Blacksmith in Art

[Nobody Special]

Don't know of any portrayals he did of metalworkers, but you don't have to imagine Dali having done metalwork, he cast and smithed a number of pieces. Sculpture partially, and some jewelry. It's weird stuff, go figure.

[Scott NC]

Sigh... Thanks Nobody.  I got the facination of his work from my brother and only was exposed to his paintings.  I like his work but never delved farther than canvas.  This is a whole new thing to me.  A bit embarrassing considering how much I like him but sometimes I have blinders on and it shows occassionaly.  Thanks.  Now I go look.

[Frosty]

In the day friends and I used to hang out and modify our blood chemistry we'd take felt pens, crayons, colored pencils, etc. to Dali coloring books.

Dali was SUCH a good fit for the 70s.

If I owned a suitably large estate I'd have the gardener trim the edges and trees Dali fashion.

Frosty The Lucky.

[Scott NC]

  Better stick to bland, my friend.  Trust me.

[Frosty]

Okay, I can afford bland yard art, so bland I don't even have a lawn to mow. 

Frosty The Lucky.

[Scott NC]

  Mount it on your roof top.

[Frosty]

Our roof art is a forest green steel roof that's withstood snow and 130+ mph windstorms for IIRC 27 years without a leak. The worst wear it shows is the snow doesn't slide off as easily as it did when the roof was still new and fresh. I tried spraying with liquid car wax before the accident and it helped that winter. I don't go up there since the great white tried to kill me.

Frosty The Lucky.

[Scott NC]

  Sound reasonable to me.  Sorry I suggested such a thing.  

[Frosty]

Oh I've thought of putting a widows walk up there in part so I can get to the stove pipe but I'd have to run screws through the doesn't leak roof so . . . 

Frosty The Lucky.

[Nobody Special]

Any walk on a metal roof in the winter is a bloody widow's walk. I was zipping around putting up Christmas lights last year, weather was about 38 or 40, but the wind started blowing off the sea when it got dark. Took me the better part of a bloody hour and a numb fourth point of contact to get over the sudden layer of ice and onto the ladder without breaking my neck.

[Frosty]

Oh tell me about, even on a dry warm day our roof is scary, the eves are 2 1/2 stories up and the roof is a 4 1/2 in 12 pitch. Snow didn't stick at all the first 4-5 years and the last few it will build up a foot or so deep before releasing and shaking the house as it slides off. The dogs don't like it. 

I'll never have anything but a steel roof again and will happily pay youngsters to sweep the chimney and such.

Frosty The Lucky.

[Nobody Special]

It's only twice a year for me. The local Growler pilots up on Whidbey Island got in a little trouble a few years ago for using their contrails to illustrate certain anatomical points. I live in one of the flight paths and try to show empathy by returning the favor every year at Christmas in a white LED tribute. I keep hoping to see it on social media one day, but I guess they're too busy piloting fighter planes to snap photos...

[Scott NC]

  Try thermite.  It once got the attention of my neighbor who was the fire chief who lived a quarter mile away.  And that was just a coffee can full.  I bet it could be seen from space and would show up on social media of some sort.  You probly have some rr connections?

[JHCC]

Found a new one: “Centaur at the Village Blacksmith” (1888) by Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin 

[Frosty]

Makes me wish I had talent as a painter, that painting inspired the voices to start showing me mental images of Pegasus hovering while being shod. 

Frosty The Lucky.

[Scott NC]

  Well, he did do a unicorn.   He inspired other artists too....  Including the one that gave us the "Alien" movies.  I'm not an expert on old art, though, by any means.

 

Author
Carl von Häberlin  (1832–1911)  wikidata:Q1041359
Object type
painting
Description
Beim Waffenschmied.
Date
by 1911
Medium
oil on canvas

  The edge looks in bad shape.  Chipped up on bone, no doubt.

[Frosty]

That's a good one, I especially like the red and white hose the fellow sitting down is wearing. 

The painting is also a good study piece for people taking photos. The background is dark with just enough detail showing to break up the background and help build the story. The subject is well lit which highlights the subject of the painting.

I know but I studied photography in high school and though it wasn't very marketable skill at the time I still can't help but evaluate photos. 

Frosty The Lucky.

[George N. M.]

The seated figure appears to be an early 16th century German Landsnecht with his armor at his feet.  Might be a good painting for a caption contest.

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!

George

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

I like the look on the blacksmiths face as he evaluates the damage to the short sword. I can almost hear him saying, sorry it's beyond repair needs a new properly tempered blade.

I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sail’s.~ Semper Paratus

[Nobody Special]

On 11/23/2024 at 10:27 AM, Frosty said:

Makes me wish I had talent as a painter, that painting inspired the voices to start showing me mental images of Pegasus hovering while being shod. 

Frosty The Lucky.

He'd have to hover. One of Pegasus's tricks was everywhere his hoofs struck earth, a new spring burst forth. That'd be rough in the middle of the shop. Not sure why; possibly because his ma, Medusa, was one of Poseidon's many victims of so Pegasus and his brother were supposed to be the ill-gotten love-children of the involuntary tryst #poseidondoesn'trespectboundries

[Frosty]

Perhaps that is how Pegasus would pay for being shod, a spring of magic water a blade quenched in would hold a demigod's blessed edge.

Poseidon knew no boundaries.

Frosty The Lucky.

[Nobody Special]

Sure, Pegasus wasn't even Poseidon's first foal. When Demeter was wandering the earth looking for Persephone, Poseidon chased her with ill-intent and she tried to hide in some king or another's horses, but he found her anyway, and the offspring was Arion, a divine horse that Heracles rode for a bit. It's in the Metamorpheses, I think.

[Frosty]

I can never keep the gods and the demigods straight, I have a couple mythology texts on my Kindle, I think I'll give one a listen. The main thing I remember is how similar so many myths are across many cultures and times. 

Frosty The Lucky.

[Nobody Special]

The funny thing is that the people telling the stories didn't feel overly obliged to keep them straight either. There's a ton of variations on a lot of the legends and myths. They'd retell them and change them freely, as long as the resulting story was good, it was considered fair game. Kinda like Disney and bloody Star Wars...#hanshotfirst.

[Frosty]

I wasn't thinking about Minoan, Greek, Roman, European myths, they all have common stories and yes, oral tradition always drifts. You just gotta fit the story to what you need want in the telling. I was thinking more about the similar foundations in myths from Africa, mid east and far east, even  the Americas. Commonalities in Polynesian cultures stories isn't surprising and could well explain them through out the world. It's really just a fun thought problem for me, I like that kind of thing.

I believe the foundations for myth goes back much farther than civilization, pre-Cro-Magnon or Homo-Habilis. Monsters and gods especially, Hominids had to deal with giants, 30'+ snakes, Comodo dragon-like lizards 20'+ Saber tooth cats, cave bears, cave lions, raptors large enough to easily carry off smallish people, etc. 

I believe the dawn of language was the dawn of mythology.

Frosty The Lucky.