and head which turns backwards towards the body of the vessel so that the beak rests on the rim of the bowl. The duck’s body forms the bowl of the vessel which is oval in shape and tapering inwards towards the tail which forms a pouring spout. Measurements: length 13.2 cm, height 4.2–4.7 cm. This unique vessel was found in a female burial; Grave O, Grave Circle B, Mycenae, Greece, during the 1952-54 excavations. It was found in several pieces and has been reconstructed. On display at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Luxurious duck-shaped vessel carved from a single piece of rock crystal around 3,500 years ago!

From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.

National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece

📷 me

#Archaeology

Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"

Trans Awareness Week: Liberal Democrats reaffirm support for trans rights The Liberal Democrats have used Trans Awareness Week to restate their commitment to equality for trans and non-binary people, highlighting what they describe as persistent barriers to healthcare, safe...

"Trans Awareness Week: Liberal Democrats reaffirm support for trans rights"

www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-awaren...

Northern Lights says "Trans Rights."

My photo shows the ‘Mold Cape’ on an upright metal stand inside a British Museum display case. It is a Bronze Age object made of thin hammered gold. The sheet gold is curved and looks like a stiff, rounded poncho. The surface is densely decorated with rows of repeating patterns made of circular bosses and lozenges, which run horizontally around the cape. These are thought to imitate strings of beads. The gold is a deep, warm colour which shines in the display lighting. Cracks and repaired sections are visible. The Mold Cape would be worn over the chest and shoulders. Arm movement would be restricted due to the rigidity of the gold. This amazing artefact was discovered in 1833 by workmen digging for stone in a burial mound at Bryn yr Ellyllon, (Hill of the Goblins) near Mold in Flintshire.

From Bronze Age Wales, the spectacular Mold Cape! 🤩

An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!

The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.

📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

Jupiter says trans rights

A raku fired vase with greens, blues, golds, reds and metallics.

HII regions (red) and molecular clouds (green to blue) in the Orion–Eridanus Superbubble seen by the Northern Sky Narrowband Survey. The reflection nebulae in the northwestern (upper right) part of the image belong to molecular clouds in Taurus.

A close up of a raku fired vase with greens, blues, golds, reds and metallics.

The other side of the raku vase, where you see mostly golds, greens and blues

When multiple supernova explosions and stellar winds combine, you get something super!

Below is a raku vase inspired by the Orion–Eridanus Superbubble, where smoke, flame, and drifting starlight meet on clay.

#space #astronomy #pottery

A mosaic depicting a duck

For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD

📷 me

On display at Museum am Dom, Trier

🏺 #archaeology

Karma is a bitch

A large round red and white holiday ornament on a brass hook

A textured multi-faceted red and white holiday ornament on a brass hook

A smaller round red and white holiday ornament on a brass hook

I’ve been spending more time with porcelain lately;

There is something about the way the colours melt into it that feels alive.

These ornaments capture some of that magic.

#art #holidays

Zarah with two members of Trans Liberation Group — holding a flyer and supporting their demands for Your Party.

Proud to back @transliberationgroup.org.uk — a brilliant grassroots group fighting for trans liberation within Your Party.

Their demands are essential for real party democracy. With trans people under unprecedented threat in the UK, I’m proud to always stand with the trans community.

Egyptian musician and priestess

Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4

The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.

6th Circuit Rules Cis Students May Bully Trans Students By Repeatedly Misgendering Them The Circuit also seemed to suggest that trans students could not misgender their bullies in return.

1. In a devastating decision for trans kids in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, the 6th Circuit has ruled students can bully trans kids by repeatedly misgendering them.

Trans kids also are not allowed to return the favor to their bullies.

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Zohran says you’re trans now

⚠️ It should make every American sick that the Supreme Court is siding with a man fighting to not feed hungry children.

The word is a vampire.

Life is better when you colour outside the binaries.

Literally my favorite thing in the internet right now is all kinds of women and enby people and even some transmen talking about managing our boobs, and our post-surgical boobs, and our large and small boobs.