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Paper craft for #ArtisanCraft's Myth Contest.
It's been a while since I've done anything with paper and cutting and gluing, but it was a welcome change after my many crocheting projects.
Background and ground are two unconnected pieces of paper. Clouds, birds and the big rock are glued to the background. The bushes and the smaller rock with the devil on it are stuck together crosswise and are standing on their own. The devil is 8cm (3.1") tall, 12.5cm (4.9"), if I count the rock he's on, too.
Took me about 7 hours to make from the first sketch to the finished scene.
Anyway, the scene I did for the contest is taken from a myth from my home region.
Only a few kilometers away from my home village there is a rock, from which one has a great view over the Werra valley, by the name of "Teufelskanzel" (Devil's Pulpit).
The legend about how it got its name is as follows:
When on a Walpurgis Night a long time ago the witches and the devil held their annual meeting on the Brocken, the devil was asked if he'd be able to carry the rock he'd just been preaching from to another mountain called Hoher Meißner, without having to rest on his way.
The devil was very confident he'd manage without problems, so he took the rock and ran away with it. For a while he had it easy, but the farther he went, the heavier the rock became. When he felt he couldn't go any farther, he decided to rest for an hour, in the forest, where he was sure the witches wouldn't see him.
But the witches hadn't trusted the devil's words and went after him. And while he wasn't visible under the trees, his rock was and so he was found sleeping.
The witches laughed at him and called him lazy and in his shame he stomped his foot on the ground and left the rock where it was. To the people it became known as the Devil's Pulpit then and even today the devil's footprint can be seen in the valley.
The "devil's foot print" is a very narrow bend in the Werra right in front of the Teufelskanzel. I found a 360° interactive panorama online: [link]
More about the place, including the legend (German only): [link]
It's been a while since I've done anything with paper and cutting and gluing, but it was a welcome change after my many crocheting projects.
Background and ground are two unconnected pieces of paper. Clouds, birds and the big rock are glued to the background. The bushes and the smaller rock with the devil on it are stuck together crosswise and are standing on their own. The devil is 8cm (3.1") tall, 12.5cm (4.9"), if I count the rock he's on, too.
Took me about 7 hours to make from the first sketch to the finished scene.
Anyway, the scene I did for the contest is taken from a myth from my home region.
Only a few kilometers away from my home village there is a rock, from which one has a great view over the Werra valley, by the name of "Teufelskanzel" (Devil's Pulpit).
The legend about how it got its name is as follows:
When on a Walpurgis Night a long time ago the witches and the devil held their annual meeting on the Brocken, the devil was asked if he'd be able to carry the rock he'd just been preaching from to another mountain called Hoher Meißner, without having to rest on his way.
The devil was very confident he'd manage without problems, so he took the rock and ran away with it. For a while he had it easy, but the farther he went, the heavier the rock became. When he felt he couldn't go any farther, he decided to rest for an hour, in the forest, where he was sure the witches wouldn't see him.
But the witches hadn't trusted the devil's words and went after him. And while he wasn't visible under the trees, his rock was and so he was found sleeping.
The witches laughed at him and called him lazy and in his shame he stomped his foot on the ground and left the rock where it was. To the people it became known as the Devil's Pulpit then and even today the devil's footprint can be seen in the valley.
The "devil's foot print" is a very narrow bend in the Werra right in front of the Teufelskanzel. I found a 360° interactive panorama online: [link]
More about the place, including the legend (German only): [link]
Image size
900x675px 200.01 KB
Make
PENTAX Corporation
Model
PENTAX K10D
Shutter Speed
1/90 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
73 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
May 31, 2010, 2:31:31 AM
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Amazing what you can do with just paper and cutting.