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Yoann Lossel
@yoannlossel.bsky.social
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Award-winning artist ⟡
Sculptor of memory, thresholds, and unfinished worlds.
Creator of Labyrinth.

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“The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife” (2021)
Ink, gold leaf, and hydrangea petals on cream paper.
My homage to Hokusai’s iconic print, now included in the upcoming exhibition “Japanese Fantasies in the Time of Félicien Rops” at the Félicien Rops Museum in 2025–2026.
Honored to be part of it.
A delicate figure of a woman with pale skin and flowing pink hair lies in a dreamlike pose, surrounded by golden octopus tentacles. Soft hydrangea petals float around her. The drawing combines white ink, gold leaf, and vibrant pink lines on warm cream paper, evoking sensuality, fantasy, and homage to Hokusai.
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Behind the scenes of the drawing, from graphite to gold leaf.
Music: Dead Can Dance - Dionysus / Dance of the Bacchantes.

⭐️ "Lilith in the Valley of a Thousand Sculptures"
Mixed media: coffee, graphite, white pencil, colored pencil, and gold leaf on Arches paper.
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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"Lilith in the Valley of a Thousand Sculptures" — detail.

A closer look at the gesture.
See the full image in the previous post.
[ENGLISH ALT-TEXT] A surreal artwork in warm sepia and gold tones. A masked woman, Lilith, kneels on a wooden scaffold and carves a marble wall covered with the relief of a tree heavy with fruit. A golden serpent winds around her, its sinuous body catching the light. Below, the fragmented head of a colossal statue lies half-buried in stone. Thin lines of gold run through the composition like veins of memory, linking Lilith’s gesture, the serpent, and the fallen face. The atmosphere is quiet, sacred, and timeless. [FRANÇAIS TEXTE ALTERNATIF] Une œuvre onirique aux teintes sépia et dorées. Une femme masquée, Lilith, agenouillée sur un échafaudage de bois, sculpte dans le marbre la façade d’un arbre chargé de fruits. Autour d’elle, le Serpent d’Or s’enroule, son corps lumineux suivant le mouvement de la main qui taille. En dessous repose la tête brisée d’une statue colossale. De fines lignes d’or traversent la scène, reliant le geste de Lilith, le serpent et le visage effondré. L’atmosphère est silencieuse, sacrée, hors du temps.
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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"Lilith in the Valley of a Thousand Sculptures"
Mixed media: coffee, graphite, and gold leaf on Arches paper.

The first piece to surface from the Labyrinth.

In pale marble, she carves a tree.
The Golden Serpent coils nearby — patient, watchful.
[ENGLISH ALT-TEXT] A surreal artwork in warm sepia and gold tones. A masked woman, Lilith, kneels on a wooden scaffold and carves a marble wall covered with the relief of a tree heavy with fruit. A golden serpent winds around her, its sinuous body catching the light. Below, the fragmented head of a colossal statue lies half-buried in stone. Thin lines of gold run through the composition like veins of memory, linking Lilith’s gesture, the serpent, and the fallen face. The atmosphere is quiet, sacred, and timeless. [FRANÇAIS TEXTE ALTERNATIF] Une œuvre onirique aux teintes sépia et dorées. Une femme masquée, Lilith, agenouillée sur un échafaudage de bois, sculpte dans le marbre la façade d’un arbre chargé de fruits. Autour d’elle, le Serpent d’Or s’enroule, son corps lumineux suivant le mouvement de la main qui taille. En dessous repose la tête brisée d’une statue colossale. De fines lignes d’or traversent la scène, reliant le geste de Lilith, le serpent et le visage effondré. L’atmosphère est silencieuse, sacrée, hors du temps.
October 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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— LABYRINTH —

I will dedicate the coming years to my new project: Labyrinth.
You’ll be able to follow its progress here, and across all my platforms.

Each month, I share a new fragment on the Patreon I co-host with Psyché: behind the scenes, creation, fragments..

