This is the work of artist Daniel Edwards and it borders on the Giger-esque with its creepy-yet-stately beauty.

I wonder if some future civilization will find this and believe was an homage to a fertility goddess, or if the Venus de Willendorf was meant as social slander and not an icon of worship.

Note: I had originally linked to another blog which originally posted this, but they decided to be uncouth and add some really garish and obtrusive watermarking to the image, so I made my own image and unlinked them.  Someone needs to learn some web-etiquette, me thinks.  There’s nothing wrong with hotlinking an image if someone links back to you and promotes your blog.  I was even about ready to add the blogger’s site to my list of sites but now they had to go and spoil everything.