Medusa

2012 People's Choice "Mythical"

Every year the carving club I belong to does a show at our local mall which also features what we call the People's Choice: members enter burnings/carvings into categories for the public to vote on. This year the theme for the burners was mythical so...I originally did a baby griffin like creature...but waited until the week of to decide I wanted to do something better. So...I found this image of Medusa...and well...there she is I think I could have done a lot better on her venomous tresses, this was a first for me and a little out of my comfort zone. I am thinking of adding color now that the contest is over Maybe it will help add to it and distract me from my flaws....

In case you cannot read the back I will translate I did extra credit by adding a few facts about my choice just for the fun of it!

~Medusa~
*Was a creature from Greek Mythology known as a Gorgon: A terrifying female creature who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a gaze that turned those who beheld it to stone.

*Another telling is that she was once a beautiful woman that offended the goddess Athena, who then changed her hair to snakes and made her face so hideous that all who looked at her turned to stone.

*She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who then used her head as a weapon.