This mixed media piece was created for the PM Press anthology Black Metal Rainbows, a collection of essays on black metal through queer and feminist lenses. I started with the antique illustration of the doll head (“Minerva” was the company, the new metal head was the selling point) and worked from there via the goddess Minerva’s associations with wisdom, the arts and war. The head on the spear references the ongoing fight against white supremacist groups in the metal music scene.

Collage with pen & ink, 2019