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Entry: [ Sand & Wind ]
Visual,Writing
2018-10-28

WIND & SAND

A world ravaged by violently fluctuating weather patterns and quickly moving seasons.

Nomadic populations forced to chasse the spring, pitted against those able to permanently settle in a small habitable region around the world's equator.

Illustration of a Seamic outpost
Seamic outpost at the 42nd pass, “The Quilted Dawn Gate”

Illustration of a long forgotten statue
Forgotten statue, carved to a lost constellation. Found in spring time and bound, a ritual said to encourage a long spring.

Illustration of a fisherman's knife from the Ceruleans
A fisherman's knife, from the Ceruleans. Handle inlaid with decorations depicting the movement of the Twins, sheath painted with images of local islands.

Illustration of an ancient towerlike structure
Remnants of our ancestors, long abandoned by us but adopted by these forests that have surrounded them, seemingly growing from nothing in otherwise barren lands.

Illustration of a collection of assorted instruments
Collection of assorted instruments, gathered by Travellers and held at the Library of Glass Ceilings and Painted Walls.

Illustration of a beautiful pair of mending scissors
Mending and modifying ones garments is central to a culture always on the move, that must withstand wildly varying climates and weather patterns. A beautiful pair of scissors is a treasure to hold close.

Illustration of a broken ceramic tile
Section of ceramic tile from a western coastal town. Finished with a glaze mixture of local corals that combine to emit a dull bio luminescence.

Illustration of a traditional marital necklace
Traditional marital necklace. Made by the couple in the days leading up to the ceremony. Throughout the celebrations they give the other permission to remove the necklace and wear it, trading it back and forth throughout the night.