Charlayn von Solms
@charlayn.bsky.social
Sculptor, lapsed academic
I use assemblage to create contemporary art based on the compositional strategies of Archaic Greek oral-formulaic poetry.
https://charlaynvonsolms.com/link-in-bio
I use assemblage to create contemporary art based on the compositional strategies of Archaic Greek oral-formulaic poetry.
https://charlaynvonsolms.com/link-in-bio
Reminder: technology is not always inevitable.
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reminder: technology is not always inevitable.
Ford's vision for Cape Town kind of reminds me of another architectural fantasy - Burj Al Babas in Turkey
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ford's vision for Cape Town kind of reminds me of another architectural fantasy - Burj Al Babas in Turkey
One of the weirder fantasy paintings out there: "Holiday Time in Cape Town in the Twentieth Century, in Honour of the Expected Arrival of a Governor-General of UNITED South Africa" (c. 1899) by James Ford depicts an imagined, Victorian era, utopian future version of Cape Town.
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
One of the weirder fantasy paintings out there: "Holiday Time in Cape Town in the Twentieth Century, in Honour of the Expected Arrival of a Governor-General of UNITED South Africa" (c. 1899) by James Ford depicts an imagined, Victorian era, utopian future version of Cape Town.
Since the invention of Cubism, audiences have grown familiar with art-forms that are premised less on communicating clear and coherent messages to passive audiences in a uniform medium and style, than multiform arts that elicit active and participatory interpretive processes.
A Catalogue of Shapes
A Catalogue of Shapes
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Since the invention of Cubism, audiences have grown familiar with art-forms that are premised less on communicating clear and coherent messages to passive audiences in a uniform medium and style, than multiform arts that elicit active and participatory interpretive processes.
A Catalogue of Shapes
A Catalogue of Shapes
My flea market find of the year: a green enameled Salter No.50 shop scale in working condition 😁. Got it for the bargain price of R150! (that's $8,77!).
Look at that pressed enamel dial and those sensuous Art Deco hips!
An oracle in minty green 💚
Look at that pressed enamel dial and those sensuous Art Deco hips!
An oracle in minty green 💚
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My flea market find of the year: a green enameled Salter No.50 shop scale in working condition 😁. Got it for the bargain price of R150! (that's $8,77!).
Look at that pressed enamel dial and those sensuous Art Deco hips!
An oracle in minty green 💚
Look at that pressed enamel dial and those sensuous Art Deco hips!
An oracle in minty green 💚
La Belle Poule
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
La Belle Poule
To be fair, it is a rather tricky dragon to draw.
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
To be fair, it is a rather tricky dragon to draw.
So, either a tall fail or fall tale.
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
So, either a tall fail or fall tale.
But, what if I don't want to look like Matt Damon pretending to be Odysseus?
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
But, what if I don't want to look like Matt Damon pretending to be Odysseus?
Inspired by @romanpalace.bsky.social's google a simple mosaic challenge, I searched "tetris mosaic -ai" and discovered that such a thing actually exists
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Inspired by @romanpalace.bsky.social's google a simple mosaic challenge, I searched "tetris mosaic -ai" and discovered that such a thing actually exists
get it in writing
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
get it in writing
Jy raak nou baie fancy 🧐
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Jy raak nou baie fancy 🧐
Family portrait: Mnemosyne and her daughter Melpomene
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Family portrait: Mnemosyne and her daughter Melpomene
Don't know what you're on about. These look NOTHING like planetary orbital mo....
*oh*
*oh*
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Don't know what you're on about. These look NOTHING like planetary orbital mo....
*oh*
*oh*
Zeus Theos in all his glory. This is not the philandering Lothario of popular myth. In Hesiod, Zeus ends the cycle of oppression by the father that provokes rebellion in the sons. He's the primary governing principle, ensuring the natural and social constancy required for prosperity and innovation.
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Zeus Theos in all his glory. This is not the philandering Lothario of popular myth. In Hesiod, Zeus ends the cycle of oppression by the father that provokes rebellion in the sons. He's the primary governing principle, ensuring the natural and social constancy required for prosperity and innovation.
"These armors were what supercars are today. They were made for the elites. It was an honor to own one. They were like jewelry for men. They were expensive and carried a metaphysical symbolism that united the wearer with the divine."
(Dimitrios Katsikis)
www.thecollector.com/historically...
(Dimitrios Katsikis)
www.thecollector.com/historically...
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"These armors were what supercars are today. They were made for the elites. It was an honor to own one. They were like jewelry for men. They were expensive and carried a metaphysical symbolism that united the wearer with the divine."
(Dimitrios Katsikis)
www.thecollector.com/historically...
(Dimitrios Katsikis)
www.thecollector.com/historically...
"The image of Maladamatjaute, the "Hindoo" snake charmer of European and American renown, had begun a new life as the primary icon for Mami Wata, an African water divinity with overseas origins, joining and sometimes replacing her manifestation as a mermaid."
(Henry John Drewal, 2008).
(Henry John Drewal, 2008).
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The image of Maladamatjaute, the "Hindoo" snake charmer of European and American renown, had begun a new life as the primary icon for Mami Wata, an African water divinity with overseas origins, joining and sometimes replacing her manifestation as a mermaid."
(Henry John Drewal, 2008).
(Henry John Drewal, 2008).
"Be pleased and show your pleasure, children of Zeus, by giving me a lovely song."
(Hesiod, Theogony 104)
(Hesiod, Theogony 104)
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Be pleased and show your pleasure, children of Zeus, by giving me a lovely song."
(Hesiod, Theogony 104)
(Hesiod, Theogony 104)
Searched the entire warehouse, but no hypocausts in stock right now. Will an eclipse corona Herakles in a cooking pot sitting on the Manhattan Project do?
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Searched the entire warehouse, but no hypocausts in stock right now. Will an eclipse corona Herakles in a cooking pot sitting on the Manhattan Project do?
No monsters required, just Mother Nature. You could also build your city and then run it into the ground by inflicting massive budget cuts and power outages until riots occurred, followed by inevitable destruction.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
No monsters required, just Mother Nature. You could also build your city and then run it into the ground by inflicting massive budget cuts and power outages until riots occurred, followed by inevitable destruction.
"Kleio Play"
In Hesiod's catalogue of Muses in the "Theogony", the first Muse he names is Kleio. Her name derives from 'kleos' a term that denotes an account of significant events that a singer receives from the Muses (who witnessed it) and transmits to an audience (who imagines it).
In Hesiod's catalogue of Muses in the "Theogony", the first Muse he names is Kleio. Her name derives from 'kleos' a term that denotes an account of significant events that a singer receives from the Muses (who witnessed it) and transmits to an audience (who imagines it).
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Kleio Play"
In Hesiod's catalogue of Muses in the "Theogony", the first Muse he names is Kleio. Her name derives from 'kleos' a term that denotes an account of significant events that a singer receives from the Muses (who witnessed it) and transmits to an audience (who imagines it).
In Hesiod's catalogue of Muses in the "Theogony", the first Muse he names is Kleio. Her name derives from 'kleos' a term that denotes an account of significant events that a singer receives from the Muses (who witnessed it) and transmits to an audience (who imagines it).
As threatened, here is a very non-slick video of Melpomene in action.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As threatened, here is a very non-slick video of Melpomene in action.