SCULPTURES – MARIA COLLINDER

Working in stoneware, my mythical figures are emerging. My inspiration comes from the fornnordic, celtic and egyptian traditions as well as from the animal kingdom and sagas of old. Sometimes my totem animals come through and show themselves… Send me an email if you want to purchase an item.

Antelope Totem

White lava clay, ironoxide glaze. Stoneware
24 cm tall
4 000 SEK

Water Spirit

White clay with green and white glaze, stoneware
22 cm long, 6 cm tall
Private collection

Freckled Sheep

White lava clay, copper oxide and white glaze. Stoneware
15 cm tall
4 000 SEK

Snow Leopard

Red clay with white glaze, stoneware
15 cm tall
4 000 SEK

Secretive and mysterious, the Snow Leopard is seldom seen in the Himalayas. Only his tracks on the snowy slopes gives him away… He is a shapeshifter, a shaman among animals and Pakistani people regard him as a Mountain Spirit. When there’s Snow Leopard imagery in your dream, it whispers of the many mysteries awaiting you. It’s time to seek your soul’s purpose.

Anubis

White clay with cobolt blue oxide, stoneware
24 cm tall
5 000 SEK

Polarbear

White lava clay with green and white glaze, stoneware
12 cm tall, 20 wide
Private collection

Nanook

White lava clay with green and white glaze, stoneware
10 cm tall, 20 cm wide
3 000 SEK

Nanook or Nanuq is in Inuit mythology in North America originally a shapeshifter shapeshifting into a polar bear. He was the king of polar bears. The Inuit people had great respect for the polar bear from whom they got both meat and fur. The myth tells us the story about how he was chased up into the sky by dogs. He can now be seen in the constellation of the Pleiades.