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Żabka (Hypnotoad)
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Żabka (Hypnotoad)
Live painted at Gratifly & Arise Festivals, summer 2014. Toads are amazing creatures – ancient, metamorphic, sturdy, adaptable. Their habit of consuming the skin they shed has made them an especially potent image for transformation. The most potent animal toxin comes from a frog (batrachotoxin, from Phyllobates terribilis); the most powerful hallucinogen does as well (5-MeO-DMT, from Bufo alvarius). Amazonian tribes use the secretions of another species (Phyllomedusa bicolor) as a ritual purgative to purify themselves for hunting. (This "kambo" ceremony renders people temporarily and inexplicably immune to the shock of electric eels.) My great inspiration Ernst Haeckel, who coined the term "ecology," is also famous for saying that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" – meaning, the development of individual organisms is a kind of re-enactment of their whole evolutionary history. We all start out as single cells, then grow into worm-like creatures, then fish, and so on...humans do this in the womb but frogs and toads go through their transformation out where everyone can see. Perhaps that is part of their enduring mystery and appeal. Certainly it resonates with my own open-studio process as a live painter, letting everyone observe the work unfold in public.
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By Samantha D.4 September 2017 • Verified Purchase
Folded Card, Size: Standard (12.7 cm x 17.8 cm), Paper: Signature Matte
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The card was excellent this time preferred the quality of print etc. Brilliant clear and good quality pleasing to the eye
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By Sarah T.13 May 2021 • Verified Purchase
Folded Card, Size: Standard (12.7 cm x 17.8 cm), Paper: Signature Matte
Creator Review
Looked great and was perfect for my Nana's 99th it arrived super quick so much quicker than sending the original from the other side of the world! My Nan loved my artwork too and the picture of us inside helped her remember who I was as she has Alzheimer's. Crisp and clear. Bright and colorful true to the original artwork I created. The photo we placed inside also looked great and clear.
5 out of 5 stars rating
By MR M.1 April 2021 • Verified Purchase
Folded Card, Size: Standard (12.7 cm x 17.8 cm), Paper: Signature Matte
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This was used as a Mother's Day card and my mother absolutely loved it! The artwork and attention to detail is stunning. It's as if the hare could jump right out of the card at any moment. The print quality and colours are of a very high standard and show the beautiful hare in commendable detail.
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Product ID: 137860838126660235
Created on 22/08/2014, 14:07
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