PIECE PROFILES
INCANTATION
(Carmen)

(Words or sounds uttered as a Magic Spell)

Words or sounds uttered as a magic spell such as Jemellus might speak to raise a dragon from the old books of veneficium. As to why a mage would want to conjure forth such a fearsome creature is a question best not asked of the illustrious personnage himself. Sorcerers are notoriously ill-tempered and arrogant, considering any who do not have the facility of magic to be little better than fools. Such individuals are not suffered to ask impertinent questions.

Jemellus has conjured many dragons from the ancient pages to do his dark bidding.

Every sorcerer knows the power of words, especially when gathered together into a great volume, and he that fails to show the ancient scripts their due respect walks on the road to ruin.

Be wary when speaking an incantation within earshot of the old books - you might just get what you wish for! Within earshot? Are the books alive? If one dared to ask this question of the VerbuMMagus, he would fix you with a glittering eye and give no answer save a knowing smile.

The above text is taken from the certificate that comes with the piece and was written by Andrew Bill

INAUGURAL PIECE

 

NUMBER	AB20001
NAME	INCANTATION
TITLE	CARMEN
SCULPTOR	ANDREW BILL
SIZE (H/W/D)	H - 18.4cm (7.25") / W - 16.5cm (6.5") / D - 10.2cm (4")
RELEASED	May 2001
RETIRED/SOLD OUT	May 30th 2002 - Actually ran till the March 24th 05
LIMITED	Open (1 Year)
NUMBER ACTUALLY MADE	-
GEM STONE	TOPAZ 20pp
ORIGINAL SELLING PRICE (£/$)	£45.00 ($6.00)
OTHER INFORMATION	This is the Inaugural piece for The Dragon Site This along with Deliverance was the first launch piece available from a special low key (but very well attended) promotional show at Moddershall Hall in Stoke on the 26th & 27th of May 2001 To see pictures of the Master and the rubber moulds and an unpainted piece scroll to the bottom of this page To see an Animated rotation of this piece Click Here or use the button at the bottom of this page

Original artwork of Incantation shown below was drawn by Andrew Bill and as such he owns the ©Copyright to this art - used with kind permission.

Below shows the Topaz gem stone that depicts the year the piece was sculpted which in this case was 2001

Below is the front and back view of the certificate that comes supplied with 'Incantation'

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Below is a photo of the original wax sculpture
Photo copyright of Andrew Bill

Below is one of the Masters in all it's separate parts for Incantation with the rubber mould for each part next to it

Below is the Master on its own

Main Body

Underneath the book

The Head, Rear Fin and Leg

Below is a test painting of the book, notice the hand painted lettering used as an example of the type of thing that was wanted on the finished product

The underside of the book, notice that when compared to the production version you will see that the ©tds2000 is missing from the spine.

The pictures below show Incantation in the 'White' unpainted stage as you can see, the book, head, leg and rear fin are all in white resin but the body is in a clear resin

The pictures below show the dragon cast in white resin, this was a test casting

Use the arrows below to navigate to the next or last piece - Only works to go through the full catalogue - If searching by section then use your browsers navigation arrows to return to previous page