The Line of the Dragon Tree
In the days of the gods, there was created a tree of which all dragons and those related are the descendants of. It’s leaves, flowers and fruits, bark, branches and roots all claim credit to some of the most divine and mysterious of things ever known and still yet to be discovered. This collection is an archive of that long lost world that still remains just behind your conscious mind.
Bloom of the Dying Star
The 3rd sapling
The legacy of the bond between a women and a fallen star who fell in love with her, this bloom formed to protect them in their dying moment. Now it floats around throughout time and space, oblivious to all things and all places.
Original Artwork
Digitally Hand drawn
Created & Minted 2023
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© Gede Austana
The Muha
The 13th sapling
The Divine Face and the Poisoned Mask, Extractor of Ill Thoughts and Words.
As is described in its legend, this mask was once divine in its beauty but the generations of poison that has passed though it during the healing process has permanently formed a now twisted angry visage.
The Dragon Tree wood it’s carved from soaked in the extreme madness of the minds of humans, its fibres contain all manner of ill will and manic visionings locked up where they cannot harm anymore.
Being so affected, it has become a bridge between the toxic madness of the Neverness and the living worlds. The Muha now exists in a multidimensional state sprouting unknown flowers and flora. Its alternate selves still alive and apart of flourishing trees, unlike the 13th sapling of the Dragon tree that died in this dimension to create it.
Original Artwork
Digitally Hand drawn
Created & Minted 2022
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© Gede Austana
The Muha
The 28th sapling
Also known as the Cloud-spawn of the Moon, this ill-fated sapling has the unique distinction of capturing the glowing image of Dewi Ratih, the Moon Goddess in its hypocotyl at the moment of its emergence. The radiant beams of the moon soaking into the magical flesh of the sapling, forever glowing with this frozen visage of Dewi Ratih and her dark pursuer, Kala Rau.
Original Artwork
Digitally Hand drawn
Created & Minted 2023
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© Gede Austana
Queen of the Three Flowers
The 54th sapling
There once was a evil king who, on his deathbed decreed his only child, a daughter, would be Queen. But no man would be her husband unless they brought proof of the most elusive treasure in the world, the Dragon Tree.
The new Queen, good & fair, despaired in her loneliness & the awful legacy of her father. For many years would-be suitors tried & perished in search of the Dragon Tree until one-day she decided to find it herself.
Guided by the Gods who took pity on her, she arrived within the shadow of the great tree & three flowers fell to her. She gathered them up & went no further. Placing them in her hair the flowers fused with her making her immortal as long as they remained attached to her head. A crown was made around the flowers to protect them & soon more grew, entwined in the crown. She became the 54th sapling of the Dragon Tree.
Original Artwork
Digitally Hand drawn
Created & Minted 2023
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© Gede Austana
The Remembering Flower
The Remembering Flowers are one of the several different types of flower that grow on the Dragon Tree. They bloom when a significant life is lost.
This one is in remembrance of a master of our time Kim Jung Gi 1975-2022
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The Heart for Aphrodite
A long lost legend tells of a man who came across Aphrodite bathing in a hidden stream and was so consumed by her beauty, fell instantly in love. To try and win her heart he risked his life to obtain Dragon Tree sap, the source of the eternal flame. He searched and searched to give her this gift but never found her again. And with his dying breath, lit the sap in a heart shaped ceramic. It is said that the sap from the Dragon Tree can burn for so long that whichever vessel it’s housed in will eventually become sentient. The Heart now floats around the hidden places, still looking for the love it was intended for. Only a few such vessels have ever been discovered, this is one of them.
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