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@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 12:39 PM

Seated Jaguar Warrior
carved stone
c. 1250-1521 CE
Aztec (Mexica) culture
Mexico

#handmade #carved #stone #JaguarWarrior #sculpture #Aztec #Mexica #culture #mesoamerica #warrior #sacrifice #religion #ritual #belief #precolumbian #prehispanic #ancientart #art #sculpture #jaguar #AztecArt #MexicaArt

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 6:56 PM

The Resurrected Corn God in a Tortoise Shell
carved green stone, pigments
Maya culture
c. 250-900 CE
Mexico

The resurrected Corn (Maize) God is born from the earth represented by the tortoise shell.

#handmade #carved #greenstone #MayaCulture #Mexico #Mesoamerica #MayanArt #precolumbian #corn #god

Not just a beautiful object, this carving has deep religious and philosophical significance. Carved from green stone which ancient Mesoamericans regarded as the stone of life representing new growth of young plants. The face of the Corn (Maize) god peeks out from the tortoise shell which represents the earth, the sustenance for life and life-giving crops like maize which were so important to the Mayans.

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

Skull Mask
carved stone
Aztec (Mexica) culture
c. 1350-1520 CE
Mexico

#handmade #carved #stone #mask #skull #Aztec #Mexica #culture #cdmx #Mexico #Mesoamerica #precolumbian #prehispanic #ancientart #ancientsculpture #precolumbianart #precolumbiansculpture #art #sculpture #ancientMexico #aztecmask

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 6:37 PM

Cycladic Figures
marble
c. 2700-2300 BCE
Keros-Syros culture
Cyclades, Greece

#handmade #carved #stone #marble #threefigures #cycladicart #spedosvariety #bronzeagesculpture #cycladicsculpture #ancientart #ancientsculpture #cyclades #archipelago #greece #KerosSyros #culture #bronzeage #keros #syros

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 5:04 PM

Anthropomorphic Figure
carved jade, cinnabar
c. 1800-1000 BCE
Olmec culture
Mexico

#handmade #carved #jade #red #cinnabar #OlmecCulture #mesoamerica #precolumbian #prehispanic #ancientart #art #religion #sculpture #ancientsculpture #transformation #shaman #shamanicritual #belief #culture #spiritual

Shown is a piece of
anthropomorphic jadeite cast with Olmec iconography, bathed in cinnabria, the piece was found in a green stone box with needles of the same material.
Private French collection.

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 1:59 PM

Skull Bead
carved jade
c. 1200-1520 CE
Aztec (Mexica) culture
Mexico

#handmade #carved #jade #human #skull #bead #Aztec #Mexica #culture #Mexico #religion #belief #FiveSuns #regeneration #restore #cosmicbalance #precolumbianjade #prehispanic #ancientart #art #jewelry #ancientjewelry #wearableart

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 3:47 PM

Totemic Sculpture
carved red tezontle volcanic stone
nd
Pedro Reyes (b. 1972)
Mexico

#handmade #carved #tezontle #volcanic #stone #red #sculpture #contemporarysculpture #PedroReyes #cdmx #mexico #art #contemporaryart #MexicanArt #MexicanArtist #MexicanSculptor #totem #geometric #abstract #activism

Pedro Reyes (Mexico City, Mexico, 1972) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, architecture, theater, psychology, and activism. Although trained as an architect, he primarily defines himself as a sculptor, even as his artistic output defies categorization. He is widely recognized for projects that address issues such as gun violence, democracy, the environment, and mental health.
Reyes believes that art must offer alternatives and visions of the future, even utopian ones. For him, humor is a powerful tool for disarming resistance and engaging with difficult topics, serving as a bridge between critique and imagination.
Solo exhibitions include Amnesia Atómica, Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City (2024); Direct Action, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico (2023); Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey, Monterrey (2022); Escultura Social, MARCO, Mexico (2022); Pedro Reyes, Luisa Strina, São Paulo (2021); Return to Sender, Museum Tinguely, Basel (2020); Glyptotek, Lisson Gallery, London (2018); Recent Works, Luisa Strina, São Paulo (2017); Doomocracy, Creative Time, New York (2016); Domingo Salvaje, La Tallera/SAPS, Cuernavaca (2016); For Future Reference, Dallas Contemporary (2016); pUN: The People’s United Nations, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2015); Sanatorium, The Power Plant, Toronto (2014).
His work is part of numerous public and private collections, including: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Colección Jumex, Mexico City; ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco; Bronx Museum, New York; Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh; La Tallera/SAPS, Cuernavaca; MAXXI, Rome; MAC/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; MUAC, Mexico City; MFA, Boston; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 2:15 PM

