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Restless
Nights
The image
was conjured up during a fitful night of sleep....the troubled
mind thrashing about in tandem with its restless body. The
realities of Willis-Ekbom Disease, otherwise known as Restless
Leg Syndrome.
Size:
43" tall; 1/2" thick plaster; 9" diameter base
Media:
all harvested from nature within a few miles of home: Snake
River driftwood with earthen plaster (clay, sand, straw) and
ocher pigments • beeswax finish • willow twig
hair
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Transculturation
The iconic
tipi form of the nomadic Great Plains Indians combined with
wattle and daub, a permanent method of wall construction dating
back to the Neolithic Period. Consisting of mud plaster pressed
into woven sticks, wattle and daub was used by a variety of
cultures and is still utilized today, indigenously and by
natural builders due to its very low embodied energy, low
costs, beauty, and ease.
Size:
70" tall; 30" diameter base
Media:
all harvested from nature: pine pole structure • hand-woven
willow wattle • clay, sand, and straw daub • sponge
polished earthen plaster finish (clay, sand, cattail fluff)
with red ocher pigment • wood finished with solvent
and drier free linseed oil |
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Yin & Yang
The Yin Yang
symbol was a Chinese developement representing the celestial
phenomenon. It was later adapted as a way of describing seemingly
opposite or contrary forces that can be complementary and
interconnected in the natural world.
Size:
12" diameter, 1.25" thick
Media:
constructed using the wattle and daub method with materials
harvested in nature within a few miles: willow wattle •
clay, sand, and straw daub • clay paint with red and
yellow ochers, and charcoal as pigments • beeswax finish |
Vessel
Size:
6 " diameter, 9" tall
Media:
constructed using the wattle and daub method with materials
harvested in nature: willow wattle • clay, sand, and
straw daub • clay paint with red and yellow ocher pigments
• beeswax finish
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standing fish •
hanging fish
• figures
Bartering option available.
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