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[ENG] — LABYRINTH — I will dedicate the coming years to my new project: Labyrinth. You’ll be able to follow its progress here, and across all my platforms. Each month, I share a new fragment on the Patreon I co-host with Psyché: behind the scenes, creation, and fragments of the Labyrinth. "✦ Threshold fragment, noted in the margins of the Labyrinth The map ends here. Or begins, I no longer know. What comes next will be neither a single work nor a simple image. It will move between worlds: drawing, text, and game. A book that breathes. A world that remembers. Each fragment will open a door, each symbol an echo. Nothing will be explained, but everything will connect in time. I have walked too far to still believe in straight lines. From now on, the path itself will draw the map. Mercator, Cartographer of the shifting Labyrinth" [FR] — LABYRINTHE — Je consacrerai les prochaines années à mon nouveau projet : Labyrinthe. Vous pourrez en suivre l’avancée ici, et sur tous mes réseaux. Chaque mois, j’en développe un fragment sur le Patreon que je partage avec Psyché — entre coulisses, créations et fragments du Labyrinthe. "✦ Fragment de seuil, relevé dans les marges du Labyrinthe La carte s’arrête ici. Ou commence, je ne sais plus. Ce qui vient ne sera ni une seule œuvre, ni une simple image. Ce sera un passage entre mondes : dessin, texte et jeu. Un livre qui respire. Un monde qui se souvient. Chaque fragment ouvrira une porte, chaque signe un écho. Rien ne sera expliqué, mais tout finira par se relier. J’ai trop marché pour encore croire aux lignes droites. Désormais, c’est le chemin lui-même qui dessinera la carte. Mercator, Cartographe du Labyrinthe mouvant" #LabyrinthProject #YoannLossel #MercatorNotes
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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☀️The Carousel — Collector’s Editions
Embellished with 23k gold leaf.
Available until August 7.
Photograph of a fine art print titled The Carousel resting on a wooden stand in a warmly lit, decorative interior. The illustration depicts a red-haired woman in a flowing blue dress seated atop a tall urban building at night, holding up a silver coin that catches the light. The city skyline behind her includes the Twin Towers and other skyscrapers under a deep blue sky. The print is embossed with the artist’s signature and marked with a red stamp and the edition number “4/”. Surrounding the print are art tools, books, and floral elements, evoking an intimate, artisanal studio setting.
August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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🌙 Zorya — Collector’s Editions
Embellished with 23k gold leaf.
Available until August 7.
Photograph of a fine art print titled Zorya resting on a wooden stand in a warmly lit, decorative interior. The illustration depicts a red-haired woman in a flowing blue dress seated atop a tall urban building at night, holding up a silver coin that catches the light. The city skyline behind her includes the towers and other skyscrapers under a deep blue sky. The print is embossed with the artist’s signature and marked with a red stamp and the edition number “1/”. Surrounding the print are art tools, books, and floral elements, evoking an intimate, artisanal studio setting.
August 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The Love of Bastet — oil on paper, 2022

A tribute to The Tomb of Böcklin by the German Symbolist painter Ferdinand Keller.
A dimly lit, symbolist-style painting titled The Love of Bastet, created in oil on paper in 2022. The scene shows a small, illuminated temple-like structure at the edge of dark, dreamlike cliffs. A red sail, reminiscent of a funeral barque, rises diagonally into the shadows, hinting at an unseen vessel. A figure cloaked in black sits in the doorway beneath hanging wisteria, evoking mourning or devotion. The wall of the temple is carved with Egyptian-inspired reliefs. In the distance, a spectral mountain shaped like a feline head emerges from a turbulent, clouded sky. The piece is a tribute to The Tomb of Böcklin by Ferdinand Keller and was created as part of the American Gods project.
July 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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A glimpse into the making.
Each print is hand-gilded in our studio: slowly, precisely, with the same gestures as the original paintings.

