I’m stepping into a space I’ve circled for years: where desire learns the language of metal. Venus Forge — Techno‑Ritual Eros is a post‑apocalyptic, glam pilgrimage—an altar of chrome and dust where bodies negotiate with armor and the intimate becomes sacred.
Each portrait is a rite. Sparks, chains, and breath filtered through steel. Low suns over scrapyards. Red moons that judge in silence. Star corridors pulsing with cold neon. Sensuality doesn’t hide; it sharpens, glows, and finds its own rhythm among gears, rivets, and mechanical liturgies.
Venus Forge: The Myth
In the ashes of the last century, humanity abandoned Earth’s tenderness and built sanctuaries of steel among the ruins. The gods went silent — but desire did not.
From the heat of the forges rose new priestesses — beings half‑human, half‑machine — who carried the lost language of touch, coded into armor and light.
They called it The Techno‑Ritual, a ceremony to awaken what the digital age erased: intimacy with danger, seduction with purpose.
Each of the Four appeared when the world needed to remember.
The Works: Four Chapters
Priestess of Rust (Chapter I)
She breathes through iron and omen. Sparks crown the ritual where desire learns to wear armor.
She was the first flame, born in the industrial womb of the old world.
Her mask filters air laced with memory; sparks fall around her like blessings.
Every exhalation is a vow — that even in corrosion, beauty survives.
She guards the sacred ruins where emotion was once forged into steel.
TECH SPECS
- Model: Laetitia Lacourt (France)
- Medium: Photographic portrait with post‑production compositing and color grading (cool teal/orange industrial palette).
- Style/Theme: Post‑apocalyptic glamour, fetish‑industrial, retro‑futurist mask iconography.
- Setting/Props: Spiked leather respirator, black corset, chains, found‑metal backdrop with rivets and gears.
- Lighting: Dramatic key with cool rim lights; floating particulates for atmosphere.
- Edition: Limited Edition of 10 + 2 AP. Sizes: 60×90 cm, 90×135 cm.
- Print: Archival pigment on baryta or metallic paper.
- Year: 2025
- Signature/Mark: Artist mark bottom right; certificate of authenticity included
Terra Rubra (Chapter II)
Three moons judge in silence as chrome learns the curve of flesh. On Terra Rubra, gravity is desire and pilgrimage is skin.
On a desert planet once called Terra Rubra, three moons hover in judgment.
Here, chrome meets flesh, and the body becomes the last altar.
She adjusts her helm — part ritual, part rebellion — as caravans of exiles march behind.
In this world, desire is not shame but survival. Red is not color; it is creed.
TECH SPECS
- Model: Nicole Moser (USA)
- Medium: Photographic portrait with planetary matte‑paint composite.
- Style/Theme: Martian erotic myth, chrome helmet with horned forms, ritual sci‑fantasy.
- Setting/Props: Polished metal helm and cuffs, modular black‑silver harness; red‑dust mesas and towers.
- Lighting: Warm skin tones against red atmospheric haze; soft specular highlights on chrome.
- Edition: Limited Edition of 10 + 2 AP. Sizes: 70×105 cm, 100×150 cm. Print: Archival pigment on metallic paper for chrome pop.
- Year: 2025
- Signature/Mark: Artist mark bottom right; certificate of authenticity included
The Golden Fury (Chapter III)
The sun splits the dust and she answers in gold. Every wreck is a hymn; every bruise, a map to tomorrow.
When the sun rises over the wasteland, she walks alone through the carcasses of forgotten cities.
Her armor glows gold — not for vanity, but defiance. She has seen extinction and still chooses radiance.
In her hands, a weapon hums softly with neon code; it is protection, creation, and revenge at once.
She is the will to rebuild — raw, furious, and luminous.
TECH SPECS
- Model: Zuzana Kacurova (Czech)
- Medium: Photographic portrait with sci‑fi interior set/composite.
- Style/Theme: Space‑age pin‑up, polished metal lingerie, aerospace helmet.
