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Sexual & Erotic Charms · c. 3000 BCE – today

Sheela-na-gigs & exhibitionist figures

What it is
Carvings of a grinning woman spreading her vulva, set over church doors and castle gates in Ireland, Britain and France (11th–16th c.). Apotropaic guardians that repel evil by display.
Making yours
Relief-carved limestone or sandstone, 20–60 cm. Replicas are cast in resin or carved in soft stone.
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This section is sexually explicit: phallic charms, fertility figures and erotic badges, photographed as the museums hold them. The photographs stay blurred until you choose to see them.

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Every type in the gallery

Anything in the gallery can be made: any piece, any tradition, in its own material or yours, by hand from the documented original. Numbered. Price on commission, quoted before anything is made. I reply within one business day.