☀️ Three Dreams is available until August 7:
www.yoannlossel.com/three-dreams
July 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🌙 Three Dreams.
A fine art release, hand-gilded with real gold:
The Dream (22K Latin)
Zorya (23K Moon)
The Carousel (23K Red)
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☀️ Available until August 7
All details → yoannlossel.com/three-dreams
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Printed & gilded in our studio, by hand.
Photograph of the Three Dreams fine art print collection by Yoann Lossel, displayed side by side in a warm, art-filled studio. From left to right: – The Carousel with radiant 23K Red gold leaf on the wings of a white horse above a mythic battle scene; – The Dream, featuring a glowing white creature with lightning eyes, hand-gilded with 22K Latin gold; – Zorya, a serene female figure holding the moon above a nighttime cityscape, adorned with 23K Moon gold leaf. Each print is shown upright on a wooden table with soft lighting, highlighting the texture, gilding, and embossed details.
July 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🌙 Three Dreams.
A fine art release, hand-gilded with real gold:
The Dream (22K Latin)
Zorya (23K Moon)
The Carousel (23K Red)
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☀️ Available until August 7
🔗 All details → yoannlossel.com/three-dreams
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Printed & gilded in our studio, by hand.
Fine art print of The Dream by Yoann Lossel, displayed in a warmly lit studio. The artwork shows a figure facing a monumental horned creature emerging from blue mist. Gold leaf (22K Latin) accents its glowing eyes and lightning streaks across the image. The print is embossed, hand-stamped in red ink, and mounted on a wooden stand, surrounded by art tools and golden light.
July 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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🎁 A giveaway is live on Instagram!

Win Print #1 of The Dream, hand-gilded with 22K gold.
Part of my new Three Dreams series — available July 24 to Aug 7.
Enter here 👉 instagram.com/yoann.lossel
Winner announced July 23.