- Setting/Props: Riveted helmet with audio ports, chain neckpiece, metallic bra/bracers; soft bokeh panel lights.
- Lighting: Cyan‑amber complementary scheme; wet‑skin speculars for celestial sheen.
- Edition: Limited Edition of 10 + 2 AP.
- Sizes: 60×90 cm, 90×135 cm.
- Print: Archival pigment on pearl luster.
- Year: 2025
- Signature/Mark: Artist mark bottom left; certificate of authenticity included
Armored Siren (Chapter IV)
In the humming corridor she wears the night like mercury. The future beads on her skin, patient as orbit.
Beyond the orbit of memory, she drifts inside a silent ship.
Water beads on metal skin, light glitters like distant galaxies.
She is calm, the echo of a civilization learning to love again through circuitry.
Her song — if one listens closely — contains the hum of every heart that refused to die quietly.
TECH SPECS
- Model: Paola Souza da Silva (Brazil)
- Medium: Photographic portrait with sci‑fi interior set/composite.
- Style/Theme: Space‑age pin‑up, polished metal lingerie, aerospace helmet.
- Setting/Props: Riveted helmet with audio ports, chain neckpiece, metallic bra/bracers; soft bokeh panel lights.
- Lighting: Cyan‑amber complementary scheme; wet‑skin speculars for celestial sheen.
- Edition: Limited Edition of 10 + 2 AP.
- Sizes: 60×90 cm, 90×135 cm.
- Print: Archival pigment on pearl luster.
- Year: 2025
- Signature/Mark: Artist mark bottom right; certificate of authenticity included
Epilogue: The Forge
They are not separate women. They are one story told four times —rust, gold, red, and silver — four stages of transformation. They remind us that sensuality is evolution, that the body — whether wrapped in silk or steel — remains the first technology of all. And when machines inherit the stars, they will still paint desire the way we did: with light, shadow, and longing.
Invitation
Enter these four chapters like stepping into an industrial chapel—with curiosity, with desire, and with the calm of a motor starting in your chest. If one piece calls your name, reach out and let’s make it part of your collection.
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Editions and Print Details
24×36
Signed with certificate of authenticity.
Fine‑art archival pigment prints on metallic papers
Limited edition: 10 Prints + 2 AP
28×42
Signed with certificate of authenticity.
Fine‑art archival pigment prints on metallic papers
Limited edition: 10 Prints + 2 AP
35×53
Signed with certificate of authenticity.
Fine‑art archival pigment prints on metallic papers
Limited edition: 7 Prints + 2 AP
40×60
Signed with certificate of authenticity.
Fine‑art archival pigment prints on metallic papers
Limited edition: 5 Prints + 2 AP
THE BRILLIANCE OF METAL PERFECTION
A sleek, luminous surface becomes the canvas where color meets innovation. Through dye-sublimation, every hue is infused directly into the aluminum, producing an image that’s vibrant, dimensional, and dramatic. Encased within the metal itself, this process delivers exceptional durability — resistant to scratches, water, and time.
Crafted with cutting-edge technology — from precision media and inks to advanced color management and heat pressing — each Metal Print embodies the ultimate expression of quality and craftsmanship in modern wall art.
Collectors and Licensing
To honor early supporters and preserve long‑term value, this edition follows a stepped pricing model:
- First 2 prints of each size: Launch price — 10% below SRP (collector seeding).
- Prints 3–7: Standard Retail Price (SRP).
- Final 3 prints: +20–30% over SRP (rewards early buyers and protects market value).
- Artist’s Proofs (APs): Not offered for general sale. If an AP is released, it is priced at 1.5× the most recent sale price for that size.
What this means for collectors
- Transparent, fair pricing tied to scarcity.
- Incentive to acquire early at the best price.
- A structured approach that supports the value of your print over time.
If you’d like current availability and pricing for a specific size, message me and I’ll send the live edition status.
Licensing
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