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Hi! I am Ceri Harris and I make sculptures many of which are inspired by myths, classical and celtic, particularly myths of transformation. I am also interested in the changing status of women as reflected in ancient myths.

I work with alabaster, plaster and mixed media.

These pages contain pictures of 5 sculptures in detail.

Branwen

The sculpture shows the face of the goddess Branwen. This is a three sided sculpture - you can only see the face and the bird flying off to the right ( a bit obscure in the photo). The first side is Io, the great sky goddess whose milk made the Milky Way (no, not the candy!!); the little bird is sacred to and represents Juno, Queen of the gods and consort of Jupiter; the third is the face which represents Branwen, the Welsh princess married of by her brothers to Matholwch King of Ireland. All aspects of the same mythological entity, showing the gradual loss of power of the female in a developing patriarchy (hows that for Politically Correct Feminism!).

Acceptance

This is a classic sleeping goddess pose in granite.

The Master Manipulator

A hand playing chess. A tribute to Marcel Duchamp, who manipulated the art world - and then left art to become a Chess Master.

Dylan, The Wave

Dylan is a divine child of the sea and is represented here by a breaking wave carved from marble. Dylan was son of the great goddess Arianrhod. Beneath him, no wave ever broke. Waves were also known as sea stags, and the Celts believed the sea gods connected this world with the Otherworld, taking the soul to immortality.

Bloduewedd

Bloduewedd is carved here with her human face on an owl's body.

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