Physical Bronze Sculpture oak box, cast-bronze plate with edition number. sculpture: 16 x 12 x 4 in / 41 x 30 x 10 cm. weight: 14.5 lbs / 6.6 kg. oak box: 20 x 14 x 7 in / 50 x 35 x 18 cm. weight: 15 lbs / 6.8 kg. Executed over several years, this work is numbered 15 of 21.
Ethereum NFT animated 3D rendering of Archangel. ERC-721. metadata: IPFS. Minted in 2024, this NFT is 1/1.
Chamuel stands apart from the other Powers of Light. He sees no virtue in the endless dramas and conflicts of men and angels and devils. He devotes himself to an existence of meditation and stillness, seeking a wisdom beyond words and concepts, reaching for a way of existence that transcends the Multiverse, ascends beyond even the pure light of Heaven.
He inhabits a small shrine in Serena Aestuarium, a remote wetland in an obscure world. It is a place of great beauty and peace, its blue-green waters lapping on an archipelago of green islands under a golden sky. Besides the Archangel, its most notable inhabitants are great flocks of pink and white cranes. There Chamuel sits in cross-legged contemplation through endless days and nights, his white wings folded in repose, feeling the gentle breezes on his skin, listening to the sounds of water and crane, contemplating the mystery of existence.
Acolytes of the more active Powers disdain the way of Chamuel, seeing his retreat as an abdication of responsibility, a denial of the harsh reality of the conflict of the Dark and the Light. But they speak from ignorance, for across his knees lies a javelin, a symbol of his worldly duties and a reminder that on the day of Eschaton, the Archangel of Stillness will re-enter the dimensions of conflict and change to join the fight.