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MEDAL PORTRAITS AND MEDAL ART
Medals by Marina Radius
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UTOPIA
This medal shows the blissful expression
 on the sun's face.
Obverse: 73 mm, Bronze

UTOPIA
On the reverse Utopia is written in jubilant characters;
a modelled flower adds to the festive mood.
Reverse: 73 mm, Bronze

 

TIMBA
The Dutch sheepdog Timba is portrayed with the forest
where she liked to walk in the background. The dog has
a kind-hearted look. The sky above the treeline
shows three birds.
Obverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 TIMBA
The reverse shows the shepherd's staff
in the middle, flanked by the words
Amor et Fides (love and faithfulness).

Reverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 

ODE AAN HET PAARD
Horse's head to the left

Obverse: 57 mm, Bronze		 ODE AAN HET PAARD
Horseshoe with the text:Equus, Vigor et Venustas
(Horse, Power and Beauty)
Reverse: 57 mm, Bronze

 

PAARD
Horse in motion to the left.

Obverse: 68 mm, Bronze		 PAARD
Horseshoe with the text: Equus, Vigor et Venustas
(Horse, Power and Beauty)
Reverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 

JOCONDE'S KABINET
The ammonite is the logo of Gallery Joconde.
Obverse: 70 mm, Bronze		 JOCONDE'S KABINET
The reverse shows the text:Joconde's kabinet 1998.
Reverse: 70 mm, Bronze

 

JOEKJE
A young cat found in a chimney in France.
Obverse: 57 mm, Bronze		 JOEKJE
Joekjeprint of a cat's foot, with the text:
Amour et Fidélité (love and faithfulness).
 ( photo's: M.Radius © ® beeldrecht)


Portrait of an Artist

Marina Radius was born in 1953 in Indonesia while her parents worked there for a number
of years as Dutch expatriats. In 1958, her family returned to the Netherlands. She received
her art education as painter and sculptress at the Royal Academy of Art in Rotterdam.
Her work is traditional, inspired by the old Masters, with subjects ranging from people to
animals and landscapes. Some of her paintings, which sometimes have a surrealistic
aura, show a fairy tale-like ambiance which is also present in her statues and medals.


Marina clearly has a preference for creating symbolic expressions on all her medals
and places herself among medals creators of traditional style. Within the short
timespan of one year, she created a homogenous oeuvre that shows a different
side of modern medal creation. Generally, Marina avoids straight lines, square
objects and extracted and stylized shapes. In her imagination, she lives with fairy
tales and pure symbolism to which she adds her own philosophy to connect with
timeless transcendence and eternity. The foundation of ideas which Marina applies
rests in a constant balance between the temperal and eternal. Latin texts are added
to the medals because to her they are universal and timeless. The medals portrayed
can be interpreted without complicated stories and will certainly impress medal
lovers. Marina Radius has successfully tackled the challenge of creating attractive
medals with a traditional look and thus helps to keep alive the ancient art
of medal-making in Europe.
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Goddess-series

 

DIVINA FEMINA
 The obverse shows a high-relief female head
with stylized headgear and olive branches on both
sides as symbol of peace.
Obverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 DIVINA FEMINA
The reverse shows a lotus, floating on water,
as symbol of purity. Above the flower,
the inscription: Divina Femina (Great Goddess).
Reverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 

ANIMA MUNDI
Winged, female buste
symbol of the soul.

Obverse: 68 mm, Bronze

ANIMA MUNDI
Left-to-right, top and bottom, the reverse shows the text:
Anima Mundi (World-Soul). The center shows an owl as
symbol of wisdom and intuitive knowledge.
Reverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 

ISIS
The Egyptian Goddess Isis as Giver of Life.
Here she symbolizes growth and movement.

Obverse: 68 mm, Bronze		 ISIS
On the reverse, the sun dial (between cow horns) represents the
birth of the Sun as source of Warmth and Light. The lotus flower
represents the eternal ideals of purity and beauty.
Reverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 

GANGA

The Goddess as personification of the Ganges.
Obverse: 68 mm, Bronze		 GANGA
The reverse shows holy, flowing water
as symbol of eternal life.
Reverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 

PAX LIBERTATIS
Angel, floating right to left.


Obverse: 68 mm, Bronze		 PAX LIBERTATIS
The reverse of the coin shows the text:
Pax Libertatis (Peace-Liberty). The feather in the center
symbolizes lightness and liberty.
Reverse: 68 mm, Bronze

 ( foto's: M.Radius © ® beeldrecht)


Creation Process

Marina Radius applies the following work method in the creation of her medals:
 she starts by creating the medal in clay or wax. After finishing the design,
she applies a silicon mold fortified by a plaster cap. Subsequently, the design
 is turned over  and the clay is removed.The resulting space is filled with liquid wax
so that the obverse  side is now made of modelling wax. After allowing the material
to cure, Marina creates the reverse image in the flat surface of the wax model.

 

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