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A winged figure in aviator's goggles and riveted mask, wings of canvas and steel, amid brass machinery and steam

Samandiriel

Fine art metal print

The Imaginarium Trilogy · Surreal Art

£3,000 2016 91 × 61 cm Limited edition of 7

  • Printed on ChromaLuxe aluminium
  • Signed, numbered and certificated by the artist
  • Made to order — allow about two weeks, plus delivery
  • Shipped insured — £20 UK, £50 worldwide
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  • Fourteen days to change your mind, from the day it arrives

I purchased your amazing themed story art images. The story is brilliant and the images are stunning.

Brian C., on The Imaginarium Trilogy · more

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This piece is from Book One of The Imaginarium Trilogy — a steampunk story told in over 450 original photographic composites. See the rest of the set.

About this work

She arrives not on feathers, but on machinery.

Her wings are stretched, riveted and engineered for a world where the celestial must learn to survive among gears, steam and iron. Goggles replace the halo, leather replaces silk, and the angel becomes traveller, guardian and machine-born apparition.

From The Imaginarium Trilogy, Samandiriel stands at the meeting point between faith and invention — a being who belongs neither entirely to heaven nor entirely to the world below.

Behind her, engines breathe and brass mechanisms turn, as though time itself is being prepared for departure.

She is not an angel imagined for the past.

She is an angel built for what comes next.

How it is made, and what you receive

Built, not captured
Every element is photographed separately, then layered and worked in Photoshop until the scene holds together as one image.
No AI, no stock images
Every photograph in every composite was taken by me. Nothing here is generated, and nothing is bought in from a library.
Printed on metal
The image is infused into a ChromaLuxe aluminium panel rather than laid on top of it, which is what gives these prints their depth and luminosity. Paper cannot do it.
Signed and numbered
Each print is signed, numbered within its edition, and sent with a certificate of authenticity.
Made to order
Nothing sits in a warehouse. Your print is produced when you order it, which takes about two weeks, then shipped insured.