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Workshop of the gods
« on: Sunday, 24 December, 2017 @ 17:51:49 »
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This Greek terracotta workshop produces mythical figures, deities and beasts. See pics

Haralambos Goumas is a man who fashions gods out of clay — a reversal of most ancient creation myths in which the gods make the men. Over the past half-century, Goumas, 67, has produced thousands of large terracotta statues of ancient Greek deities, mythical figures and fabulous beasts, mostly for use as architectural and garden ornaments.

They are a rare survival of a vanishing art in recession-plagued Greece, all made by hand using traditional techniques in a western Athens workshop.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/travel/this-greek-terracotta-workshop-produces-mythical-figures-deities-and-beasts-see-pics/story-RpTIA0E9WnOc3958PbDLBJ.html