Standing Stone Figure
carved stone
c. 300-100 BCE
Mezcala culture
Guerrero, Mexico

#handmade #carved #stone #standing #figure #Mezcala #culture #Guerrero #Mexico #ancientart #ancientsculpture #art #sculpture #Mesoamerica #ancientMexico #precolumbian #prehispanic #precolumbianart #Mezcalasculpture

The Mezcala culture (sometimes referred to as the Balsas culture) is the name given to a Mesoamerican culture that was based in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero in the upper Balsas River region. The culture is poorly understood but is believed to have developed during the Middle and Late Preclassic periods of Mesoamerican chronology between 700 and 200 BC. The culture continued into the Classic period (c.250-650 AD) when it coexisted with the great metropolis of Teotihuacan.
Mezcala-style sculpture is characterised by abstract facial features, suggested by lines and differences in texture. The Mezcala sculptural style emphasizes geometric abstraction in both human figures and architectural models. The sculptural style of the Mezcala culture may have been influenced by the Olmecs. In turn, it may have influenced the development of sculpture at the Classic-period metropolis of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico.
Later civilizations, like the Aztecs, valued Mezcala items; archaeologists have found Mezcala standing figures and artifacts buried as offerings inside the Templo Mayor in Mexico City.

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 1:44 PM

Zoomorphic Hacha
carved stone
c. 500-950 CE
Late Classic
Maya culture
Mexico

#handmade #carved #stone #hacha #zoomorphic #transformation #belief #ritual #mesoamerican #ballgame #Maya #culture #mexico #ancientart #ancientsculpture #ritualobject #ceremonial #precolumbian #prehispanic #art #sculpture

In ancient Mesoamerica (particularly in Maya and Classic Veracruz cultures), an hacha (Spanish for "axe") was a critical piece of ceremonial gear associated with the Mesoamerican ballgame. While lightweight wooden versions were likely worn on the players' heavy belts during active matches, these highly detailed stone replicas were carved for ritual displays, architectural integration, or dedication ceremonies.

@tourscotland.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 10:17 PM

Tour #Scotland travel photography and video Blog of a #Pictish #Cross #Slab #Carved #Stone on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to #Meigle, #Perthshire. Animals carved into the background include a bird with a serpent in its mouth tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2011/06/tour...

@kenscottceramics.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 2:14 PM

#ceramics #clay #pottery #bamboo #carved

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 4:13 PM

Were-Jaguar Mask
carved greenstone (serpentine or jade)
c. 900-600 BCE
Olmec culture
Mexico

#handmade #carved #greenstone #jade #serpentine #olmec #culture #werejaguar #mask #transformation #shaman #ritual #religion #fertility #maize #precolumbian #prehispanic #precolumbianjade #ancientart #art

This image shows an ancient Olmec greenstone were-jaguar mask, originating from Mesoamerica (approx. 900–600 BCE).
Features the characteristic downturned trapezoidal mouth, almond-shaped eyes, and a cleft head representing the supernatural transformation between human and jaguar.
Carved from dense green stone (such as jadeite or serpentine), which held deep religious significance associated with maize, water, and life-generating fertility.
Created by the Olmec civilization—often termed the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica—such masks were likely utilized in elite shamanic rituals or as sacred votive offerings.

