Imp - Sylph - Wings - 2

mixed media~
(2006)

leather, sculpey, mop, fur, sinew, wire, acrylics

According to the wikipedia, a sylph is a faux-mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term "Sylph" originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. There is no substantial mythos associated with them. As alchemy in the West derived from Paracelsus, alchemists and related movements, such as Rosicrucianism, continued to speak of sylphs in their hermetic literature.

But can also be described as "the mystically, chemically condensed humors of peevish women." I like that definition better and am sticking to it. yes.

Photography by the ever lovely ~Adiantum