Mourning Mask

Mourning Mask
This mask was carved while I was doing some prep work for an Olympic Penninsula gallery show by Ed Archie Noisecat (Salish woodcarver), while he was still living in MN and I had access to his collection of carving adzes, knives and this good west coast yellow cedar. Ed introduced me to the guys at Anurag Bronze Foundry, too. Unfortunately, this mask was lost in a car fire. Yellow cedar, various horsehair, paua abalone shell, wax finish. This scan mas made from a Joe Allen photograph.

Tayoyateduta Mask

"Little Crow" Molded, cast, finished and installed by Anurag Art Bronze Foundry (my first gig with them) for Ed Archie Noisecat/MPLS Parks. The bronze was molded from a red cedar original carving that was about 4 feet high, 3.5 feet wide and about 1.5 feet deep! Extra long Horsehair had to be found to provide the mask's bangs (I haven't seen it recently, but I imagine the hair needs to be replaced.) Bronze mask now sits on the west side of Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis. When the statue was being installed, the city of minneapolis was convinced by one of the crew that we needed to be on site to provide security, so Anurag Art were the first folks to set up tipis or camp in Minnehaha park for quite some time; we kept the raccoons and potential vandals at bay. If the guys see this and wanna make any corrections, comments, etcetera; please do.

pic found here.



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