Thank you for your support ☀️
Fine art print titled The Dream, shown on a wooden stand in a warmly lit studio. The artwork depicts figure standing on a mound of skeletons, gazing up at a colossal, ethereal bison-headed deity emerging from a blue and violet dreamscape. Delicate flashes of 22K gold leaf highlight the god’s eyes and surrounding lightning.
July 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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“The Dream” — Making of
From pencil lines to watercolor and gold leaf, each layer reveals part of the story.
A quiet tribute to Mucha’s Le Pater.
The context and my position are detailed in the pinned post.
July 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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“The Dream” — watercolor, colored pencil, pastel and gold leaf on paper.
A tribute to Alphonse Mucha’s Le Pater.
One of the last illustrations I’ll share before returning to my project Labyrinthe.
Context and position in the pinned post.
A luminous, dreamlike painting showing a nude figure kneeling on a mound of skeletons, facing a vast blue bison with golden eyes and horns. Gold leaf highlights the creature’s gaze and lightning-shaped cracks in the sky. Soft washes of blue, violet, and gold blend into an ethereal atmosphere. The scene evokes myth, death, and transcendence. A luminous, dreamlike painting showing a nude figure kneeling on a mound of skeletons, facing a vast blue bison with golden eyes and horns. Gold leaf highlights the creature’s gaze and lightning-shaped cracks in the sky. Soft washes of blue, violet, and gold blend into an ethereal atmosphere. The scene evokes myth, death, and transcendence. A luminous, dreamlike painting showing a nude figure kneeling on a mound of skeletons, facing a vast blue bison with golden eyes and horns. Gold leaf highlights the creature’s gaze and lightning-shaped cracks in the sky. Soft washes of blue, violet, and gold blend into an ethereal atmosphere. The scene evokes myth, death, and transcendence. A luminous, dreamlike painting showing a nude figure kneeling on a mound of skeletons, facing a vast blue bison with golden eyes and horns. Gold leaf highlights the creature’s gaze and lightning-shaped cracks in the sky. Soft washes of blue, violet, and gold blend into an ethereal atmosphere. The scene evokes myth, death, and transcendence.
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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“The Dream” — watercolor, colored pencil, pastel and gold leaf on paper.
A tribute to Alphonse Mucha’s Le Pater.
One of the last illustrations I’ll share before returning to my project Labyrinthe.
Context and position in the pinned post.
A luminous, dreamlike painting showing a nude figure kneeling on a mound of skeletons, facing a vast blue bison with golden eyes and horns. Gold leaf highlights the creature’s gaze and lightning-shaped cracks in the sky. Soft washes of blue, violet, and gold blend into an ethereal atmosphere. The scene evokes myth, death, and transcendence.
July 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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“The Carousel” — Making of
From oil paint to gold leaf, from pencil lines to hand‑carved relief, here’s how this piece came to life. An homage to Brueghel’s Fall of the Rebel Angels, created like an icon where matter becomes myth.
More context in the pinned post.
June 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Details of "The Carousel" — oil and gold leaf on paper. A tribute to Brueghel the Elder’s Fall of the Rebel Angels.
A swirling scene where myth and memory collide. Angels with embossed golden wings hover above a turbulent carousel of gods, beasts, and spectral riders. Against a crimson backdrop, armored figures, horned creatures, and shadowed faces intertwine in a dance between old gods and new idols — a vivid, dreamlike vision of belief, conflict, and transformation. A swirling scene where myth and memory collide. Angels with embossed golden wings hover above a turbulent carousel of gods, beasts, and spectral riders. Against a crimson backdrop, armored figures, horned creatures, and shadowed faces intertwine in a dance between old gods and new idols — a vivid, dreamlike vision of belief, conflict, and transformation. A swirling scene where myth and memory collide. Angels with embossed golden wings hover above a turbulent carousel of gods, beasts, and spectral riders. Against a crimson backdrop, armored figures, horned creatures, and shadowed faces intertwine in a dance between old gods and new idols — a vivid, dreamlike vision of belief, conflict, and transformation. A swirling scene where myth and memory collide. Angels with embossed golden wings hover above a turbulent carousel of gods, beasts, and spectral riders. Against a crimson backdrop, armored figures, horned creatures, and shadowed faces intertwine in a dance between old gods and new idols — a vivid, dreamlike vision of belief, conflict, and transformation.
June 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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“The Carousel” — oil and gold leaf on paper.
A tribute to Brueghel the Elder’s Fall of the Rebel Angels.
One of a few illustrations I’ll be sharing from AG, moments that shaped my path or taught me something.
Context and position in the pinned post.
[ENG] “The Carousel” — oil and gold leaf on paper. A tribute to Brueghel the Elder’s Fall of the Rebel Angels. A swirling scene where myth and memory collide. Angels with embossed golden wings hover above a turbulent carousel of gods, beasts, and spectral riders. Against a crimson backdrop, armored figures, horned creatures, and shadowed faces intertwine in a dance between old gods and new idols — a vivid, dreamlike vision of belief, conflict, and transformation. Today I’m sharing the second in a series of illustrations created for American Gods. This piece is one of three or four I’ll be posting, moments that shaped my journey, and taught me something along the way. It’s my way of closing this chapter before fully returning to my new project, Labyrinthe. The context behind this work, as well as my position, is explained in the pinned post for those who wish to know more.
June 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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🎥 Making of "Zorya".
From fabric to gold leaf, this is how the image was born.

