Dragon Queen
Companion piece of the Dragon King, There was never any doubt that - of the two - she would be the more powerful visual element. Unlike in nature (where the female's appearance is usually much more subdued than the male), this lady would wear her power openly and proudly. She required that I create a differnet headpiece mold in order to give her a unique and more grand appearance than her mate.

One of the interesting elements of the Kaballistic Tree of Life image is the fact that the femenine 'pillar' is entitled the "Pillar of Severity". That always struck me as being in direct conflict with the feminine essence, a contradiction that is echoed in the existence of so many dieties of death and destruction bearing a feminine form.

It actually makes perfect sense. It is the woman who gives form to life, who takes the inifinite spectrum of genetic possibility and trims away all other possibilities but one, and then gives it life. The power to define a form implies a cutting away of all that is NOT that form, a merciless paring away of all other potential. Without this essential "cutting of threads", there would be nothing but Chaos. So while human experience by evolve a fear of death and destruction, it is that very ending that holds the promise of new beginnings.

The Dragon Queen may appear cruel, but she is both the vessel of all things and the cutter of threads.