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 2:24 PM

Kroisos Kouros
marble, pigments
c. 530 BCE
Anavyssos, Attica
Greece

#handmade #carved #marble #stone #sculpture #art #ancientart #ancientgreece #greeksculpture #kroisoskouros #anavyssos #attica #greece #warrior #memorial #gravemarker #archaicperiod #archaicsmile #nationalarcheologicalmuseum #athens

The Kroisos Kouros, an ancient Greek marble statue from the Archaic period.
It is dated to around 530 BC and was found in Anavyssos, Attica.
The life-sized statue served as a grave marker for a young warrior named Kroisos.
It features the rigid stance and stylized "Archaic smile" typical of the era.
It is currently housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Over thousands of years, exposure to elements, burial, and harsh cleaning faded the vibrant colors, leaving behind the bare, weathered marble seen today. However, microscopic analysis and close inspection reveal crucial details about its original appearance.
Faint remnants of red pigment are still visible on the statue, particularly in the hair and the eyes.
The intricately braided hair was coated in dark tones or red underpainting, which some scholars believe may have originally been covered with gold leaf to give it a brilliant, heroic shine.
Colors were used to pick out specific features such as the lips, eyes, and nipples to make the figure feel more present and lifelike.
While mainland kouroi like this one have less surviving skin pigment, contemporary statues from other Greek regions show traces of dark, reddish-brown paint used to represent a healthy, athletic sun-tan.
In antiquity, the cemeteries and sanctuaries where these statues stood would have been filled with vivid, intensely colorful figures rather than the austere white galleries we see in museums today.

@kxswanson.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 2:54 PM

#ECK #BlueSkyPhotography
#AlphabetChallenge #scape #WeekJforJocular #ForestFriday

2 of 25 #BabsonBoulders in #woods #carved with #inspirational #messages by Great Depression unemployed hired by Roger Babson (of Babson College) in abandoned colonial settlement, #Dogtown #Gloucester #Massachusetts

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 7:01 PM

Grasshopper Throne
carved stone
c. 1350-1500 CE
Purépecha culture
Michoacán, Mexico

#handmade #carved #stone #grasshopper #design #throne #chair #purépecha #culture #michoacán #mexico #mesoamerica #ancientmexico #ancientart #ancientsculpture #sculpture #art #precolumbian #prehispanic #elite #ruler

The Purépecha are an indigenous people centered in the highlands of Michoacán, Mexico, historically renowned for successfully resisting the Aztec Empire and mastering early bronze and copper metallurgy.
Formed a powerful pre-Columbian state around Lake Pátzcuaro.
Defeated the Aztecs in the 1470s and maintained independence until Spanish forces arrived in the 1530s.
Built distinct stepped pyramids known as yácatas.
Language is Purépecha (historically called Tarascan), an isolate language not clearly related to surrounding Mesoamerican tongues.
Traditional arts include advanced metalwork, distinctive woodcraft, and pottery deeply tied to festivals like the Day of the Dead.
Traditional religious beliefs centered on deities like Kurikaweri (sky and war god) and Kwerawáperi (earth mother), which blended with Roman Catholicism over time.
Most members live in Michoacán, with vibrant populations in towns like Cherán, Paracho, and Pátzcuaro.
Growing diaspora communities exist across the United States and Mexican urban centers due to agricultural migration and economic shifts.

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 3:47 PM

Ixiim Maize God Vessel
jade mosaic on wood
c. 800 CE
Maya culture
Tikal, Guatemala

#handmade #carved #jadeite #jade #mosaic #wood #core
#Ixiim #godofMaize #ceremonial #vessel #Tikal #king #Yik'inChanK'awiil #Maya #culture #precolumbian #precolumbianjade #art #ancientart #mayanjade #burial #offering

Pictured is an 8th-century Maya anthropomorphic jade mosaic vessel unearthed from Burial 196 in the ancient city of Tikal, Guatemala.
The artifact is built over a wooden core.
Artisans attached thin jadeite plates using tiny jade pins to create a seamless mosaic surface.
The detailed face and elaborate headdress represent the Maya Maize God (Ixiim). This deity symbolizes agricultural renewal, rebirth, and the eternal cycle of life.
This luxury object dates to the Late Classic period. It is linked to the reign of the powerful Tikal king Yik'in Chan K'awiil.
You can view similar royal collections at the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología in Guatemala City.