With my partner, artistic companion, and model: @psycheophiuchus.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Details of "Zorya"
A luminous, ethereal woman with flowing red hair sits barefoot on the edge of a high stone building at night, above a glowing cityscape filled with skyscrapers and lit avenues. She wears a soft, flowing blue gown with golden embroidery and raises a radiant gold leaf disc to the sky, as if holding up the moon. The atmosphere is dreamlike, bathed in cool blues and turquoise, with a golden shimmer at the heart. The image is an homage to The Valkyrie’s Vigil by Edward Robert Hughes and was created as part of a series of illustrations for American Gods. A luminous, ethereal woman with flowing red hair sits barefoot on the edge of a high stone building at night, above a glowing cityscape filled with skyscrapers and lit avenues. She wears a soft, flowing blue gown with golden embroidery and raises a radiant gold leaf disc to the sky, as if holding up the moon. The atmosphere is dreamlike, bathed in cool blues and turquoise, with a golden shimmer at the heart. The image is an homage to The Valkyrie’s Vigil by Edward Robert Hughes and was created as part of a series of illustrations for American Gods. A luminous, ethereal woman with flowing red hair sits barefoot on the edge of a high stone building at night, above a glowing cityscape filled with skyscrapers and lit avenues. She wears a soft, flowing blue gown with golden embroidery and raises a radiant gold leaf disc to the sky, as if holding up the moon. The atmosphere is dreamlike, bathed in cool blues and turquoise, with a golden shimmer at the heart. The image is an homage to The Valkyrie’s Vigil by Edward Robert Hughes and was created as part of a series of illustrations for American Gods.
June 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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“Zorya” — watercolor, colored pencil, pastel & gold leaf on paper.
Tribute to The Valkyrie’s Vigil by E.R. Hughes.
One of a few American Gods illustrations I’ll be sharing before fully returning to Labyrinthe.
Context & position: see pinned post.
A luminous, ethereal woman with flowing red hair sits barefoot on the edge of a high stone building at night, above a glowing cityscape filled with skyscrapers and lit avenues. She wears a soft, flowing blue gown with golden embroidery and raises a radiant gold leaf disc to the sky, as if holding up the moon. The atmosphere is dreamlike, bathed in cool blues and turquoise, with a golden shimmer at the heart. The image is an homage to The Valkyrie’s Vigil by Edward Robert Hughes and was created as part of a series of illustrations for American Gods.
June 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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The more instantaneous the image becomes, the less it resists.
The more it seduces, the less it inscribes.
What generative AI erases is not style — it is the body, the gesture, lived reality.

NEW ARTICLE ☀️

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Cover of the magazine UTOPIA 2.0 // Arts & Crafts Manifesto, issue No. 25, dated April 2025. The background features a dense floral pattern in the Arts & Crafts style, with large pale blue flowers and dark leafy tendrils, inspired by William Morris. The main title “UTOPIA” appears in bold orange capital letters, followed by the subtitle “Arts & Crafts Manifesto” in semi-transparent grey lettering. The word “ART!!!” is scrawled across the upper center in vivid red, in a gestural, graffiti-like style that contrasts sharply with the decorative background. In the center, a black text box displays a quote by Guy Debord from The Society of the Spectacle: “The alienation of the spectator to the benefit of the object contemplated is expressed as follows: the more he contemplates, the less he lives; the more he accepts to recognize himself in the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own existence and his own desire… This is why the spectator feels at home nowhere, for the spectacle is everywhere.” Beneath the quote, the phrase “A Lever for Emancipation II” appears in red handwritten text, with the Roman numeral “II” and a red heart, adding a tone both rebellious and intimate. At the bottom of the image are three black-and-white portraits: on the left, William Morris; in the center, August Cieszkowski; on the right, Guy Debord, shown in a pensive pose with his hand placed on his chest.
April 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A new important, open-access article on our Patreon: Art as a Lever for Emancipation ☀️

William Morris, August Cieszkowski & Guy Debord.

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Artistic cover of a fictional magazine titled 'Utopia 2.0 / Arts & Crafts Manifesto.' The design features a floral background inspired by the Arts & Crafts style, portraits of historical figures associated with aesthetic and utopian philosophy, and red graffiti with the message 'ART!!! A lever for emancipation.' A French quote and a reference to August von Cieszkowski are also included. The image blends classical and contemporary elements to evoke an engaged artistic revival.
January 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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By the way, here's what I see from my office chair:
Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, framed.
January 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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One of the most detailed and important posts on our Patreon page:
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Cover of a magazine titled Utopia 2.0 – Arts & Crafts Manifesto, June 2024 issue. The image features an Art Nouveau-style illustration by Mucha with a woman at the center, crowned with flowers, surrounded by intricate floral patterns. She is draped in a garment decorated with golden stars and holds a finger to her lips in a contemplative pose. The text at the bottom asks: 'Do you really know Art Nouveau? Social and Political Art.' The graphic style is typical of the Art Nouveau aesthetic, with soft colors and flowing lines.
January 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM