Tapestries
Description: The Manticore (Persian for Man eater) is a mythical beast from Persian and Greek mythology. The typical manticore is a vicious predator with the body of a lion, the head of a man, and the tail of a scorpion or dragon. Later modern depictions sometimes now add dragon wings. The myth likely comes from Persian descriptions of Tigers in the Caspian and/or India. In medieval western tradition they came to be associated with the devil, and along with the Greeks they often recorded them as real animals.
Description: The Manticore (Persian for Man eater) is a mythical beast from Persian and Greek mythology. The typical manticore is a vicious predator with the body of a lion, the head of a man, and the tail of a scorpion or dragon. Later modern depictions sometimes now add dragon wings. The myth likely comes from Persian descriptions of Tigers in the Caspian and/or India. In medieval western tradition they came to be associated with the devil, and along with the Greeks they often recorded them as real animals.
Description: This is a hand drawn representation of the cross staff and crowns that is recognised today as the crest on the coat of arms of the City of Nottingham in England. It is an ancient symbol whose original meaning has been largely lost over time. It is most commonly assumed that the cross staff represents the woods that used to define the local area (such as Sherwood forest) and that the crowns are a reference to the royal use of these woods for hunting. The symbol is set upon a red/maroon shield and so this is these are most accurate colours of shirt to choose if you intend to specifically represent Nottingham.
Description: This is a hand drawn representation of the cross staff and crowns that is recognised today as the crest on the coat of arms of the City of Nottingham in England. It is an ancient symbol whose original meaning has been largely lost over time. It is most commonly assumed that the cross staff represents the woods that used to define the local area (such as Sherwood forest) and that the crowns are a reference to the royal use of these woods for hunting.
Description: This is a hand drawn representation of the cross staff and crowns that is recognised today as the crest on the coat of arms of the City of Nottingham in England. It is an ancient symbol whose original meaning has been largely lost over time. It is most commonly assumed that the cross staff represents the woods that used to define the local area (such as Sherwood forest) and that the crowns are a reference to the royal use of these woods for hunting. The symbol is set upon a red/maroon shield and so this is these are most accurate colours of shirt to choose if you intend to specifically represent Nottingham.
Description: This is depiction of a white stag in a rampant stance that was hand drawn with ink in a heraldic style. The deer is based off the free roaming deer in Wollaton hall which I visited recently. The deer in medieval heraldry is a symbol of Christ, piety, purity, and the soul’s desire for God. It can also otherwise be viewed as a symbol of the city of Nottingham.
Description: This is depiction of a white stag in a rampant stance that was hand drawn with ink in a heraldic style. The deer is based off the free roaming deer in Wollaton hall which I visited recently. The deer in medieval heraldry is a symbol of Christ, piety, purity, and the soul’s desire for God. It can also otherwise be viewed as a symbol of the city of Nottingham.
Description: This is depiction of a white stag in a rampant stance that was hand drawn with ink in a heraldic style. The deer is based off the free roaming deer in Wollaton hall which I visited recently. The deer in medieval heraldry is a symbol of Christ, piety, purity, and the soul’s desire for God. It can also otherwise be viewed as a symbol of the city of Nottingham.
Description: This is depiction of a white stag in a rampant stance that was hand drawn with ink in a heraldic style. The deer is based off the free roaming deer in Wollaton hall which I visited recently. The deer in medieval heraldry is a symbol of Christ, piety, purity, and the soul’s desire for God. It can also otherwise be viewed as a symbol of the city of Nottingham.
Description: The Seraphim, or Seraphs, (Hebrew for burning) are the highest choir of angels in Christian tradition while also being attested to in Jewish and Islamic canon. They support the throne of god and endure as symbols of divinity, sovereignty, royalty and divine authority. This work depict them with their usual six wings and many eyes along with a ring of fire around the central eye which looks upward to heaven.
Description: A hand drawn and written circular shield depicting the phrase timete Ignota, (Latin for 'fear the unknown') adorning an image of a werecrane. The werecrane is a cursed fusion of a human and a stalk like bird. Beyond that there is little to know because I completely made it up. All the more reason to fear it.
Description: A hand drawn and written circular shield depicting the phrase timete Ignota, (Latin for 'fear the unknown') adorning an image of a werecrane. The werecrane is a cursed fusion of a human and a stalk like bird. Beyond that there is little to know because I completely made it up. All the more reason to fear it.
Description: Typographic art depicting a Byzantine proverb. The text along the outer circle reads “ΨΥΧΗΝ ΚΟΣΜΕΙ ΟΥ ΧΡΥΣΟΣ ΑΛΛ ΑΡΕΤΗ” translating to “The soul is adorned not by gold, but by virtue.” the letters at the centre read ΨΥΧΗ, or simply “SOUL” in a nominative context. Hand drawn with ink
Description: Typographic art depicting a Byzantine proverb. The text along the outer circle reads “ΨΥΧΗΝ ΚΟΣΜΕΙ ΟΥ ΧΡΥΣΟΣ ΑΛΛ ΑΡΕΤΗ” translating to “The soul is adorned not by gold, but by virtue.” the letters at the centre read ΨΥΧΗ, or simply “SOUL” in a nominative context. Hand drawn with ink
Description: The two headed eagle in European tradition has long been associated with divine terrestrial authority, having been increasingly viewed as symbol of the Roman Empire in the late classical and early medieval periods. In in the west the symbol would come to adorn the flags of the Holy Roman Empire while in the east it endured on the banners of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. The image of the snake on the other is more commonly associated with deception, danger and even the devil himself. The design depicts the eagle defeating the serpent in a manner which invokes the early Christian symbol of the Ichthys (Fish) and simultaneously resembles a saintly Halo.
Description: The two headed eagle in European tradition has long been associated with divine terrestrial authority, having been increasingly viewed as symbol of the Roman Empire in the late classical and early medieval periods. In in the west the symbol would come to adorn the flags of the Holy Roman Empire while in the east it endured on the banners of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. The image of the snake on the other is more commonly associated with deception, danger and even the devil himself. The design depicts the eagle defeating the serpent in a manner which invokes the early Christian symbol of the Ichthys (Fish) and simultaneously resembles a saintly Halo.
Description: This is a depiction of a salmon after its morphological changes during spawning season. The jaws especially become elongated for display and combat. This is the version that has been refined and is ready for shirt prints. It is drawn in a style that tries to marry anatomy with a pattern
