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Astryx - Speculum Glacialis Memoriae par Yharnam

Yharnam

Astryx
Speculum Glacialis Memoriae

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40 €

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Size30 × 30 cm

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Printed in FranceAtelier Kyodai Print

Ships within 5 business daysHexagonal tube, insured

14-day returnsIn the original packaging

The work

This illustration was created by Yharnam for the first album by the band Astryx. Inspired by the world of H. R. Giger, it belongs to science fiction and dark painting.

The perfectly symmetrical composition raises at its centre a vast biomechanical structure made of ribs, tubes and organic folds, at once a mask, a cathedral and a living being. Behind it, two discs of white light pierce the darkness like two eyes. At its base, columns rise from a cold mist, and the structure's reflection dissolves into the ground.

The very fine black and white plays on metallic textures and the depth of the chiaroscuro. A piece for lovers of Giger-inspired aesthetics, metal and gothic science fiction.

This art print is produced by Atelier Kyodai Print on 230 gsm premium matte paper. It is available in 30 × 30 cm, 50 × 50 cm and 90 × 90 cm.

The artist

Yharnam, or the beauty lurking within horror.

Alexis Milleret is a French artist who develops his visual universe under the name Yharnam. His influences range across dark fantasy, science fiction, Art Nouveau and cosmic surrealism. His works give shape to a forgotten world, peopled with blind figures, altered bodies and biomechanical structures.

His work draws on dreams, nightmares and liminal states in which perception comes loose from reality. His experiences of sleep paralysis feed this imagery in particular: those moments when the mind seems awake while the body remains trapped become a source of visions, anxieties and questions. Rather than trying to channel his artistic expression, Alexis lets the work take hold of him, appear, transform and give way to dreams.

Cables and their biomechanical connections adorn this universe. Both bonds and shackles, they connect mind, body and space: they allow transmission and exchange, but can also seep in, cling on and exert a kind of hold, like the roots of a past that lingers. Blindness is just as omnipresent. It suggests the possibility of seeing beyond the visible and evokes ignorance as much as another form of perception. Between lucidity and denial, spirituality, transmutation, decadence and contemplation of the void meet; and behind the darkness and melancholy lies a poetic desire to depict the beauty within horror.

Self-taught, Alexis works mainly in digital painting. While the medium offers precision and freedom, he seeks above all to keep an instinctive, organic approach, leaving expression to gesture, accident and the unexpected. His work thus alternates between hazy, colour-soaked pieces and detailed black-and-white compositions dominated by metallic textures steeped in chiaroscuro. He extends this vision into music, as singer and composer of the black metal band Silhouette, and through collaborations with artists, bands and publishers on album sleeves, book covers, posters and visual identities. Each work thus reveals a new vision, like fragments of a lost memory.

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Printing & paper

230 gsm premium matte paper
Printed by Atelier Kyodai Print

Paper and process are chosen with the artist and the workshop to respect the original work. Every copy is checked before shipping. Printed in France.

Made to order & hanging

Magnetic hanging bars: one 2 cm-wide natural wood bar at the top, one at the bottom, holding the print with magnets, with no holes and no damage to the paper. Lengths of 31, 51 and 71 cm to match the sizes, with a hanging cord. Delivered in the tube with your print.

Wooden frame: natural-finish wooden frame with a protective plexiglass front. Available for the 30 × 40 and 50 × 70 cm sizes. Your work arrives already framed, ready to hang: it ships in a box, not in a tube.

Made to order: another size, another paper, a special project? Send us your request: quote within 24 h, no commitment.

Shipping & returns

Ships within 5 business days in a hexagonal tube, tracked and insured. Fine Art prints travel in double packaging: a rigid round tube slipped inside a second square tube that keeps it from rolling and absorbs knocks. Works ordered with a wooden frame arrive already framed and ship in a box. Free shipping from €150 within mainland France (collectibles excluded).

Returns within 14 days, numbered editions included: the work comes back in its original tube, unframed and in perfect condition. Only prints dedicated to your name or made in a custom size cannot be returned or exchanged, unless faulty on arrival.

★★★★★Aurore L. · Belle de nuit dos · Customer review

It feels like you could actually touch the lace!

★★★★★Laetitia D. · Les Roses de Vienne · Customer review

A purchase we're really proud of, beautiful print quality.

★★★★★Liisa · Isle of the Dead · Customer review

I love Førtifem's work, it was the artwork that drew me to this album in the first place. The art print is incredible quality, a beautiful piece I love having at home.

★★★★★Thomas B. · Succubus · Customer review

Finally, colors that really pop! Thanks Vortex!

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