Wayland the Smith (Limited Edition Print)
Wayland the Smith (Limited Edition Print)
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
Wayland the Smith
Wayland the smith, the legendary blacksmith from Germanic lore, is most famous for crafting Beowulf’s armor and Sigurd’s sword (the one used to slay the dragon Fafnir). Wayland’s skills are heralded in many places. Some say he learned to weave spells into the metal from the dwarves. Others claim his mastery was so great that he transcended his mortal form to become one of the Elves.
In the “Lay of Wayland,” from the Poetic Edda we learn that Wayland was married to a Valkyrie. He was very happy, but after nine years his bride was called back to Odin’s service, and Wayland was left alone. By this time his renown as a smith was great, and he was approached by the cruel King Nithhad to be his royal blacksmith. Wayland declined, so the King sent warriors to hamstring Wayland, making him a cripple and taking him into captivity.
For many years Wayland was forced to forge items for King Nithhad and his court. And for many years Wayland plotted his revenge. When the time was right Wayland killed the King’s two sons, making goblets from their skulls, a jeweled necklace from their eyes, and a broach from their teeth. All of these that Wayland made as gifts for the cruel King and Queen. Soon after Wayland seduced the King’s daughter and made certain she was with child.
Once all was in place, Wayland revealed the secret wings he had been building and flew out of the forge where he had been imprisoned . As he escaped Wayland informed the King all that he had done, how the King and Queen enjoyed the “gifts,” and how all the King’s heirs would be Wayland’s heirs. Having completed his revenge, Wayland flew away. Some say he flew all the way to Alfheim where he lives on to this day…
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This is a signed and numbered archival silk screen print, measuring 18"x24".
The original was created in ink by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 55 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
The lore of the Norse folk begins as so many stories do in darkness. A darkness so great that it was named Ginnungagap, the great void. Within that void there was a collision of cosmic proportions as the realms of ice and fire collided, creating the first rivers, and out of that river came the first being Ymir.
Ymir was the first giant, all jotuns and their kin are descended from him. The gods too burst from the sweat of Ymir’s armpit, so in a way Odin and his ilk are also descended from Ymir.
Odin and his brothers carved up Ymir to create Mid-Guard or as we would call it, earth. Ymir’s flesh was the earth, the ocean his blood, his bones became hills and his hair the trees, out of his skull the sky and his brains the clouds.
But before all of that Ymir was the first, a primordial being whose name in Old Norse means “Screamer.” Out of nothing emerges sound, the first scream of creation, a sound that we all make as we enter this world, Ymir the screamer in the void.
Like many other stories about the dawn of creations the Vikings understood that existence begins with sound.
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This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with black and white colored pencils on gray tone paper with a hint of acrylic white paint to really bring out the highlights, and Copic markers for shading.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
Odin has a deep connection to his ravens, wolves, and draupnir the ring that makes nine other rings.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with brush and ink.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
Loki gives birth to the great dooms of our world, yet is himself trapped in the cycle of his own actions.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with brush and ink.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
“In swelling rage, then rose up Thor, —
Seldom he sits, when he such things hears, …”
- Bellows Translation
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with brush and ink.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 16" x 20".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
The three Norns tend to the World Tree at the heart of the Nine Worlds, while a dragon gnaws at the roots.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with brush and ink.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was painting in oils measuring 11” x 14”.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12 inches x 16 inches.
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This is a signed archival print of “Yggdrasil the World Tree” including the labels for the different 9 Worlds from Norse Mythology, measuring 16" x 20".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 16" x 20". It will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube. The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 15 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 16" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18"x18".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 13"x26".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 14.5"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 25 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 10 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 14.5"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 25 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 16"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12 inches x 16 inches.
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.