Strong and Beatiful Goddesses – Beata Kulesza-Damaziak https://www.highreliefcoins.pl coin designer portfolio Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:04:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.highreliefcoins.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/favicon.png Strong and Beatiful Goddesses – Beata Kulesza-Damaziak https://www.highreliefcoins.pl 32 32 Goddesses inspired by Mucha https://www.highreliefcoins.pl/en/victoria-nike/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:43:06 +0000 http://www.karandasz.home.pl/coinsy2/?p=1954 Czytaj więcej]]> Well, I do like to draw guys… This time, however, I wanted to create something more subtle, more delicate and finally feminine. A simple classical ancient Greek and Roman ornaments become unsymmetrical. Typography is in the Art Nouveau style. The both goddesses are inspired (consciously!) by the phenomenal artwork of Alfons Mucha.

Strong and Beautiful Goddesses series, Niue, 5 dollars, 2 oz, 45 mm, antique finish high relief coin, selective gilding, client and producer: Mint of Poland.

Goddesses series
Strong and Beautiful Goddesses series.

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Victoria and Nike

Niue 2018.

The final design of the reverse.
The final design of the reverse.
My inspiration: the art of Alphonse Mucha.
My inspiration: the art of Alphonse Mucha. Source: Wikipedia, public domain.
Photo of the coin.
Photo of the coin.
About this coin:

Photo of the coin: Power Coin Blog

“The best design of all time and over the world with women on coin.” / “Sympathetic design” (my own translation from Russian): Silver Stacking Academy 2 YouTube

Design of the obverse.
Design of the obverse.

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Athena and Minerva

Niue 2019.

This is the sequel of the series inspired by artwork of Alfons Mucha.
Athena was the goddess of wisdom, art and war. Her attributes are: the owl (on her helm), a symbol of wisdom and the olive tree (olive branch in her hand), a symbol of prosperity. Athena offered the first olive tree to the Athenians…
Minerva, Roman goddess of war and art. She follows the Greek myths around Athena: on her helm we see Pegasus, a winged horse symbolizing artistic inspiration. Athena (Minerva) helped Bellerophon catch Pegasus with a golden bridle…

Athena and Minerva — design of the reverse.
Athena and Minerva — design of the reverse.
Alphonse Mucha, Fruits.
The pose of my Minerva was inspired by this painting of Alphonse Mucha. Fruits. Source: Wikipedia, public domain.
Detail of my drawing (1).
Athena.
Detail of my drawing (2).
Minerva.
Photo of the coin.
Photo of the coin (Berlin 2019, World Money Fair).

See the coin on Mint of Poland’s YT channel.

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Aphrodite and Venus

Niue 2020.

In my opinion, the third coin in this series, unfortunately does not reproduce accurately my design. The faces of both goddesses on the minted coin are not so delicate as on my drawing. What a pity…

Close-up view of my drawing and faces.
Aphrodite and Venus
Aphrodite and Venus – the final drawing.

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Tyche and Fortuna

In Greek Tyche (Τύχη) means blind fate, blind luck or fortune. Tyche is blind—she has a gold sash that covers her eyes. Fortuna is looking at the roman coin with the personification of the fortune. Both goddesses were responsible for the prosperity of the cities: they wear city—shaped crowns, respectively Greek and Roman. In ancient art Tyche and Fortuna was depicted as carrying a cornucopia—a horn of plenty. The wheel represents the unpredictable turns of fortune.

Tyche and Fortuna
The final design of Tyche and Fortuna.
Roman coin
A Roman coin with Fortuna. Dictionary of Roman Coins, Republican and Imperial (Source: Wikipedia, public domain).

See the coin on Mint of Poland’s YT channel.

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