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THE MEDUSA RONDANINI petite necklace pendant

​This pendant is an extremely accurate 3D laser-scanned, 3D printed, and hand-cast reduction of the over life-size Medusa Rondanini, a fifth-century BC Greek work. It’s the oldest-known "beautiful gorgoneion" depiction of the mythological monster slain by Perseus. It is thought to have been copied from a gilded bronze aegis that once hung in the Acropolis, where it would have been meant to ward off evil and bad luck.

"The mere knowledge that such a work could be created and still exists in the world makes me feel twice the person I was" —Goethe, Italian Journey

The Medusa Rondanini appears to borrow the idealized likeness of Athena of Velletri, wreathed in decorative snakes and delicate owl wings—Chthonic dread and death mixed with Olympian beauty and cunning.

While on display in the Palazzo Rondanini in Rome, it was noticed and first brought to the attention of Northern European art connoisseurs in the 1780s by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who wrote, "I would say something about it if everything one could say about such work were not a waste of breath."

In 2013 I spent a week working at the Skulpturhalle Basel plaster cast museum in Basel, Switzerland, where I 3D laser-scanned a high fidelity 19th-century plaster cast of the original Medusa Rondanini. I’ve now prepared the resulting 3D data—the first of its kind—for 3D printing wax patterns which are then hand cast in a variety of precious and semi-precious metals in the traditional lost-wax casting method.

The 2,500-year-old marble is currently housed at the Munich Glyptothek museum, but you can now wear the conquered gorgon around your neck, in a variety of materials.

MATERIALS: Available in gold, silver, bronze, and platinum.

FINISHES: All my designs have very fine details. The "raw" or"natural" finish shows all the most intricate features, and has a very fine-grained texture that creates a subtle satin finish. It's bright and pretty, and on silver it creates an unusual luminous effect. The "polished" and plated options are smooth and are nearly a mirror finish; the very finest details are slightly softened in the polishing process.

MATERIAL CARE & HANDLING: Materials other than gold and platinum may tarnish, but can be polished bright again with a soft cloth.
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Medusa Rondanini, mini pendant
Dimensions:
1.51 x 0.6 x 1.69 cm
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Mature audiences only.
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