Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope is a surreal and abstract plane/space/volume/place where pattern, connectedness, and allusion trump any sense of logic, or cause and effect. It is less of a landscape and more of a mindscape. Iterative forms and fractals swim wildly among the background while avatars and archetypes dominate the fore with universal implications. Quotidian reality can be altered in subtle, unexpected ways that surprise and delight in moments of wondrous discovery.
No particular type of form is more or less common in the endless dance, the only constant is the manner in which any form implies every form and recurses itself. Psychedelia, indigenous medicine, shamanism, divination, trance—these are some of the gateways from our world to catch a glimpse of the infinite chaos.
Every color, even unknown, invisible, and undiscovered colors are a part of glossy Kaleidoscope. Magic and technology are irrelevant to this Verse, as they are a means of controlling or changing the environment—when one has complete understanding of fundamental existence, control and change fall away into the acceptance that all is as it is and as it should be.
Kaleidoscope is a surreal and abstract plane/space/volume/place where pattern, connectedness, and allusion trump any sense of logic, or cause and effect. It is less of a landscape and more of a mindscape. Iterative forms and fractals swim wildly among the background while avatars and archetypes dominate the fore with universal implications. Quotidian reality can be altered in subtle, unexpected ways that surprise and delight in moments of wondrous discovery.
No particular type of form is more or less common in the endless dance, the only constant is the manner in which any form implies every form and recurses itself. Psychedelia, indigenous medicine, shamanism, divination, trance—these are some of the gateways from our world to catch a glimpse of the infinite chaos.
Every color, even unknown, invisible, and undiscovered colors are a part of glossy Kaleidoscope. Magic and technology are irrelevant to this Verse, as they are a means of controlling or changing the environment—when one has complete understanding of fundamental existence, control and change fall away into the acceptance that all is as it is and as it should be.
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Kaleidoscope
Tokens
- 1 of 1, sold by auction
- Playable in Verses TCG as "full art" style card
- Holders will receive airdrops of derivative card editions as they are minted
See Beyond
Pat morrissey-Lewis has given this digital illustration to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of See Beyond that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
From Which Beauty Stems
Pat morrissey-Lewis has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of From Which Beauty Stems that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
In a near death experience and in a coma, I had a white tiger as a guide in a spiritual dream. This small oil piece was the start of three small oil paintings that explored animal guides and shapeshifters. In the dream, the tiger was white alabaster with a turquoise third eye at the lotus fountain.
Too Much History
Julie van der Wekken has given this photograph to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Too Much History that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This image was captured with a Canon EOS 40D 10.1 Megapixel Digital Camera, in June of 2017 after dropping my daughter off at summer camp in San Juan County, Utah. On the way back home I stopped at a historical monument titled 'Newspaper Rock', which is one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs and is part of the 1.35 Million Acre Bears Ears National Monument. The petroglyphs were created by ancestral Puebloan people living, farming, and hunting along the Puerco River. The first carvings were made around 2,000 years ago and a few are as recent as the early 20th century, left by the first modern day explorers of the region.
Tethered to Prophecy
Ken Meyer Jr. has given this mixed media piece to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Tethered to Prophecy that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This was an assignment in a poster design class when I went back to school at Savannah College of Art and Design, around 2005. We were asked to do an alternative poster design for a movie, book, or other. In my case, it was the film Children of Men. The medium is mixed; watercolor and a bit of oil over bits of scotch tape.
Mystic
To commemorate Kaitlyn Page giving this painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as NFTs, we are minting 100 with her signature. Each of these is a reminder of the connection between collector, art, and artist. These 100 editions are the only Signature Editions of Mystic that will ever be made.
Ownership Benefits:
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on the Foundation Edition this piece originates from.
You can play with this as a signed full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
Most of my life has been spent living with or around many cats. I've always had a fascination with their intellect, personalities, and their ability to offer love and healing to those they live with. Cats are “mystical” in a sense; I see them as being the gatekeepers to a supernatural world. This piece is one of two; each cat holds a small piece to opening a new world. One holds the keys, the other holds the locks. They have the heart of the forest within them – symbolizing their wild nature. It is my intention to leave it to the viewer to interpret where each world leads or what is beyond the keys and locks.
1000 Nights
Drew Tucker has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of 1000 Nights that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This piece was created for the collaborative show Divine and Sacred featuring Yvette Endrijutzki at Krab Jab Studio in Seattle Washington. My dad had just passed. While I was working on pieces for the show, I watched as my dad slowly deteriorated with the obvious conclusion in the immediate future. The show was about the sacred and divine. My dad was a devout Christian and to him going home was going to heaven.
So, what was on my mind at the time was not only my own connection to family but the idea of home as a sacred home, that is. Not just home being a familiar place with family and friends, but leaning towards a more spiritual home. This theme would continue in several other paintings for this show as well.
This was the last painting I created for the show. I didn’t live in the same town as my dad at the time so I was traveling back and forth quite a bit. Towards the end, I was very sad at not being able to be there. I think the whole series of paintings is dealing with this and the desire to be able to help him in some way. This last painting for the show has him in a field going to a spirit windows/house. It was my attempt at helping him go on. He passed later that night.
Monarch
Ken Meyer Jr. has given this acrylic ink painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Monarch that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This was a painting for a Tarot card set I contributed to. I used a buddy as my reference model for the King, and then found what I needed for the butterflies and other embellishments. I designed the head armor and as usual, I paid special attention to lighting and the effects it has visually and emotionally.
- Limited to 100 cards
- Fixed price of 100 XTZ
- Playable in Verses TCG as "full art" style card
- Holders will receive airdrops of derivative card editions as they are minted
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